ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,366, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Peridot Print LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Pretreat compositions" was invented by Sterling Chaffins (Corvallis, Ore.), Kevin P. DeKam (Corvallis, Ore.) and Michael G. Monroe (Corvallis, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming parts with electrically conductive features includes applying a layer of thermoplastic polymer powder particles in a powder bed and selectively applying an aqueous pretreat composition including a metal chloride salt on a portion of the layer. A conductive fusing ink including transition metal particles and a dispersing agent is selectively applied onto the...