ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,896, issued on April 21, was assigned to United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Process of making components for electronic and optical devices using laser processing including ablation" was invented by Nicholas R. Glavin (Springboro, Ohio), Philip R. Buskohl (Beavercreek, Ohio), Kimberly A. Gliebe (Mentor, Ohio), Christopher Muratore (Kettering, Ohio) and Drake Austin (Beavercreek, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to processes of making components for electronic and optical devices using laser processing and devices comprising such compon...