US Patent Issued to INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITA DELLA CALABRIA on May 13 for "Method and system for stress testing of materials using laser accelerated particles" (Canadian, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,263, issued on May 13, was assigned to INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Quebec, Canada) and UNIVERSITA DELLA CALABRIA (Rende, Italy).

"Method and system for stress testing of materials using laser accelerated particles" was invented by Patrizio Antici (Montreal) and Marianna Barberio (Crucoli KR, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for stress testing a sample, the system comprising a high-intensity laser unit and a target for laser-matter interaction, wherein the high-intensity laser unit delivers an intensity of at least 1013 W/cm2 on the target, and resulting laser-accelerated particles generated...