US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security on July 15 for "System and method for ultrasound-induced additive manufacturing of polymers and composites" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,212, issued on July 15, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"System and method for ultrasound-induced additive manufacturing of polymers and composites" was invented by Ishan Joshipura (Oakland, Calif.), Martin De Beer (Berkeley, Calif.), Jordan Seiji Lum (Livermore, Calif.), Maxim Shusteff (Piedmont, Calif.) and David Matthew Stobbe (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an additive manufacturing system for forming at least one of forming a part or modifying a surface using a volume of polymerizable resin. The system makes use of a subsystem for g...