ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,413, issued on June 24, was assigned to HSG LASER Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"System for shaping beam and adjusting beam energy density, and laser heat treatment process" was invented by Bin Du (Guangdong, China), Ruotao Li (Guangdong, China) and Yong Chang (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for shaping a beam and adjusting a beam energy density includes a laser source, a collimator mirror, a spatial light modulator, an X-direction mirror, a focusing assembly, and a Y-direction mirror. The spatial light modulator includes a binary grating and a mask which are disposed in sequence. A laser beam emitted by the las...