ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,868, issued on June 30, was assigned to Automation Innovation Pty Ltd (Keysborough, Australia).
"Laser cleaning system" was invented by Walter Meyler (Lysterfield, Australia) and Marcus Clarke (Mount Martha, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated cleaning system for cleaning an object, comprising a laser configured to be directed at the object, to remove contaminants from the object; detection system to identify details about the object; rotation apparatus to rotate the object in a cleaning position; and control apparatus to direct the laser at the object in the cleaning position, and operate the laser to clean the obj...