ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,024, issued on June 30, was assigned to Intrnls Inc. (Wales, Wis.).

"Additive manufacturing using foaming radiation-curable resin" was invented by Matthew Noah Pearlson (Wales, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "SLA-based additive manufacturing using radiation-curable foams enables the production by 3D printing of lightweight parts having desirable physical and functional attributes. A representative method of manufacturing such items includes processing a radiation-curable resin in liquid form to produce a stable, non-aqueous radiation-curable foam, on-demand deposition of the foam at a build layer of a build surface within a 3D pr...