ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,939, issued on July 1, was assigned to SUPERNOVA INDUSTRIES CORP. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Machine for additive manufacturing and related method of additive manufacturing" was invented by Oriol Raventos Sanchez (Barcelona, Spain) and Eric Pallares Garcia (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine that enables the additive manufacturing of parts making use of high viscosity resins and comprises a structure; a conveying module, with a movable support and a displacement mechanism, to house and move the printing surface in a vertical direction; a light source, at least one reservoir of material; a material supply module, conne...