ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,135, issued on July 8, was assigned to XSYS Prepress N.V. (Ypres, Belgium).
"Apparatus and method for generating a relief carrier by irradiation" was invented by Bart Wattyn (Dentergem, Belgium), Eva Freudenthaler (Korntal-Munchingen, Germany) and Martin Kunz (Waldbronn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for generating a relief carrier using a solidifiable material includes a support structure configured for providing a substantially cylindrical support surface. The support surface may be formed by a substrate intended to be part of the relief carrier to be generated or by a cylindrical support not intended to be par...