ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,889, issued on July 8, was assigned to Rory Korathu-Larson LLC (Seattle).

"3D axial growth object, and apparatus for and method of making thereof" was invented by Rory Korathu-Larson (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A 3D object including a support structure formed with a mesh layer and an intermediate support structure; and one or more additive layers of substrate material formed via an axial growth process in which the substrate material formed a film over mesh holes in the mesh layer, thereby forming a continuous surface where the mesh holed previously existed."

The patent was filed on Dec. 23, 2021, under Application No. 17...