ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,177, issued on June 2, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Laser processing device" was invented by Takafumi Ogiwara (Hamamatsu, Japan), Tsubasa Hirose (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Takeshi Sakamoto (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser processing device comprising: a light source configured to output laser light; a spatial light modulator configured to display a modulation pattern for modulating the laser light output from the light source; a condenser lens configured to condense the laser light modulated by the spatial light modulator, on an object; and a control unit configured to control the s...