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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:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/194 (2017.01); B29C 64/40 (2017.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/194 (2017.08); B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/40 (2017.08); B29C 2793/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional formed object includes cutting a material block so as to fabricate a bottom portion that includes an upwardly projecting underlying layer portion. The method also includes forming a molten material into a single layer or a plurality of layers on a top of the underlying layer portion so as to fabricate a first layer portion in contact with the underlying layer portion.