ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,255, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Chromatic 3D Materials Inc (Golden Valley, Minn.).

"Method for three dimensional printing using lead-in and lead-out blocks" was invented by Michael Garrod (Minnetrista, Minn.), Shihchuan Kao (New Brighton, Minn.) and Garth Benson (Burnsville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional (3D) object and a 3D object production process comprising: providing a thermoset printing apparatus comprising: a mixing chamber to receive and mix at least a first reactive component and a second reactive component to provide thermosetting material, an extrusion nozzle to deliver the thermosetting ...