ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,026, issued on July 14, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Multimaterial powder bed patterning for additive manufacturing method" was invented by Nikola Dudukovic (Hayward, Calif.), Roger Aines (Livermore, Calif.), Sarah Baker (Dublin, Calif.), Joshua R. Deotte (Livermore, Calif.), Eric B. Duoss (Danville, Calif.), Jeremy Taylor Feaster (Fremont, Calif.), Alexandra Golobic (Oakland, Calif.), Julie Mancini (Livermore, Calif.), Christopher M. Spadaccini (Oakland, Calif.), Seth Evan Watts (Collingswood, N.J.) and Michael John Troksa (Veradale, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present d...