US Patent Issued to UT-BATTELLE on March 24 for "Slurry mixtures for 3-D slurry extrusion of artifacts" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,795, issued on March 24, was assigned to UT-BATTELLE LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

"Slurry mixtures for 3-D slurry extrusion of artifacts" was invented by James W. Klett (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Amelia M. Elliott (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slurry composition for forming an article using additive manufacturing is provided. The slurry composition comprises a carrier having a viscosity of at least 0.001 cP at normal temperature and pressure. The carrier is adapted to be flowable through a nozzle. The slurry composition further comprises a material selected from the group of a metal-containing material, a ceramic-contain...