US Patent Issued to Stratasys on Nov. 3 for "Braided comingled tow filament for use in 3D printing" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,773, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Stratasys Inc. (Minnetonka, Minn.).

"Braided comingled tow filament for use in 3D printing" was invented by Clint Newell (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feedstock configured for use in an extruder in an additive manufacturing system is configured as a braided comingled tow filament. A method of producing the braided comingled tow filament includes providing a bundle of comingled tow material having a fiber count ranging from about 1,000 fibers to about 25,000 fibers having thermoplastic fibers comingled therewith, wherein the tow material in the filament ranges from about 50 to ...