ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,553, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SingleX AB (Sundbyberg, Sweden).

"System and method for forming single crystal components using additive manufacturing tooling" was invented by Sasan Dadbakhsh (Sundbyberg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a component includes the steps of: providing an additively manufactured component; providing a housing having the component; filling the housing having the component with a filler material for forming a mould of the component; and melting and cooling the component for forming a single-crystal microstructure of the component."

The patent was filed on April 7, 20...