US Patent Issued to XEROX, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA on July 15 for "Piezoelectric composites featuring noncovalent interactions and use thereof in additive manufacturing" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,209, issued on July 15, was assigned to XEROX Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.) and NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA (Ottawa).

"Piezoelectric composites featuring noncovalent interactions and use thereof in additive manufacturing" was invented by Sarah J. Vella (Milton, Canada), Alexandros Vasileiou (Toronto), Yujie Zhu (Mississauga, Canada), Edward G. Zwartz (Mississauga, Canada) and Chantal Paquet (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Parts made by additive manufacturing are often structural in nature, rather than having functional properties conveyed by a polymer or other component. Printed parts having piezoelectric properties may be fo...