Patent ID: 11969938
Assignee: IMPOSSIBLE OBJECTS, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  C | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. A three-dimensional article of manufacture comprising a plurality of substrate layers that are infiltrated or coated by, and bound together by, a hardened material formed by heating at least one engineered powder, wherein the hardened material exhibits a set of one or more characteristics, which set is sufficient for distinguishing the hardened material as having formed as a result of the engineered powder having been positioned on the substrate layers and then being at least partially softened followed by hardening, such that the hardened material has a material composition that is different from the material composition of any of the plurality of substrate layers, wherein the engineered powder comprises a plurality of toner powder particles comprising at least one of a thermoplastic or thermosettable polymer produced by at least one process permitting sufficient control of the shape, size, and composition of each powder particle to produce a powder having particles of predesigned, relatively uniform shape, size, and composition, the process further not requiring mechanical abrasion, the process further comprising chemical reaction, and wherein all of the plurality of substrate layers have a substantially identical material composition.