AIM3D, a spinoff from the University of Rostock (Germany) that has been a pioneer of 3D printing with pellets, has been granted patents in the United States and Europe. These grants of fundamental patents provide AIM3D with a far-reaching protection of technology, with the U.S. patents also covering fused deposition modeling (FDM) filament extruders for high-temperature applications and high-flow hot ends.
AIM3D said in a press release that it is generally open to licensing this technology.
AIM3D has focused on 3D pellet printers as opposed to FDM printers, which is reflected in four patent applications between 2016 and 2018. The patents, which have now been awarded, protect both the topology of the 3D printing extruder as a whole and detailed technical solutions for pellet processing.
The patents granted are published as EP3463799B1, EP3648946B1, US11541593B2 and US11597118B2.
