ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,744, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY (Wichita, Kan.).
"Systems and methods for mold creation" was invented by Jeswin Joseph Chankaramangalam (Wichita, Kan.) and Timothy Arthur Chavez (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mold for use in molding a surface of a component is formed from separate building blocks that are assembled together so that mold surface segments associated with each of the building blocks line up to form one contiguous mold surface that corresponds with the shape of the mold. The building blocks can be formed to have integral formations for connecting them together. The buildi...