US Patent Issued to ULTIMAKER on Sept. 8 for "In-situ monitoring of additive manufacturing" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,598, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ULTIMAKER B.V. (Zaltbommel, Netherlands).

"In-situ monitoring of additive manufacturing" was invented by Stefano Stramigioli (Enschede, Netherlands), Alexander Dijkshoorn (Enschede, Netherlands), Gijsbertus Jacobus Maria Krijnen (Enschede, Netherlands) and Patrick Neuvel (Hengelo, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for additive manufacturing of a product from an electrically conductive depositable material. The system comprises a support element, a material addition system, and two electrodes. The support element supports the product, wherein the two electrodes comprise electro...