ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,827, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Aalborg Universitet (Aalborg Ost, Denmark).

"Planning method for processing a 2D element into a 3D final element" was invented by Morten Kristiansen (Stovring, Denmark), Ewa Kristiansen (Stovring, Denmark), Anders Noel Thomsen (Aalborg, Denmark), Benny Ortoft Endelt (Dronninglund, Denmark), Anders Faarbaek Mikkelstrup (Aalborg, Denmark) and Georgi Nikolaev Nikolov (Aalborg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for planning laser processing of one or more elements into one or more final elements, such as planning a process of creat...