ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,062, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Stratasys Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel).

"System and method for waste management in an additive manufacturing process" was invented by Alexander Libinson (Holon, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waste management system for an AM device includes a waste container, an air cleaning device installed within an enclosure of the AM device, a first conduit and at least one second conduit. The air cleaning device condense vapors formed within an enclosure of the AM device during operation of the AM device. The first conduit directs the condensed vapors in a liquid state from the air cleaning device to t...