ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,448, issued on July 7, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Laser device and method for manufacturing laser device" was invented by Takuto Iguchi (Hamamatsu, Japan), Yoshinori Kato (Hamamatsu, Japan), Takaaki Morita (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Kazuki Kawai (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a laser device includes: a rod-shaped laser medium extending in a first direction; a first light source unit including a first base and a plurality of excitation light sources; a second light source unit arranged side by side with the first light source unit in a second direction intersecting with the ...