US Patent Issued to EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems on Feb. 17 for "Selective sintering of polymer-based composite materials" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,092, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems (Krailling, Germany).

"Selective sintering of polymer-based composite materials" was invented by Andreas Pfister (Fuerth, Germany), Sybille Fischer (Eichenau, Germany) and Verena Galitz (Krailing, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Powder mixture for the use as building material in additive manufacturing processes, wherein the powder mixture includes a first powder having powder particles of a first thermoplastic polymer material, and a reinforcement material that is at least partially embedded in the powder particles of the first powder and/or adhered to th...