ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,176, issued on March 24, was assigned to Peridot Print LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Three-dimensional printing" was invented by Krzysztof Nauka (Palo Alto, Calif.), Adekunle Olubummo (Palo Alto, Calif.), Kyle Wycoff (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Emre Hiro Discekici (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example of a kit for three-dimensional (3D) printing includes an ultraviolet (UV) light fusing agent. The ultraviolet (UV) light fusing agent includes an aqueous vehicle and a B vitamin or a B vitamin derivative present in an amount that dissolves in the aqueous vehicle. The aqueous vehicle includes a co-solvent, a surfactant, and water...