ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,524, issued on Sept. 16.

"Beam quality monitoring and multiple laser beam location registration for high-speed, traveling, laser focal spots" was invented by Jacob C. Hay (Columbus, Ohio), Ron Aman (Columbus, Ohio) and Stanley L. Ream (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for analyzing laser beam characteristics in high-speed laser motion systems, wherein the high-speed laser motion systems comprise multiple lasers each having a field of view that generates non-stationary laser beams and a build platform positioned at a predetermined location relative to the non-stationary laser beams, comprising at least one mount...