US Patent Issued to Texas Tech University System, The Texas A&M University System on Dec. 16 for "Methods of 3D printing thermosetting polymers and continuous fiber composites via in-situ self-propagation curing and systems thereof" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,766, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Texas Tech University System (Lubbock, Texas) and The Texas A&M University System (College Station, Texas).

"Methods of 3D printing thermosetting polymers and continuous fiber composites via in-situ self-propagation curing and systems thereof" was invented by Jingjing Qiu (College Station, Texas) and Shiren Wang (College Station, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems of 3D printing non-photocurable thermosetting polymer materials and continuous fiber composites that reduces the manufacturing time and energy required by implementing fast, self-sustaining, and self-propagating,...