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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2016
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Inventors:
Olav Solgaard, Stanford, CA (US);
Nina Vaidya, Stanford, CA (US);
Thomas Eugene Carver, Stanford, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, Stanford, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 3/00 (2006.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B29C 67/00 (2017.01); B29C 64/371 (2017.01); B29C 71/04 (2006.01); B29L 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29C 64/371 (2017.08); B29C 67/00 (2013.01); B29C 71/04 (2013.01); B29D 11/00 (2013.01); B29D 11/00442 (2013.01); B29D 11/00884 (2013.01); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B29L 2011/0016 (2013.01); B29L 2011/0058 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fabrication process includes: 1) forming an object by 3D printing; 2) smoothing the object by applying a gel to the object to coat at least a portion of the object with a film of the gel; 3) subjecting the object coated with the film to vacuum; and 4) curing the film to yield the object coated with the cured film.