ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,023, issued on June 30, was assigned to Fabric8Labs Inc. (San Diego).

"Methods of operating electrochemical-additive manufacturing systems comprising modular cartridge assemblies" was invented by Michelle Man (San Diego), Sean Stone (San Diego), Andrew Edmonds (Oceanside, Calif.), Michael Korody (Poway, Calif.) and Paul Doyon (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods of operating ECAM systems comprising modular cartridge assemblies. A modular cartridge assembly comprises a base, a cover, an ECAM printhead, a support unit, and a control board. The base has an opening providing access to the support unit (e...