ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,584, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SHANDONG UNIVERSITY (Jinan, China).

"Method for roughening surface of metal material by using laser shock forming technology and application thereof" was invented by Guoxin Lu (Jinan, China), Zhong Ji (Jinan, China) and Diangang Wang (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for processing surfaces of metal materials, and to a method for roughening a surface of a metal material by using a laser shock forming technology and an application thereof. According to the method, based on a pulse-laser-induced force effect, a micron-imprint mold and a nano-imprint mold are first prepared, an...