ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,620, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to SHANDONG UNIVERSITY (Jinan, China).

"Single-beam double-physical-effect coordinating and distributing method applicable to uniform laser shock and application thereof" was invented by Guoxin Lu (Jinan, China), Heng Li (Jinan, China), Zhong Ji (Jinan, China), Koji Sugioka (Wako, Japan), Changfeng Yao (Jinan, China), Jinshan Li (Jinan, China) and Guoqun Zhao (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a single-beam double-physical-effect coordinating and distributing method applicable to uniform laser shock and application thereof, and belongs to the technical fi...