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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. 27, 2005
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Applicants:
Richard L. Press, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
George A. Shukov, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard L. Press, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
George A. Shukov, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
LPL Systems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S003/11 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Material is laser milled by generating a series of laser pulses, each pulse possessing a main portion and a tail, and preventing the energy in one or more portions of the pulse, from striking the material being processed. In one embodiment this is done by terminating the pulse before a portion of the tail is generated, thereby to reduce thermal stress and leave smooth edges on the laser-milled material.