ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,432, issued on March 18, was assigned to Pavilion Integration Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Stable UV laser" was invented by Ningyi Luo (San Jose, Calif.) and Jihchuang Huang (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "UV laser devices, systems, and methods are shown and/or described herein. Included are a method, device or system for VECSEL and MECSEL lasers including both barrier-pumped and in-well pumped lasers. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing gain chips for use in the lasers, arrangements of lasers, and selection of proper non-linear crystal (NLC) for use in the device."

The patent was filed on March 11, 2020, und...