US Patent Issued to VulcanForms on Oct. 27 for "Photonic lantern array" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,729, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to VulcanForms Inc. (Devens, Mass.).

"Photonic lantern array" was invented by Peter Colin Reeves-Hall (Whitinsville, Mass.) and Manuel Joseph Leonardo (Bolton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fiber optic laser energy paths including photonic lanterns for use in additive manufacturing systems are disclosed. According to some embodiments, a plurality of photonic lanterns are configured to combine laser energy from a plurality of laser energy sources. According to other embodiments, a first plurality of photonic lanterns may combine laser energy from a plurality of laser energy sources and a sec...