ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,849, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Photosynthetic B.V. (Amsterdam).

"Volumetric microlithography" was invented by Alexander Kostenko (Amsterdam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for volumetric microlithography are described, wherein the method may include receiving a data representation of a 3D target structure and determining a plurality of planes in a volume of a photosensitive medium or in a build volume, each plane of the plurality of planes associated with a respective depth of a plurality of depths in the build volume, the plurality of depths being defined along an optical axis of an exposure system. Each ...