US Patent Issued to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY on Sept. 1 for "Ink compositions for three-dimensional printing and methods of forming objects using the ink compositions" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,166, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Ill.).

"Ink compositions for three-dimensional printing and methods of forming objects using the ink compositions" was invented by Ramille N. Shah (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Adam E. Jakus (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "3D printable ink compositions for forming objects, films and coatings are provided. Also provided are methods of printing the ink compositions and methods for making the ink compositions. The ink compositions include an elastic polymer binder and may have high loadings of solid particles."

The patent was filed on July 26, 2022, under Applica...