US Patent Issued to NIKE on Feb. 24 for "Method and apparatus for printing three-dimensional structures with image information" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,848, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Method and apparatus for printing three-dimensional structures with image information" was invented by Todd W. Miller (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for printing 3D structures using 2D monochromatic images (for example, greyscale images) is provided. The method can include instructing a printing device to print a 2D monochromatic image using print material in a reservoir known to contain a structural print material to create a three-dimensional structure. The method can further include instructing the printing device to print a 2...