ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,063, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Peridot Print LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Processing build materials" was invented by Jorge Diosdado Borrego (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Rocio Munoz Moreno (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Natalie Harvey (Corvallis, Ore.) and Marc Garcia Grau (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A build material processing system is disclosed. The system comprising a build volume interface to receive a container including a build volume comprising a plurality of powdered build material layers in which an agent has been selectively applied to define a 3D object; and at least one type of ...