US Patent Issued to Sciperio on June 16 for "Pump for additive manufacturing" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,396, issued on June 16, was assigned to Sciperio Inc (Orlando, Fla.).

"Pump for additive manufacturing" was invented by Paul I. Deffenbaugh (Orlando, Fla.), Michael W. Owens (Orlando, Fla.), Kenneth H. Church (Orlando, Fla.), Joshua Goldfarb (Orlando, Fla.) and Emily Sassano (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus may include a pressurized source of viscous material for dispensing onto a substrate. The apparatus may include a progressive cavity pump configured to meter and force material from the material source onward through the apparatus. The apparatus may include a valve operatively connected to the progressive...