US Patent Issued to Electro Scientific Industries on March 17 for "Laser-processing apparatus, methods of operating the same, and methods of processing workpieces using the same" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,457, issued on March 17, was assigned to Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Laser-processing apparatus, methods of operating the same, and methods of processing workpieces using the same" was invented by James Brookhyser (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and Jered Richter (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Numerous embodiments are disclosed. In one, a laser-processing apparatus includes a positioner arranged within a beam path along which a beam of laser energy is propagatable. A controller may be used to control an operation of the positioner to deflect the beam path within first and second primary angular ranges...