One of the biggest (and most secretive) companies in the world is always going to court a vast amount of speculation. Yesterday saw the wires heat up following the application for a series of patents …
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Titomic licenses two exclusive CSIRO patents for pipe additive manufacturing
Metal additive manufacturing company Titomic, that owns the exclusive rights to the Titomic Kinetic Fusion (TKF) process, has licensed two new patents from the Australian Government’s Commonwealth Sci…
Apple granted patent for faster 3D printers
Global consumer electronics company Apple Inc. has been granted a patent for what the company hopes will allow the development of faster 3D printers. Giving the .stl backronym “Standard Triangle…
Apple 3D printer patent granted, full color 3D printing system
An Apple 3D printer in 2018? Apple has been granted a US patent for a full-color 3D printing system. The successful application for a “method and apparatus for three-dimensional printing of colored ob…
Apple granted patent for 3D mapping system – 3D printing or autonomous vehicle project?
Apple has just been granted almost 70 new patents, including new 3D mapping technology. The latest batch of technical documents gives some insight into what the Cupertino, California based company has…
More 3D Printing Patents Are Expiring Soon: Here’s a Roundup
A few years ago, the expiration of many key 3D printing patents had the 3D printing community abuzz. The 3D printing patents that expired in the 2013-15 timeframe are described here. At that time, m…
Apple Sells Ultimaker 3D Printers in Europe
Since the 3D printing boom that began in 2012, many have wondered just when, if ever, Apple would get into the 3D printing space. For the most part, it was agreed that the technology just wasn’t…
Apple Files Patent Application for Full-Color 3D Printing
Apple is a glowing, mysterious box in the world of tech and, whenever they file a patent application, people take notice. This is true for that time they filed a patent application liquid metal 3D pri…
All Signs Point to Mixed Reality as Apple Poaches HoloLens Developer
A number of tech giants are openly entering the 3D space, transforming 3D printing from its own isolated industry into a subset of the larger 3D ecosystem (called “reality computing” by Au…
Yes, Some 3D Printing Patents Are Expiring. So What?
At the beginning of this year we wrote about expiring 3D printing patents. Yes, several early 3D printing patents have expired or are expiring. So what? Contrary to the legions of writers who predict …