US Patent Issued to SEI on April 29 for "Laser finishing method and apparatus for providing a finishing pattern on a workpiece" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,746, issued on April 29, was assigned to SEI S.p.A. (Curno BG, Italy).

"Laser finishing method and apparatus for providing a finishing pattern on a workpiece" was invented by Ettore Fustinoni (Curno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of providing a finishing pattern on a workpiece by a laser apparatus comprises providing a pulsed laser source, generating an output laser beam, a control unit for controlling the laser source and moving means for the laser beam. The method includes providing command instructions for operating the laser apparatus to scribe a predetermined finishing pattern on a workpiece and operating the lase...