Patents by Inventor Andrew Gordon Wright

Andrew Gordon Wright has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250043105
    Abstract: Resin compositions are provided for producing a three-dimensional object by additive manufacturing that include at least one reactive compound having a filler moiety covalently attached (bonded) thereto. In some embodiments, the reactive compound may be a monomer, a prepolymer, a chain extender, and/or a reactive diluent. In certain embodiments, more than one type of reactive compound may include a filler moiety covalently attached thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: David Hernandez, Andrew Gordon Wright
  • Publication number: 20240239948
    Abstract: Provided according to embodiments of the invention are methods for the rapid production of a composition that includes a reactive blocked prepolymer. Such methods may include continuously mixing a first precursor composition and a second precursor composition, the first precursor composition including a polyisocyanate oligomer and the second precursor composition including an amine (meth)acrylate to produce the composition that includes a reactive blocked prepolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventor: Andrew Gordon WRIGHT
  • Publication number: 20240131779
    Abstract: Provided is method of making a three-dimensional object comprising polyurea, which may include: (a) dispensing a one part (1K) dual cure resin into a stereolithography apparatus, the resin comprising or consisting essentially of a photoinitiator, a reactive blocked polyisocyanate, optionally a catalyst such as a polyurethane blowing catalyst, and optionally a polyepoxide; (b) additively manufacturing from said resin an intermediate object comprising the light polymerization product of said reactive blocked polyisocyanate; (c) optionally cleaning said intermediate object; and (d) reacting said polymerization product in said intermediate with water in the presence of a catalyst such as a polyurethane blowing catalyst (which may be included in the resin, the water, or both) to generate polyamine in situ that sequentially reacts with the remainder of the polymerization product to form urea linkages and thereby produce a three-dimensional object comprising polyurea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Andrew Gordon Wright
  • Patent number: 11884000
    Abstract: Provided is method of making a three-dimensional object comprising polyurea, which may include: (a) dispensing a one part (1K) dual cure resin into a stereolithography apparatus, the resin comprising or consisting essentially of a photoinitiator, a reactive blocked polyisocyanate, optionally a catalyst such as a polyurethane blowing catalyst, and optionally a polyepoxide; (b) additively manufacturing from said resin an intermediate object comprising the light polymerization product of said reactive blocked polyisocyanate; (c) optionally cleaning said intermediate object; and (d) reacting said polymerization product in said intermediate with water in the presence of a catalyst such as a polyurethane blowing catalyst (which may be included in the resin, the water, or both) to generate polyamine in situ that sequentially reacts with the remainder of the polymerization product to form urea linkages and thereby produce a three-dimensional object comprising polyurea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Gordon Wright
  • Patent number: 11845200
    Abstract: Provided herein according to some embodiments is a dual cure additive manufacturing resin, comprising: (i) a light polymerizable component, (ii) a photoinitiator, (iii) a heat polymerizable component, and (iv) a non-reactive diluent, which resin is useful for the production of three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing. Methods of using the same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Gordon Wright, Kai Chen, Bob E. Feller
  • Patent number: 11820072
    Abstract: Provided herein is a resin product useful for the production of three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing, and methods using the same. The resin may include a reactive blocked prepolymer comprising a prepolymer blocked with reactive blocking groups; a polyol; a photoinitiator; and at least one organometallic catalyst. A packaged product useful for the production of three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing, the product comprising a single container having a single chamber and a resin in the chamber with all components mixed together, is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert K Pinschmidt, Jr., Andrew Gordon Wright, Jason P. Rolland
  • Publication number: 20230182376
    Abstract: Provided is method of making a three-dimensional object comprising polyurea, which may include: (a) dispensing a one part (1K) dual cure resin into a stereolithography apparatus, the resin comprising or consisting essentially of a photoinitiator, a reactive blocked polyisocyanate, optionally a catalyst such as a polyurethane blowing catalyst, and optionally a polyepoxide; (b) additively manufacturing from said resin an intermediate object comprising the light polymerization product of said reactive blocked polyisocyanate; (c) optionally cleaning said intermediate object; and (d) reacting said polymerization product in said intermediate with water in the presence of a catalyst such as a polyurethane blowing catalyst (which may be included in the resin, the water, or both) to generate polyamine in situ that sequentially reacts with the remainder of the polymerization product to form urea linkages and thereby produce a three-dimensional object comprising polyurea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Andrew Gordon Wright
  • Patent number: 11655329
    Abstract: Provided herein is a dual cure resin useful for the production of an object by additive manufacturing, comprising or consisting essentially of: (a) a photoinitiator; (b) not more than 5, 10 or 20 ppm of a polyurethane catalyst (e.g., tin, tertiary amine, bismuth, zinc, zirconium, or nickel catalysts); (c) a polyol; (d) free (i.e., unblocked) polyisocyanate; and (e) blocked polyisocyanate, the isocyanate groups of which are blocked by reaction with an amine (meth)acrylate blocking agent. Methods of making an object with the resin are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Gordon Wright
  • Patent number: 11649312
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of making (meth)acrylate blocked polyurethanes with zirconium catalysts, dual cure resins containing (meth)acrylate blocked polyurethanes and zirconium catalysts, methods of using the same in additive manufacturing, and products made therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Gordon Wright
  • Publication number: 20230095658
    Abstract: Provided herein is an additive manufacturing method of making a three-dimensional object comprising polyurea, comprising: (a) dispensing a one part (1K) dual cure resin into a stereolithography apparatus, the resin comprising or consisting essentially of a photoinitiator, a reactive blocked polyisocyanate, and optionally a polyepoxide, the reactive blocked polyisocyanate comprising the reaction product of a polyisocyanate and an amine or hydroxyl (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylamide monomer blocking agent; (b) additively manufacturing from said resin an intermediate object comprising the light polymerization product of said reactive blocked polyisocyanate; (c) optionally cleaning said intermediate object; and (d) reacting said polymerization product in said intermediate with water to generate polyamine in situ that sequentially reacts with the remainder of the polymerization product to form urea linkages and hereby produce a three-dimensional object comprising polyurea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Gordon Wright, Kai Chen, Jason P. Rolland
  • Publication number: 20230084371
    Abstract: Provided herein according to some embodiments is a dual cure additive manufacturing resin, comprising: (i) a light polymerizable component, (ii) a photoinitiator, (iii) a heat polymerizable component, and (iv) a non-reactive diluent, which resin is useful for the production of three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing. Methods of using the same are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Gordon Wright, Kai Chen, Bob E. Feller
  • Publication number: 20220411562
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of making (meth)acrylate blocked polyurethanes with zirconium catalysts, dual cure resins containing (meth)acrylate blocked polyurethanes and zirconium catalysts, methods of using the same in additive manufacturing, and products made therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Andrew Gordon Wright
  • Patent number: 11518089
    Abstract: Provided herein according to some embodiments is a dual cure additive manufacturing resin, comprising: (i) a light polymerizable component, (ii) a photoinitiator, (iii) a heat polymerizable component, and (iv) a non-reactive diluent, which resin is useful for the production of three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing. Methods of using the same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Gordon Wright, Kai Chen, Bob E. Feller
  • Patent number: 11479628
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of making (meth)acrylate blocked polyurethanes with zirconium catalysts, dual cure resins containing (meth)acrylate blocked polyurethanes and zirconium catalysts, methods of using the same in additive manufacturing, and products made therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Gordon Wright
  • Publication number: 20220143904
    Abstract: Provided herein according to some embodiments is a dual cure additive manufacturing resin, comprising: (i) a light polymerizable component, (ii) a photoinitiator, (iii) a heat polymerizable component, and (iv) a non-reactive diluent, which resin is useful for the production of three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing. Methods of using the same are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Gordon Wright, Kai Chen, Bob E. Feller
  • Publication number: 20220118690
    Abstract: Provided herein is a resin product useful for the production of three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing, and methods using the same. The resin may include a reactive blocked prepolymer comprising a prepolymer blocked with reactive blocking groups; a polyol; a photoinitiator; and at least one organometallic catalyst. A packaged product useful for the production of three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing, the product comprising a single container having a single chamber and a resin in the chamber with all components mixed together, is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Robert K. Pinschmidt, JR., Andrew Gordon Wright, Jason P. Rolland
  • Publication number: 20220091504
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of forming a three-dimensional object in which the polymerizable liquid includes a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable first component, and (ii) a heat polymerizable second component; the heat polymerizable second component comprising (i) a first blocked reactive constituent that is blocked with a volatile blocking group, and optionally (ii) a curative. Upon heating a formed three-dimensional intermediate sufficiently, the volatile blocking group is cleaved and vaporizes out of the three-dimensional intermediate, to form the three-dimensional object. Also provided is a three-dimensional object produced by the method. Further provided is a polymerizable liquid composition useful for carrying out the method, and prepolymers and monomers useful for the polymerizable liquid composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Kai Chen, Andrew Gordon Wright, Mu San Zhang
  • Patent number: 11241822
    Abstract: Provided herein is a resin product useful for the production of three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing, and methods using the same. The resin may include a reactive blocked prepolymer comprising a prepolymer blocked with reactive blocking groups; a polyol; a photoinitiator; and at least one organometallic catalyst. A packaged product useful for the production of three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing, the product comprising a single container having a single chamber and a resin in the chamber with all components mixed together, is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert K. Pinschmidt, Jr., Andrew Gordon Wright, Jason P. Rolland
  • Patent number: 11226559
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of forming a three-dimensional object in which the polymerizable liquid includes a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable first component, and (ii) a heat polymerizable second component; the heat polymerizable second component comprising (i) a first blocked reactive constituent that is blocked with a volatile blocking group, and optionally (ii) a curative. Upon heating a formed three-dimensional intermediate sufficiently, the volatile blocking group is cleaved and vaporizes out of the three-dimensional intermediate, to form the three-dimensional object. Also provided is a three-dimensional object produced by the method. Further provided is a polymerizable liquid composition useful for carrying out the method, and prepolymers and monomers useful for the polymerizable liquid composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Chen, Andrew Gordon Wright, Mu San Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210332178
    Abstract: Provided herein is a dual cure resin useful for the production of an object by additive manufacturing, comprising or consisting essentially of: (a) a photoinitiator; (b) not more than 5, 10 or 20 ppm of a polyurethane catalyst (e.g., tin, tertiary amine, bismuth, zinc, zirconium, or nickel catalysts); (c) a polyol; (d) free (i.e., unblocked) polyisocyanate; and (e) blocked polyisocyanate, the isocyanate groups of which are blocked by reaction with an amine (meth)acrylate blocking agent. Methods of making an object with the resin are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventor: Andrew Gordon Wright