ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,039, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to EBARA Corp. (Tokyo).

"AM apparatus for manufacturing a fabricated object and method for testing an irradiation position of a beam in the AM apparatus" was invented by Hiroyuki Shinozaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides a technique for testing execution data and an operation of an AM apparatus by bringing the AM apparatus into operation before actually carrying out fabrication. An AM apparatus configured to manufacture a fabricated object is provided. This AM apparatus includes a chamber defining a space used to manufacture the fabricated object, a base plate ...