ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,212, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"System and method for controlling 3D prints using NFTS" was invented by Yevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev (San Antonio), Gregory Meyer (San Antonio), Seth E. Ethington (McKinney, Texas) and Benjamin D. Ethington (Savannah, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional (3D) printer system for printing structures on a property, including a 3D printing apparatus comprising an extruder configured to layer material to manufacture a structure, and a processor configured to receive a non-fungible token (NFT) that includes a bluep...