US Patent Issued to Brigham Young University (BYU) on Nov. 3 for "Method and system for generating a three-dimensional object with edge definition" (Utah, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,779, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Brigham Young University (BYU) (Provo, Utah).

"Method and system for generating a three-dimensional object with edge definition" was invented by Nathan Brad Crane (Vineyard, Utah) and Clinton Spencer Abbott (Nampa, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a three-dimensional (3D) object, the method including forming a layer of powder, dispensing a volatile fluid on the layer of the powder, vaporizing the volatile fluid by applying an energy beam to form a trench that defines a boundary of a 3D object powder layer of the 3D object, the 3D object powder layer corresponding to a port...