ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,424, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e. V. (Munich).

"Laser system and evaporation system" was invented by Johannes Arnoldus Boschker (Stuttgart, Germany) and Wolfgang Braun (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a laser system (10) for evaporating and/or sublimating a material (124) of a source (120) located in a reaction chamber (110) of an evaporation system (100), the laser system (10) comprising a laser light source (12) for providing a laser beam (16) and a guidance means (14) for guiding the laser beam (16) towar...