1:18-cv-10524 | Desktop Metal, Inc. v. Markforged, Inc. et al

Desktop Metal, Inc. v. Markforged, Inc. et al DC
- 1:18-cv-10524
- D. Mass.
- Judge: William G. Young
- Filed: 03/19/2018
- Closed: 09/18/2019
- Latest Docket Entry: 02/07/2019
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Desktop Metal, Inc. v. Markforged, Inc. et al DC
- 1:18-cv-10524
- D. Mass.
- Judge: William G. Young
- Filed: 03/19/2018
- Closed: 09/18/2019
- Latest Docket Entry: 02/07/2019
- PACER
- Docket updated daily

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District of Massachusetts

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William G. Young

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US 9,815,118 B1

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1	A method comprising: fabricating a first object from a first material, wherein the first material includes a powdered material and a binder system, the binder system including one or more binders that resist deformation of a net shape of the first object during processing of the first object into a final part; applying an interface layer adjacent to a first surface of the first object; and fabricating a second surface of a second object from a second material at a location adjacent to the interface layer and opposing the first surface of the first object, wherein the second object is structurally independent from and mechanically related to the first object, wherein the interface layer resists bonding of the first surface to the second surface during sintering, and wherein the interface layer reduces to a powder during sintering of the first material. view more	Valid Entry 422
2	The method of claim 1 wherein the first material and the second material are supplied from a single source of build material and have a substantially common composition.	Valid Entry 422
3	The method of claim 1 wherein the first material and the second material have substantially similar shrinkage rates during a thermal sintering cycle.	Valid Entry 422
4	The method of claim 1 wherein the first object and the second object form a multi-part mechanical assembly.	Valid Entry 422
10	The method of claim 1 wherein the powdered material includes a powdered metal.	Valid Entry 422
11	The method of claim 1 wherein the interface layer includes a powdered ceramic.	Valid Entry 422
12	The method of claim 1 further comprising debinding the first object and the second object.	Valid Entry 422
13	The method of claim 1 further comprising sintering the first object and the second object.	Valid Entry 422
14	The method of claim 1 wherein fabricating the first object and the second object includes fabricating at least one of the first object and the second object using a fused filament fabrication process.	Valid Entry 422
17	The method of claim 1 wherein applying the interface layer includes depositing an interface material using a fused filament fabrication process.	Valid Entry 422
24	A method comprising: receiving an article including a first object from a first material, wherein the first material includes a powdered material and a binder system, the binder system including one or more binders that resist deformation of a net shape of the first material during processing of the first material into a final part, the article further including an interface layer adjacent to a first surface of the first object, and the article further including a second surface of a second object from a second material at a location adjacent to the interface layer and opposing the first surface of the first object, wherein the second object is structurally independent from and mechanically related to the first object, and wherein the interface layer resists bonding of the first surface to the second surface during sintering; and processing the article to form the object into a final part based on the first object and the second object, wherein processing includes at least one of debinding the article and sintering the article, and wherein the interface layer reduces to a powder during sintering of the first material. view more	Valid Entry 422

US 9,833,839 B2

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1	A method comprising: fabricating, from a first material, a support structure for an object; fabricating an interface layer adjacent to the support structure; and fabricating a surface of the object from a second material, the surface of the object adjacent to the interface layer and the second material including a powdered material for forming a final part and a binder system including one or more binders, wherein the one or more binders retain a net shape of the object during processing of the object into the final part, wherein processing of the object into the final part includes debinding the net shape to remove at least a portion of the one or more binders and sintering the net shape to join and densify the powdered material, and wherein the interface layer resists bonding of the support structure to the object during sintering. view more	Valid Entry 422
2	The method of claim 1 wherein the second material includes a powdered metallurgy material.	Valid Entry 422
3	The method of claim 1 wherein the powdered material includes a metal powder.	Valid Entry 422
5	The method of claim 1 wherein the powdered material is a sinterable material.	Valid Entry 422
10	The method of claim 1 wherein the binder system includes a first binder that is removed from the second material during a debind prior to sintering, and wherein the binder system includes a second binder that remains in the net shape at an onset of a thermal sintering cycle. view more	Valid Entry 422
16	The method of claim 1 wherein the binder system includes a first binder and a second binder, the first binder resisting deformation of the net shape of the object during debinding of the object and the second binder resisting deformation of the net shape of the object during a beginning of a thermal sintering cycle for the object. view more	Valid Entry 422
17	The method of claim 16 further comprising debinding the object to remove the first binder.	Valid Entry 422
18	The method of claim 17 wherein debinding the object includes at least one of chemical debinding, thermal debinding, catalytic debinding, supercritical debinding, and evaporation.	Valid Entry 422
20	The method of claim 16 further comprising heating the object to remove the second binder.	Valid Entry 422
21	The method of claim 1 wherein the binder system includes at least one polymer.	Valid Entry 422
23	The method of claim 1 wherein fabricating at least one of the support structure, the object, and the interface layer includes additively manufacturing the support structure using at least one of fused filament fabrication, binder jetting, and optical curing of a powder-loaded resin. view more	Valid Entry 422

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MarkForged, Inc

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Accused Product	Patent #	Claim #	Outcome
Markforged Metal X 3D print system	US 9,815,118 B1	1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 24	No infringement Entry 422
Markforged Metal X 3D print system	US 9,833,839 B2	1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23	No infringement Entry 422

Desktop Metal, Inc. v. Markforged, Inc. et al DC

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