Patent 7996101 was granted and assigned to Objet Geometries on August, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A cartridge apparatus for supplying materials to a three-dimensional printing system is provided. The cartridge apparatus may include a cartridge, a data storage device to record data relating to a material contained within the cartridge and a reader to read data from the data storage device and transmit the data to a controller of the printing system.