ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,035, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Laser marker" was invented by Keisuke Noguchi (Arakawa-ku, Japan) and Kazuhiro Nakashima (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser marker includes a laser light source; a scanner configured to scan laser light, from the laser light source, outward; a first housing accommodating the laser light source; a second housing accommodating the scanner, the second housing being rotatable with respect to the first housing; a sensor configured to output a detection signal; and a controller configured to: based on receiving the detection signal indicating th...