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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2018
Desktop Metal, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Jonah Samuel Myerberg, Lexington, MA (US);
Ricardo Fulop, Lexington, MA (US);
Michael Andrew Gibson, Boston, MA (US);
Anastasios John Hart, Waban, MA (US);
Richard Remo Fontana, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
Christopher Allan Schuh, Wayland, MA (US);
Yet-Ming Chiang, Weston, MA (US);
Matthew David Verminski, North Andover, MA (US);
Emanuel Michael Sachs, Newton, MA (US);
Ricardo Chin, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
DESKTOP METAL, INC., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A printer fabricates an object from a computerized model using a fused filament fabrication process. The shape of an extrusion nozzle may be varied during extrusion to control, e.g., an amount of build material deposited, a shape of extrudate exiting the nozzle, a feature resolution, and the like.