ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,025, issued on July 14, was assigned to Peridot Print LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Dispensing print agent from print bars" was invented by Leticia Rubio Castillo (Sant Curgat del Valles, Spain) and Sergio Gonzalez Martin (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, a method comprises dispensing a first print agent onto a layer of build material in an additive manufacturing apparatus. The additive manufacturing apparatus may have a first print bar and a second print bar. The method may comprise determining a pattern of a first print agent to be applied to a layer of build material, dispensing a first portio...