ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,168, issued on March 4, was assigned to VOXBLJET AG (Friedberg, Germany).

"Method and device for producing 3D moulded parts by means of a layer construction technique" was invented by Ingo Ederer (Geltendorf, Germany), Daniel Gunther (Munich), Johannes Gunther (Martinsried, Germany) and Christoph Scheck (Augsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing three-dimensional models by layering in a high-speed sintering process."

The patent was filed on May 5, 2020, under Application No. 16/867,170.

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