ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,767, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAFRAN CERAMICS (Le Haillan, France).

"Additive manufacturing process for producing a structure" was invented by Arnaud Delehouze (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Eric Bouillon (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Stephane Roger Andre Goujard (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Marc Montaudon (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a structure by an additive manufacturing technique implementing a chemical vapor deposition assisted by focused energy radiation, includes the formation of a reinforcement which comprises a plurality of interconnected reinforcing elements made of...