US Patent Issued to Formlabs on March 3 for "Techniques for powder delivery in additive fabrication and related systems and methods" (Massachusetts, Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,003, issued on March 3, was assigned to Formlabs Inc. (Somerville, Mass.).

"Techniques for powder delivery in additive fabrication and related systems and methods" was invented by Luke Plummer (Jericho, Vt.), Maria Rosa Ruiz (Malden, Mass.), Carlos Ruiz-Vargas (Waltham, Mass.), Robert Morgan (Winchester, Mass.), Joseph Johnson (Norwood, Mass.) and Gregory Connor Evans (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are described for consistently moving powder from a hopper into a trough for subsequent delivery into a build area of an additive fabrication system. A powder conveyer may be arranged at least partially within...