ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,187, issued on April 15, was assigned to Sakuu Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).
"3D printer with pressure-assisted fluid extraction" was invented by Steven Zhichao Shi (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Morteza Vatani (Los Gatos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional (3D) printer and method are provided, including a substrate, a liquid deposition device configured to deposit a liquid dispersion including a suspension of a particulate material in a liquid vehicle, the liquid vehicle including a solvent but devoid of a binder material, onto the substrate to form a non-patterned layer on the substrate, a solvent removal device config...