ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,056, issued on July 21, was assigned to Peridot Print LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Part packing with diffusion auras" was invented by Alejandro Manuel De Pena Hempel (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain) and Jun Zeng (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of methods for part packing with diffusion auras are described herein. In some examples, a first diffusion aura for a first portion of a part is determined. In some examples, a second diffusion aura for a second portion of the part is determined. In some examples, the part is packed based on the first diffusion aura and the second diffusion aura."

The patent was filed on ...