ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,851, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Young Optics Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"3D printing apparatus" was invented by Wei-Cheng Lo (Hsinchu, Taiwan), You Ren Wang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chang Chun Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A 3D printing apparatus including a base plate, a transparent plate, a fluid space, a molding container, a heater, a fluid guider and a light engine is provided. The fluid space is disposed between the base plate and the transparent plate. The molding container has an accommodating space and the base plate is disposed in the accommodating space. The heater is configured to heat a fluid. The...