ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,922, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to KLA Corp. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Method of fabricating a high-pressure laser-sustained-plasma lamp" was invented by Mark S. Wang (San Ramon, Calif.) and Joshua Wittenberg (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a high-pressure plasma lamp includes providing a lamp bulb. The lamp bulb includes a top channel and a bottom channel. The method includes inserting a top electrode element into the top channel of the lamp bulb. The method includes providing a glass tubular structure attached to a bottom electrode element. The method includes filling the lamp bulb with a liquified...