ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,434, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Blue Laser Fusion Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Airplane configured with a high intensity pulse laser generation system and method" was invented by Shuji Nakamura (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Hiroaki Ohta (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, the present invention provides an airplane or aerospace vehicle system configured with a high intensity pulse laser generation system."

The patent was filed on June 26, 2025, under Application No. 19/251,621.

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