ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,698, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, Texas).

"Method and system for regulating a multi-part 3D printing order transfer" was invented by Yahel Aricha (Givat Shmuel, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and a method for regulating a multi-part 3D printing order transfer between at least one requesting unit and a plurality of supplying units. Access to a nesting module is received. A quote module is defined for providing a price quote for a printing order based on material cost and on production cost. At least a portion of the production cost is calculated based on required build portio...