ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,432, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to VOXELJET AG (Friedberg, Germany).

"Method and apparatus for producing 3D shaped articles using high-performance radiation emitters" was invented by Christoph Scheck (Augsburg, Germany), Melanie Weigel (Augsburg, Germany) and Alexander Franz Fuchs (Gersthofen, 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 using a radiation-emitting set and optionally a specific arrangement of radiation-emitting units."

The patent was filed on Oct. 8, 2020, under Application No. 17/765,591.

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