ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,541, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to LASER ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS (Seraing, Belgium).

"Volume heat treatment method and related system" was invented by Axel Stefan M Kupisiewicz (Neupre, Belgium), Jose Antonio Ramos De Campos (Seraing, Belgium), David Bruneel (Sougne-Remouchamps, Belgium), Anne Henrottin (Lierneux, Belgium), Liliana Cangueiro (Leuven, Belgium), Marc Decultot (Liege, Belgium) and Paul-Etienne Martin (Bordeaux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for volume heat treating a part having an external surface delimiting its volume is disclosed. The method includes providing a laser source, providing the part, ...