ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,999, issued on May 20, was assigned to PHILOPTICS Co. LTD. (Osan-si, South Korea).

"Laser processing system using Bessel beam and method for processing workpiece using Bessel beam" was invented by Sangwon Shim (Anyang-si, South Korea), Doyeoun Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yu Jin Nam (Anyang-si, South Korea), Sang-Gil Ryu (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Sungju Yu (Seoul, South Korea) and Min Hwan Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a laser unit emitting a laser beam; an optical unit disposed on a propagation path of the laser b...