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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2024
Applicant:

Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Viswanath Meenakshisundaram, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Srinivas Kaza, Mountain View, CA (US);

Chunhua Li, Cupertino, CA (US);

Lance Robert Pickens, Campbell, CA (US);

Shawn Stromenger, Milpitas, CA (US);

Jun Sato, San Jose, CA (US);

Siobhan O'Leary, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Peter Webber, San Francisco, CA (US);

Brett E. Kelly, Oakland, CA (US);

Jennifer Chavez, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/35 (2017.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); B08B 7/00 (2006.01); B08B 7/04 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.01); B29C 64/30 (2017.01); B29C 64/357 (2017.01); B29C 64/379 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B29C 71/04 (2006.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B08B 7/0071 (2013.01); B08B 7/04 (2013.01); B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B29C 64/30 (2017.08); B29C 64/357 (2017.08); B29C 64/379 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B29C 71/04 (2013.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.08); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems for post-processing additively manufactured objects are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a rotor configured to support a plurality of additively manufactured objects having excess material thereon, an actuator configured to spin the rotor so as to remove the excess material from the plurality of additively manufactured objects, and an energy source configured to apply energy to the plurality of additively manufactured objects to selectively alter a material property of a portion of each of the plurality of additively manufactured objects.


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