ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,775, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ORBITAL MATTER POLAND Sp. Z o.o. (Warsaw, Poland).

"3D printing apparatus" was invented by Robert-Alexandru Ihnatisin (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general terms the present invention proposes a 3D printing apparatus 100 for printing a satellite component. The 3D printing apparatus comprises a housing 102, a seal 104 arranged movably inside the housing such that the seal partitions the housing into first and second chambers 106A, 106B that are fluidically isolated from each other, and a nozzle 108 in fluid connection with the second chamber 106B. The first chamber 106A comprises a gas...