ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,633, issued on March 25, was assigned to Xerox Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).
"Metal and fusible metal alloy particles and related methods" was invented by Benjamin Knapik (Etobicoke, Canada), Michael S. Hawkins (Cambridge, Canada), David Lawton (Burlington, Canada) and Kimberly D. Nosella (Ancaster, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing metal or metal alloy particles may include: mixing a mixture comprising: (a) a metal or a metal alloy, (b) a carrier fluid, and optionally (c) an emulsion stabilizer at a temperature at or greater than a melting point of the metal or the metal alloy to create a dispersion of molten d...