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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:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2023
Applicant:
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, CN;
Inventors:
Guijun Li, Hong Kong, CN;
Kong Wai Lee, Hong Kong, CN;
Yang Xu, Hong Kong, CN;
Qiaoyaxiao Yuan, Hong Kong, CN;
Cynthia Hsin-Tsing Mu, Hong Kong, CN;
Assignee:
THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Hong Kong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23P 20/20 (2016.01); A23L 5/10 (2016.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); H05B 3/00 (2006.01); A23P 20/25 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23P 20/20 (2016.08); A23L 5/15 (2016.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); H05B 3/0076 (2013.01); A23P 2020/253 (2016.08);
Abstract
A 3D food printer includes a printer head including, an extrusion nozzle and a laser assembly with at least one laser, and a heated printing platform. The extrusion nozzle is configured to extrude food onto the printing platform, and each of the printing platform and the at least one laser are configured to heat food extruded onto the printing platform.