US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Jan. 20 for "Roll-to-roll based 3D printing through computed axial lithography" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,961, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Roll-to-roll based 3D printing through computed axial lithography" was invented by Joseph Toombs (Oakland, Calif.) and Hayden Taylor (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roll-to-roll computed axial lithography system includes an optical illumination system; an optical modulation system to receive light from the optical illumination system and to output an illumination pattern of light; and a web-handling system to receive and transport a web having a photosensitive material layer such that a portion of the web will be ...