ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,596, issued on May 27, was assigned to Universite de Lorraine (Nancy, France) and CENTRE EUROPEEN DE RECHERCHES ET DE FORMATION AUX ARTS ARTS VERRIERS (CERFAV) (Vannes-le-Chatel, France).
"Three-dimensional printing device for a small glass object" was invented by Gerard Jeandel (Heillecourt, France), Marie-Alice Skaper (Praye, France), Denis Garcia (Maron, France), Simon Aufranc (Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France), Guilherme Vianna-Santos (Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France) and Damien Brissinger (Chaligny, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is provided for three-dimensional printing of a glass object, by applying and solidifying s...