ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,658, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Three dimensional molding device" was invented by Atsushi Majima (Asahi-mura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This three dimensional molding device includes a plasticizing section having a screw in which a groove is formed and generating a plasticized material by plasticizing a material by rotating the screw; a nozzle having a nozzle opening and ejecting the plasticized material; an ejection adjustment section provided in a flow path, which communicates with the nozzle opening, and adjusting an ejecting amount of the plasticized material from the nozzle by adjus...