ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,660, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Zhengzhou University of Light Industry (Zhengzhou, China) and Wuhan Harmo Robotics Co. Ltd. (Wuhan, China).

"Ultra-long steel strip grating manufacturing system and manufacturing method using femtosecond laser with spatiotemporal parameters cooperative control" was invented by Guoyong Ye (Henan, China), Zhendong Liu (Henan, China), Shaobo Jin (Henan, China), Haifeng Xiao (Henan, China), Xiaoyu Wen (Henan, China), Xuling Liu (Henan, China) and Yalin Zhang (Henan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultra-long steel strip grating manufacturing system using femtosecond laser with spatiotempora...