ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,601, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Los Angeles).

"Exchangeable beam entry window for am system" was invented by Michael Thomas Kenworthy (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) and Krzysztof Artysiewicz (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses for replaceable beam entry windows in additive manufacturing systems are disclosed."

The patent was filed on July 5, 2022, under Application No. 17/857,716.

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