ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,368, issued on July 7, was assigned to ADDUP (Cebazat, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (Paris) and ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE PARIS-SACLAY (Gif-sur-Yvette, France).

"Adaptive path for additive manufacturing using a laser source" was invented by Gilles Walrand (Cebazat, France), Christophe Tournier (Antony, France), Sylvain Lavernhe (Saclay Val D'Albian, France) and Kamel Ettaieb (Cachan, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method (P) for determining trajectory followed by a laser beam for selective additive manufacture of a three-dimensional object comprises: a) determining, on a predetermined reference ...