US Patent Issued to Rofin-Sinar Technologies on Sept. 22 for "Scanning radial laser processing with bi-conical reflection" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,338, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Rofin-Sinar Technologies LLC (Plymouth, Mich.).

"Scanning radial laser processing with bi-conical reflection" was invented by Matthew R. Kole (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for radial laser processing of a workpiece, located on a center axis, includes a laser beam scanner directing a laser beam along but offset from the center axis, and a bi-conical reflector system including first and second conical mirror surfaces surrounding the center axis. The first conical mirror surface faces away from the center axis to reflect the laser beam radially outwards therefrom, towa...