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Inventor

Charles W. Hull

Patents indexed

1

Year range

1986

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Years active

1986

Total patents

1

Most recent

1986

Domains

manufacturingmechanicalmaterialssoftwareconsumer_electronics

Activity by decade

1980s
1

Patents

1

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1 patents, in 1986

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US 4575330·1986·UVP Inc

How 3D Printers Build Objects Layer by Layer from Liquid

This patent describes the foundational method for 3D printing, where a machine builds a three-dimensional object layer by layer by hardening a liquid material with light or other energy.

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