ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,854, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Alltec Angewandte Laserlicht Technologie GmbH (Selmsdorf, Germany).

"System and method for laser marking substrates" was invented by Peter J. Kueckendahl (Bad Oldesloe, Germany) and Daniel J. Ryan (Sycamore, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser marking system comprises at least one controller to control an array of optical devices, between a laser source and a scan head. The array applies a selected pattern of portions of the received spatial profile of the laser beam to the substrate to achieve a second intensity different from the first intensity of laser beam at a rate of power deposi...