US Patent Issued to General Electric on April 7 for "Water-based binder solutions for use in additive manufacturing processes" (New York, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,392, issued on April 7, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Water-based binder solutions for use in additive manufacturing processes" was invented by Arunkumar Natarajan (Mason, Ohio) and William C. Alberts (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water-based binder solution comprises a thermoplastic binder, greater than or equal to 4 wt % to less than or equal to 20 wt % of a non-aqueous solvent having a boiling point greater than or equal to 100deg C. and less than or equal to 175deg C., and water. The thermoplastic binder comprises a first polymer strand having a weight average molecular weight ...