US Patent Issued to Align Technology on March 24 for "Methods for producing additively manufactured objects with heterogeneous properties" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,194, issued on March 24, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Methods for producing additively manufactured objects with heterogeneous properties" was invented by Peter Dorfinger (Woodside, Calif.) and Michael Christopher Cole (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for manufacturing objects are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a digital data set representing an object, and applying energy to a curable material based on the digital data set to form the object. The object can include at least two object portions formed from the curable material using different en...