US Patent Issued to XEROX, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA on April 21 for "Piezoelectric composites having localized piezoelectric particles and use thereof in additive manufacturing" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,885, issued on April 21, was assigned to XEROX Corp. and NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA (Ottawa).

"Piezoelectric composites having localized piezoelectric particles and use thereof in additive manufacturing" was invented by Sarah J. Vella (Milton, Canada), Alexandros Vasileiou (Toronto), Yujie Zhu (Mississauga, Canada), Edward G. Zwartz (Mississauga, Canada) and Chantal Paquet (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Parts made by additive manufacturing are often structural in nature, rather than having functional properties conveyed by a polymer or other component present therein. Printed parts having piezoelectric properties ma...