Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Three-dimensional printing
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Application No.: US17298643Application Date: 2019-09-18
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Publication No.: US12023861B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Emre Hiro Discekici , Graciela Emma Negri Jimenez , Shannon Reuben Woodruff
- Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: Dierker & Kavanaugh, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2019/051720 2019.09.18
- International Announcement: WO2021/025712A 2021.02.11
- Date entered country: 2021-05-31
- Main IPC: B29C71/02
- IPC: B29C71/02 ; B29C64/165 ; B29C64/188 ; B29C71/04 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y70/00

Abstract:
In an example of a method for three-dimensional (3D) printing, a polymeric build material is applied to form a build material layer. A fusing agent is selectively applied, based on a 3D object model, onto the build material layer to form a patterned portion. A hydrophilic agent is selectively applied, based on the 3D object model, onto at least a portion of the patterned portion. The hydrophilic agent includes from 1 wt % to 12 wt % of a hydrophilic polymer dissolved in an aqueous liquid vehicle, wherein the hydrophilic polymer has a molar mass ranging from 1000 g/mol to 12,000 g/mol and is water-absorbent at a water to hydrophilic polymer weight ratio from 2:1 to 1000:1. The build material layer is exposed to energy to selectively coalesce the patterned portion and form a 3D object layer having a hydrophilic portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220152923A1 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING Public/Granted day:2022-05-19
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