ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,445, issued on July 7, was assigned to Wuhan University of Technology (Hubei, China).

"Direct manufacturing method for ceramics component with complex structure based on laser 3D printing and ceramic component with complex structure" was invented by Kai Liu (Hubei, China), Tianyang Li (Hubei, China), Song Zhang (Hubei, China), Rong Tu (Hubei, China), Ce Sun (Hubei, China), Jiahao Ye (Hubei, China) and Yuhan Liao (Hubei, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing method for ceramics with complex structure by laser 3D printing, includes acquiring a three-dimensional model of a complex component to be fabricated, and devising a...