ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,591, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Peridot Print LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Forming three-dimensional (3D) electronic parts" was invented by Yan Zhao (Palo Alto, Calif.), Kristopher J. Erickson (Palo Alto, Calif.), Aja Hartman (Palo Alto, Calif.), Lihua Zhao (Palo Alto, Calif.), Sterling Chaffins (Corvallis, Ore.) and Kevin P. Dekam (Corvallis, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for forming three-dimensional (3D) printed electronic parts are provided. A build material is applied. An electronic agent is selectively applied in a plurality of passes on a portion of the build material. A fusing agent is also selectively appl...