ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,081, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to DUWON PHOTONICS Co. LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Laser device for defense against flying object and operation method thereof" was invented by Yong Won Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Hee Won Shin (Gunpo-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser device for aircraft defense according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: a laser oscillator that outputs a laser beam; a LASER BEAM IRRADIATION AREA GENERATOR for generating a laser beam irradiation area in the air on the basis of the output laser beam; and a controller that controls the LASER BEAM IRRADIATION AREA GENER...