ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,718, issued on April 7, was assigned to Stratasys Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel).

"Leveling system for three-dimensional printing" was invented by Dan Mordechay (Mazkeret Batya, Israel), Barak Glassman (Ness Ziona, Israel) and Kiril Lain (Rehovot, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leveling system for a three-dimensional printing system, comprises a rotatable roller, a waste collecting bath, a blade for removing liquid waste from the roller into the bath, and a plurality of tubular structures. Each tubular structure has an inlet at a vicinity of a base of the bath and an outlet connectable to a pump system."

The patent was filed on Apr...