US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Aug. 26 for "3D printing surface calibration" (Virginia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,508, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"3D printing surface calibration" was invented by David Bonanno (Fairfax Station, Va.), Blerta Markowski (Springfield, Va.), Brian Hicks (Alexandria, Va.) and Freddie Santiago (Fort Washington, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for achieving more accurate 3D printed parts than printed parts achieved by conventional means. The disclosed systems and methods reduce the need for tolerance fitting when designing 3D objects and manufacturing with stereolithog...