MUMBAI, India, Nov. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202547096499 A) filed by Signify Holding B. V., Eindhoven, Netherlands, on Oct. 7, for 'sustainable 3d printed sparkle and hide structure.'

Inventor(s) include Bukkems, Peter, Johannes, Martinus.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 7, under issue no. 45/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention provides a method for producing a 3D item by means of fused deposition modelling, the method comprising: a 3D printing stage comprising layer-wise 3D printable material, to provide the 3D item comprising 3D printed material, wherein the 3D item comprises a plurality of layers of 3D printed material, wherein: (a) the method comprises generating a stack comprising n layers of 3D printed material on top of each other by depositing 3D printable material along n printing paths (APn), wherein the n printing paths (APn) and printing conditions are selected such that the stack comprises stack sections and stack modulations; (b) for the stack sections applies: (i) an nth layer is configured on an (n-1)th layer and/or (ii) the (n-1)th layer is configured on an (n-2)th layer; (c) for (at least part of) the stack modulations applies: an nth layer is partly configured on an (n-1)th layer and partly on an (n-2)th layer, and the (n-1)th layer is partly configured between the nth layer and the (n- 2)th layer; and (d) n=3, and the 3D printable material comprises a light transmissive material."

The patent application was internationally filed on Apr. 12, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/060074.

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