ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,593, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"3D printing device and method" was invented by Elise Claude Valentine Talgorn (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Manuela Lunz (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a 3D printing device (500) comprising a printer nozzle (502) for depositing a material on a support structure (550) for the formation of a 3D object (10), wherein the printer nozzle (502) and the support structure (550) are arranged to be translated relative to each other with a translation speed in a translation direction (52, 62), and a vibration actuat...