Potential Painful Blow to FDM Printing in the US

If true… this is a big, big deal. The person in the video doesn’t think so, but it definitely looks really bad to me. TLDR, Stratasys is claiming the right to patents for heated beds, purge towers, force detection, what appears to be general 3D printing (vague info), among other things. I believe there are 5 filings in total. But IMO, this could effectively end consumer FDM 3D printing in the US (although you will still be able to make your own personal device, but not buy one). T...