ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,056, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Stratasys Powder Production Ltd. (Nottingham, Great Britain).

"Methods and associated controllers for apparatus for the layer-by-layer formation of three-dimensional objects" was invented by Gianluca Dorini (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a set point for measurements from a temperature sensor of an apparatus for the layer-by-layer formation of a three-dimensional object from particulate material, and associated controllers. The method includes distributing a calibration layer of particulate material over a build bed surface; selectively applying absorption-modify...