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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:
Aug. 21, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 02, 2010
Applicants:

S. Scott Crump, Wayzata, MN (US);

J. Samuel Batchelder, Somers, NY (US);

Timothy Sampson, Bloomington, MN (US);

John Barnett, Bloomington, MN (US);

Inventors:

S. Scott Crump, Wayzata, MN (US);

J. Samuel Batchelder, Somers, NY (US);

Timothy Sampson, Bloomington, MN (US);

John Barnett, Bloomington, MN (US);

Assignee:

Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22C 9/08 (2006.01); B29C 41/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A support material for use with a digital manufacturing system, the support material comprising at least one inorganic ionic compound and is configured to be deposited with the digital manufacturing system using a layer-based additive technique to form a support structure for supporting at least one overhanging region of a three-dimensional model built with the digital manufacturing system.


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