ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,751, issued on April 7, was assigned to KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Laser-induced graphene device built on wood, and fabrication method thereof" was invented by Young-Jin Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Han Ku Nam (Daejeon, South Korea), Dongwook Yang (Daejeon, South Korea), Youngryeul Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Le Dinh Truong Son (Daejeon, South Korea), Younggeun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seung-Woo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser system comprises a femtosecond laser, and a beam delivery system configured to deliver and scan a laser beam emanating from...