US Patent Issued to Xerox on Jan. 27 for "Polymer particles and related additive manufacturing methods" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,627, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Xerox Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Polymer particles and related additive manufacturing methods" was invented by Shivanthi Easwari Sriskandha (Mississauga, Canada) and Valerie M. Farrugia (Oakville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polymer particles that comprise a thermoplastic polymer and a nucleating agent may be useful in additive manufacturing methods where warping may be mitigated. For example, a method of producing sais polymer particles may comprise: a thermoplastic polymer, a nucleating agent, a carrier fluid, and optionally an emulsion stabilizer at a temperature at or greater than a...