ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,625, issued on March 25, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method and device for rapid three-dimensional workpiece from a molten material" was invented by Benjamin Schweizer (Horb, Germany), Eberhard Maier (Koengen, Germany), Peter Voehringer (Kornwestheim, Germany) and Roland Bleher (Benningen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for the rapid manufacture of a three-dimensional workpiece from a molten material (1), in particular a molten metal, in which method the molten material (1) is supplied to a compression chamber (2) and delivered in drop form via an injector hole (...