US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on Feb. 3 for "Multiplexed 3D printing" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,667, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Multiplexed 3D printing" was invented by Rajiv Malhotra (Rahway, N.J.) and Jeremy Cleeman (New Brunswick, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiplexed three-dimensional printing system including a printhead block (100) moveable in three-dimensions, the printhead block including a plurality of extruders (101, 103, 105), wherein each of the plurality of extruders is individually switchable between a deposition state and a retraction state, wherein the deposition state deposits a printing material, and wherein the retraction st...