US Patent Issued to Eastman Chemical on Aug. 11 for "Build materials for additive manufacturing applications" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,771, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.).

"Build materials for additive manufacturing applications" was invented by James Thomas Goetz (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Andrew Thomas Detwiler (Kingsport, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A build material for additive manufacturing applications is disclosed. The build material includes a build composition in powder form, The build composition includes a semi-crystalline polymer having a glass transition temperature of at least 70deg C. and an onset melting temperature of at least 125deg C., as measured by DSC, and that exhibits an amorphous return. A sem...