ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,200, issued on June 2, was assigned to Gantri Inc. (San Leandro, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for administering a 3D-printing-based manufacturing process" was invented by Yi Yang (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods and systems for administering or managing a 3D-printing-based manufacturing process. The methods and systems can be tailored or optimized for administering or managing a 3D-printing-based manufacturing process where the products are made on demand for customers in response to orders received via an online retail website. In one embodiment, a method comprises generating a stock identifier use...