US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army on July 22 for "Photonic annealing of electrically-conductive thermoplastics" (Maryland, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,152, issued on July 22, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington).

"Photonic annealing of electrically-conductive thermoplastics" was invented by Jorge A. Cardenas (Durham, N.C.), Nathan S. Lazarus (North Bethesda, Md.) and Harvey H. Tsang (Rockville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Photonic annealing is used to treat electrically-conductive thermoplastic. The thermoplastic forms, partially or wholly, a part which may be formed by additive manufacturing, like fused filament fabrication (FFF). The photonic annealing improves part conductivity and also alter, enhance, or gi...