US Patent Issued to Avava on May 26 for "Systems and methods for formation of continuous channels within transparent materials" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,733, issued on May 26, was assigned to Avava Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for formation of continuous channels within transparent materials" was invented by Joseph Ting (Acton, Mass.) and Charles Holland Dresser (Wayland, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for producing continuous channels within a transparent material is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the system and method includes forming a channel with a laser beam, such that the continuous channel has at least one vent from the channel to outside the transparent material."

The patent was filed on Dec. 10, 2020, under Application No. 1...