US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Dec. 2 for "Multi-printhead end effector and associated system and method" (Washington, Ohio, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,687, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Multi-printhead end effector and associated system and method" was invented by Shane E. Arthur (Kirkland, Wash.), John E. Miller (Amherst, Ohio), Matthew Mellin (Seattle), Kjersta Larson-Smith (Seattle), Anthony Baker (Gilbertsville, Pa.), Luke Ingram (Summerville, S.C.), Steven Dorris (Willard, Mo.), Jonathan Schwedhelm (Seattle), Mark Bunker (Shoreline, Wash.), Ryan Petz (Auburn, Wash.), Travis King (Seattle), Jesse Castleberry (Seattle) and Matt Christner (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end effector and associated systems and methods for printing in...