Carbon, a specialist in 3D printing technology, has announced that a Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) has rejected a competitor’s challenge to one of Carbon’s foundational dual cure patents, upholding the broadest claim of Carbon’s European Patent No. 3158400.
The decision affirms the earlier EPO Opposition Division decision maintaining claim 1 and restores additional dependent claims that had been removed during the original opposition proceeding.
Carbon’s dual-cure technology, which enjoys worldwide patent protection and is used by top brands across the globe, has revolutionized the production of 3D printed additive manufacturing products. [Read more…] about European Patent Office upholds Carbon’s key dual-cure 3D printing patent
