ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,615, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Preparation method for polymer composite particle material, and three-dimensional printing method by using polymer composite particle material" was invented by Yu-Deh Chao (Taipei, Taiwan), Jeng-Ywan Jeng (Taipei, Taiwan), Dong-Quan Yeh (Taipei, Taiwan) and Pin-Cheng Wang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a polymer composite particle material for three-dimensional printing. The polymer composite particle material is formed by embedding a carbon powder on a surface of a polymer powde...