US Patent Issued to Freeform Future on June 2 for "Scheduling lasing tasks of a 3D printing system" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,151, issued on June 2, was assigned to Freeform Future Corp. (Hawthorne, Calif.).

"Scheduling lasing tasks of a 3D printing system" was invented by Samuel Rodkey (McGregor, Texas), Tasso Lappas (Pasadena, Calif.), Derek Schmuland (El Segundo, Calif.) and Grady Wagner (Manhattan Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods determine a layer of a part to be manufactured within a build module a 3D printing system. Within the layer, lasing tasks to be performed for manufacturing the layer of the part. Constraints are determined that represent one or more limitations associated with at least one of an order or a timing ...