US Patent Issued to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES on July 15 for "Binders and methods of binder jetting including branched polymer binders and articles made therefrom" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,215, issued on July 15, was assigned to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES INC. (Blacksburg, Va.).

"Binders and methods of binder jetting including branched polymer binders and articles made therefrom" was invented by Christopher B. Williams (Blacksburg, Va.), Emily M. Wilts (Blacksburg, Va.), Timothy E. Long (Blacksburg, Va.) and Da Ma (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Binders and methods of binder jetting are provided based on the use of branched polymer binders. The applicants have found that, even more so than the molecular weight, the ability to achieve higher maximum printable concentrations leads to higher den...