ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,601, issued on May 27, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"FDM manufactured light reflective surfaces" was invented by Ties Van Bommel (Horst, Netherlands) and Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a method for producing a 3D item by depositing 3D printable material, wherein the 3D printable material comprises core material and 3D printable shell material. The core material is one or more of (i) reflective, (ii) transmissive, (iii) absorbing, and (iv) luminescent for light having a wavelength in the visible wavelength range. The 3D printable ...