US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY on May 12 for "Warm-up target for a laser engraver" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,301, issued on May 12, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY AB (Stockholm).

"Warm-up target for a laser engraver" was invented by Michael Jon Woizeschke (Shakopee, Minn.) and Timothy Joel Wolf (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser marking system comprises a laser energy source that generates a laser beam, a laser controller configured to focus the laser beam over a field of view greater than a size of laser-markable items, and a start-up target that includes laser-safe material and is located within the field of view. The laser controller is further configured to point the laser beam at the start-up target during a start-u...