ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,005, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to 3DMATERIALS Co. LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).
"Ink composition for 3D printing based on urea reaction and the 3D printing method using the same" was invented by Jung Hyun Oh (Daejeon, South Korea), Eun Jeong Hahm (Seoul, South Korea) and Jin A Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an ink composition for 3D printing based on a urea reaction that is applied as a liquid on a build platform, undergoes a phase change to a gelled solid in an applied state, and forms a 3D structure by being cured by cross-linking through the urea reaction with a curin...