US Patent Issued to Glowforge on Jan. 20 for "Multi-function computer numerically controlled machine" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,139, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Glowforge Inc. (Seattle).

"Multi-function computer numerically controlled machine" was invented by Daniel Shapiro (Mercer Island, Wash.), Mark Gosselin (Seattle), Anthony Wright (Seattle), Dean Putney (Seattle), Timothy Ellis (Everett, Wash.) and Lauren Banka (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A moveable head of a computer numerically controlled machine may deliver electromagnetic energy sufficient to cause a first change in a material at least partially contained within an interior space of the CNC machine. A feature of the material may be imaged using at least one camera present inside t...