US Patent Issued to Align Technology on April 21 for "Modular build platforms for additive manufacturing" (Austrian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,889, issued on April 21, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Modular build platforms for additive manufacturing" was invented by Thomas Forster-Romswinckel (Pixendorf, Austria), Robert Gmeiner (Vienna), Otmar Martl (Linz, Austria), Oliver Kesel (Pixendorf, Austria), Bernhard Busetti (Vienna), Markus Kury (Vienna), Michael Christopher Cole (San Jose, Calif.), Peter Dorfinger (Woodside, Calif.), Shawn Stromenger (Milpitas, Calif.), Viswanath Meenakshisundaram (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Lance Robert Pickens (Campbell, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices for additive manufacturing ar...