ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,756, issued on July 14, was assigned to EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems (Krailling, Germany).

"Mixing device for producing a powder mixture" was invented by Thomas Reichel (Germering, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixing device serves for producing a powder mixture of a first powder component and at least one second powder component for an additive manufacturing device. The mixing device includes a first container for receiving the first and/or the second powder component, where a discharge opening for discharging the first and/or the second powder component is provided at a lower boundary of the first container, and a se...