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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:
Sep. 23, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 05, 2022
Applicant:

Glowforge Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Shapiro, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Mark Gosselin, Seattle, WA (US);

Jared Kofron, Vashon, WA (US);

Matthew Sarnoff, Seattle, WA (US);

Eva Kloiber, Seattle, WA (US);

Nicodemus Empyrean Paradiso, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Glowforge Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/08 (2014.01); B23K 26/035 (2014.01); B23K 26/042 (2014.01); B23K 26/06 (2014.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); B23K 26/38 (2014.01); B23K 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/042 (2015.10); B23K 26/035 (2015.10); B23K 26/0643 (2013.01); B23K 26/08 (2013.01); B23K 26/082 (2015.10); B23K 26/0876 (2013.01); B23K 26/38 (2013.01); B23K 37/0211 (2013.01); B23K 37/0235 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-numerically-controlled (CNC) machine is configured to (i) measure a power of a beam of electromagnetic energy at a location between a source of the electromagnetic energy and a destination in the CNC machine, the beam of electromagnetic energy traveling from the source to the destination being susceptible to one or more interferences, and the one or more interferences being capable of altering the power of the beam of electromagnetic energy by at least diverting, away from an intended path for the beam of electromagnetic energy, at least a portion of the beam of electromagnetic energy, (ii) detect, based at least on the measured power of the beam of electromagnetic energy being less than a threshold value, an interference of the beam of electromagnetic energy, and (iii) in response to detecting the interference of the beam of electromagnetic energy, perform one or more actions.


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