ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,138, issued on July 22, was assigned to SprintRay Inc. (Los Angeles).

"Multi-stage wash system for vat polymerization-based 3D printed parts" was invented by Amir Mansouri (Los Angeles), Hossein Bassir (Los Angeles), Huijian Tian (Los Angeles), Shukun Ye (Los Angeles), Aayush Patel (Los Angeles) and Hang Ye (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is generally a system for drying, recycling, and washing off residual resin from three-dimensionally (3D) printed objects. Exemplary systems may include a wash reservoir, a fan module, and one or more air exchange vents. The wash reservoir contains a wash solvent and a prop...