ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,527, issued on June 24, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"FDM printed luminaires with enhanced shiny appearance" was invented by Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Ties Van Bommel (Horst, Netherlands) and Stefan Willi Jukius Gruhlke (Baesweiler, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for producing a 3D item using fused deposition modelling, the method comprising a 3D printing stage comprising: layer-wise depositing an extrudate comprising 3D printable material, to provide the 3D item comprising 3D printed material, wherein the 3D item comprises a plurality of layers o...