US Patent Issued to RIVER ELECTRO OPTICS on Feb. 10 for "Laser-enhanced chemical vapor deposition" (Colorado, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,965, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to RIVER ELECTRO OPTICS LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"Laser-enhanced chemical vapor deposition" was invented by Rodney S. Harris (Denver) and Stephen G. Topping (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser-enhanced chemical vapor deposition transport system includes a resistive heated crucible and, projecting from the crucible at a first end, a plurality of spokes. The spokes are configured to deliver, substantially simultaneously, vaporized and/or sublimated media powder from the crucible to a plurality of deposition sites, deliver precursor gasses to the deposition sites and propagate beams emit...