US Patent Issued to CORNING on May 13 for "Systems for and methods of forming micro-holes in glass-based objects using an annular vortex laser beam" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,408, issued on May 13, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Systems for and methods of forming micro-holes in glass-based objects using an annular vortex laser beam" was invented by Anping Liu (Horseheads, N.Y.), Matthew Ryan Ross (Big Flats, N.Y.), Craig John Mancusi Ungaro (Corning, N.Y.) and Erin Kathleen Watkins (Corning, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The systems and methods disclosed herein utilize a beam-forming system configured to convert a Gaussian laser beam into an annular vortex laser beam having a relatively large depth of focus, which enables the processing of thick or stacked glass-based objects annular...