ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,939, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TURBO 3D LLC (Gardena, Calif.).

"Additive manufacturing apparatus, system and method" was invented by Anton Zavoyskikh (Wenatchee, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for providing centrifuge-based additive object manufacturing includes a rotating drum containing a material that solidifies when irradiated by a light source, the material spreads evenly over an item being manufactured when the rotating drum is in motion, a light source module emitting a light capable of solidifying the photopolymer material, and a material delivery module for adding a controlled amount of the...