ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,057, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Peridot Print LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Three-dimensional printing with natural food-derived fusing compounds" was invented by Emre Hiro Discekici (San Diego) and Krzysztof Nauka (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional printing kit can include a build material and a fusing agent. The build material can include from about 80 wt % to 100 wt % polymeric particles having a D50 particle size from about 10 micro metre to about 150 micro metre. The fusing agent can include an aqueous liquid vehicle and natural food-derived fusing compound dissolved or dispersed therein. T...