ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,364, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Ticona LLC (Florence, Ky.).

"Three-dimensional printing system employing a thermally conductive polymer composition" was invented by Craig J. Peterson (Hebron, Ky.), Xinyu Zhao (Cincinnati) and Young Shin Kim (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional printing method is provided. The method comprises selectively forming a three-dimensional structure from a polymer composition. The polymer composition comprises a thermally conductive particulate material distributed within a thermoplastic polymer matrix, and further wherein the polymer composition exhibits a through-plane the...