US Patent Issued to STRATASYS on April 29 for "3D printer providing spool chip dock outside of spool cabinet environment and methods of use thereof" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,907, issued on April 29, was assigned to STRATASYS INC. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"3D printer providing spool chip dock outside of spool cabinet environment and methods of use thereof" was invented by Patrick Anderson (Maple Grove, Minn.), Dang Yang (Champlin, Minn.) and Ross Michalkiewicz (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A consumable assembly for a 3D printer includes a spool carrying wound filament. A 3D printer includes a print head configured to receive filament material and a spool cabinet configured to have a filament spool positioned therein to provide a controlled environment for filament on the filament spool. A dock ...