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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2018
Applicant:

Nlight, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);

Inventors:

Adam Dittli, Vancouver, WA (US);

Robert J. Martinsen, West Linn, OR (US);

Assignee:

nLIGHT, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 1/14 (2006.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 1/14 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of non-ablatively laser patterning a multi-layer structure, the multi-layer structure including a substrate, a first layer disposed on the substrate, a second layer disposed on the first layer, and a third layer disposed on the second layer, the method including generating at least one laser pulse having laser parameters selected for non-ablatively changing the conductivity a selected portion of the third layer such that the selected portion becomes non-conductive, and directing the pulse to the multi-layer structure, wherein the conductivity of the first layer is not substantially changed by the pulse.


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