US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF ClNCINNATI, Kansas State University Research Foundation on June 30 for "Additive manufacturing using continuous-fiber reinforced composites with graphene" (Kansas, Ohio, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,031, issued on June 30, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF ClNCINNATI (Cincinnati) and Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kan.).

"Additive manufacturing using continuous-fiber reinforced composites with graphene" was invented by Dong Lin (Manhattan, Kan.), Jing Shi (Cincinnati) and Pedram Parandoush (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Additive manufacturing of continuous-fiber reinforced composites. More particularly, aspects of the invention relate to additive manufacturing systems and methods for fabricating 3D parts from continuous-fiber reinforced composites such as carbon-fiber or glass-fiber pre imp...