US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, SAINT-GOBAIN SURFACE SOLUTIONS FRANCE on June 2 for "System and method for conducting an abrasive operation in an additive manufacturing process" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,196, issued on June 2, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES INC. (Worcester, Mass.) and SAINT-GOBAIN SURFACE SOLUTIONS FRANCE (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France).

"System and method for conducting an abrasive operation in an additive manufacturing process" was invented by Robin M. Bright (Charlton, Mass.), Christopher Arcona (Northborough, Mass.) and Yinggang Tian (Shrewsbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for conducting an abrasive operation can include providing a fixed abrasive article and separating a first part from a second part using the fixed abrasive article according to a deterministic process."

The patent ...