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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis R. Alexander, Lincoln, NE (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 2/638 ; B23K 2/640 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 2/638 ; B23K 2/640 ;
Abstract
The present invention teaches various femtosecond machining and drilling apparatus and processes for fabricating tools and the like from both traditional and non-traditional materials. Also described are novel tools such as scalpels, and nozzles fabricated from the apparatus and processes of the present invention. Likewise, the present invention may be utilized in both a novel propulsion system and the production of materials formed from nanometer sized particles and the like.