US Patent Issued to Peridot Print on Oct. 14 for "Energy emitting apparatuses for build material layers" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,059, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Peridot Print LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Energy emitting apparatuses for build material layers" was invented by Arthur H. Barnes (Vancouver, Wash.), William Winters (Vancouver, Wash.) and Daniel Fredrickson (Vancouver, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to examples, an apparatus may include a back panel to absorb energy and an energy emitter to supply energy onto a build material layer. The energy emitter may include an energy emitting element and an outer tube. In addition, a reflective element may be provided on a portion of the outer tube facing the back panel to direct energy awa...