US Patent Issued to THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN on April 29 for "Photocurable resin for high-resolution 3-D printing" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,512, issued on April 29, was assigned to THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington) and THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Photocurable resin for high-resolution 3-D printing" was invented by Joseph Potkay (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Elyse Fleck (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are photocurable resins comprising a poly(siloxane)-based copolymer together with a photoinitiator, and other optional ingredients such as a photocurable diluent, a photoabsorber, a photosensitizer, or a hydrophillic additive. Also provided are methods of stereol...