US Patent Issued to Align Technology on May 26 for "Substrates and associated materials for additive manufacturing" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,831, issued on May 26, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Substrates and associated materials for additive manufacturing" 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: "Substrates and associated materials for additive manufacturing are provided. In some embodiments, a device for manufacturing an object from a curable material includes a substrate configured to support the curable material during an additive manufacturing process. The substrate can be at least partially transparent to a wavelength of energy that cures the curable m...