3-D Printing Materials You Can't Patent by jpearce

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Broad patent claims on materials for 3-D printing may hamper the open-source 3-D printing community's ability to innovate. This algorithm is presented here as a defensive publication of prior art to help identify obvious materials for 3-D printing.
Patent examiners: Following the non-obvious requirement under patent law, claims on 3-D printing materials that can be generated with the algorithm presented below should be denied and existing patents based on materials that can be generated from this algorithm should be revoked as they would be obvious to any materials scientist with a rudimentary understanding of 3-D printing.
Makers: You are encouraged to use/share/develop materials for 3-D printing that can be generated by the algorithm. Being identified as obvious does not prohibit sale of the materials. We undoubtedly missed some clauses-?? if so please add them to the comments. We,MOST, are currently developing an academic article on the effects of IP on 3-D printing and the role that theories of algorithms for innovation play in validating IP. We will list any substantive contributors in the acknowledgments of the paper.