US Patent Issued to Bystronic Laser on Jan. 20 for "Optical device for shaping an electromagnetic wave beam and use thereof, beam treatment device and use thereof, and beam treatment method" (Swiss, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,140, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Bystronic Laser AG (Niederoenz, Switzerland).

"Optical device for shaping an electromagnetic wave beam and use thereof, beam treatment device and use thereof, and beam treatment method" was invented by Thomas Rataj (Berlin), Markus Steinlin (Zurich) and Simon Scheidiger (Langenthal, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A an optical device for shaping an electromagnetic wave beam and a use thereof, a beam treatment device and a use thereof, and a beam treatment method are provided. The optical device has an optical element positioned within beam propagation direction, and an exciter means ...