ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,152, issued on June 3, was assigned to Glowforge Inc. (Seattle).

"Enclosure with selective wavelength transmissivity for computer numerically controlled fabrication" was invented by Daniel Shapiro (Mercer Island, Wash.), Mark Gosselin (Seattle) and Douglas Webster (Mill Creek, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer numerically controlled machine may include a source configured to deliver an electromagnetic energy to at least one location within an interior space of the computer-numerically-controlled machine. The electromagnetic energy may have a first range of wavelengths from a visible spectrum. An enclosure defining at lea...