US Patent Issued to Battelle Savannah River Alliance on June 2 for "Method of controlling local environment exposure during additive manufacturing" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,294, issued on June 2, was assigned to Battelle Savannah River Alliance LLC (Aiken, S.C.).

"Method of controlling local environment exposure during additive manufacturing" was invented by Donald W. Benza (Aiken, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are additive manufacturing methods and systems that can deposit an occluding material in the form of a "cocoon" over previously deposited build material. The occluding material protects previously deposited layers from overexposure to the local environment and can allow exposure times of build material to be better controlled. The occluding material is removed following formation o...