US Patent 11351627 Three-dimensional laminated metallic objects, method and system of making same

System and method of manufacturing a laminated three-dimensional (3D) metallic object. The method includes: providing a plurality of foils of metal; marking portions of some of the foils in the plurality of foils with a marking agent that includes a material having electrochemical potential higher than the metal; bonding the plurality of marked foils into a block; and selectively etching parts of the block not in proximity to the marking agent.