ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,149, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to STRATASYS LTD. (Rehovot, Israel).

"System and method for printing a three-dimensional object using a modified mesh file" was invented by Yariv Sade (Kibbutz Maagan Michael, Israel), Shai Lipowitch (Petach Tikva, Israel) and Shai Waisel (Petach Tikva, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of printing a three-dimensional (3D) object may include: receiving an original mesh file of a 3D object, said mesh file comprising a primary mesh data element, representing a respective primary mesh, defined by a plurality of polygons; identifying at least one target design element, associat...