ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,671, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to LIDROTEC GMBH (Bochum, Germany).
"System and method for laser processing of workpieces in liquid" was invented by Alexander Kanitz (Bochum, Germany), Jan Stefan Hoppius (Hilden, Germany), Jannis Kohler (Schermbeck, Germany) and Alexander Igelmann (Bochum, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for material-ablative laser processing of workpieces in liquid is provided with a laser beam source for generating pulsed laser radiation; a focusing unit for focusing the laser radiation onto a workpiece; and a process chamber for receiving a workpiece. The process chamber includes a first side ...