US Patent Issued to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia on Sept. 9 for "Optical measurement system for real-time process monitoring of aerosol jet printing" (New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,650, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Optical measurement system for real-time process monitoring of aerosol jet printing" was invented by Ethan Benjamin Secor (Albuquerque, N.M.), Adam Wade Cook (Albuquerque, N.M.), Bryan James Kaehr (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Rebecca Rosa Tafoya (Corrales, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aerosol jet printing is a popular digital fabrication method for flexible and hybrid electronics, but it lacks sophisticated process control architectures that would enable more widespread adoption in manufacturing environments. An ...