ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,179, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Reophotonics Ltd. (Modiin, Israel).

"Large area laser printing system and method" was invented by Michael Zenou (Hashmonaim, Israel) and Elad Dotan (Talmei Yehiel, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for laser assisted deposition of a material includes a printing unit configured to print individual dot-like portions of a material from a donor substrate onto a receiving substrate, and a vacuum shuttle configured to be positionable in two or three dimensions between the printing unit and the donor substrate and to engage the donor substrate upon application of a vacuum to th...