ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,791, issued on April 21, was assigned to DIRECTEDMETAL 3D SL (Linares, Spain).

"Laser devices and methods for laser metal deposition" was invented by Lukas Hoppe (Linares, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to laser devices for laser metal deposition and methods for laser metal deposition. A laser device for laser metal deposition on a substrate is disclosed. The laser device comprises: a delivery opening for delivering a wire or powder metallic feedstock to the substrate; a laser beam source configured to fuse the metallic feedstock with the substrate, the laser beam source being configured to emit ...