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The Laser Materials Processing Patent Database is provided by Cordula Seitz.

The archive comprises a collection of US patents dealing with laser materials processing.

Part I: 1997
Part II: 1998
Part III: 1999
Part IV: 2000
Part V: 2001
Part VI: 2002

Only US patents are available. These patents are selected from the CNIDR/USPTO U.S. Patent Database) by conducting a search for the U.S. National Codes (NCL) of the relevant U.S. Patent Classes.
Weekly, on Tuesday new U.S. patents are issued and published in the CNIDR/USPTO U.S. Patent Database. The Laser Materials Processing Patent Database is updated on Wednesdays. The patents are listed in chronological order.
The abstracts of the patents from 1997 to 2001 can be displayed. Note that you will need a table-capable browser (such as Netscape Navigator) in order to properly display the abstracts.

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Updated 27 December 2001
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2001

1. 6,333,488 - Method for setting up and controlling confinement media flow in laser shock peening
2. 6,333,487 - Torch-angle setting device
3. 6,333,486 - Method and laser system for creation of laser-induced damages to produce high quality images
4. 6,333,485 - Method for minimizing sample damage during the ablation of material using a focused ultrashort pulsed beam
5. 6,333,484 - Welding superalloy articles
6. 6,333,483 - Method of manufacturing circuit modules
7. 6,333,482 - Method for producing can bodies made of sheet metal for the manufacture of cans
8. 6,331,693 - Beam delivery system
9. 6,331,692 - Diode laser, laser optics, device for laser treatment of a workpiece, process for a laser treatment of workpiece
10. 6,331,691 - Precision guiding apparatus for laser marking system
11. 6,331,690 - Process for producing single-wall carbon nanotubes uniform in diameter and laser ablation apparatus used therein
12. 6,331,382 - Method of fabricating mirrors in polymer waveguides
13. 6,331,177 - Multiple beam laser sculpting system and method
14. 6,329,635 - Methods for weld monitoring and laser heat treatment monitoring
15. 6,329,634 - Workpiece irradiation system
16. 6,329,633 - Method and material for processing a component for laser machining
17. 6,329,632 - Method and device for machining holes or shapes of varying profile using an excimer laser
18. 6,329,631 - Solder strip exclusively for semiconductor packaging
19. 6,329,630 - Process of cladding by welding
20. 6,329,629 - Distance mode control for laser weldin
21. 6,327,875 - Control of median crack depth in laser scoring
22. 6,327,874 - Method for manufacturing a glass-ceramic substrate for a magnetic information storage medium
23. 6,326,590 - Nozzle element adaptable to a laser beam tube used in laser edge marking equipment
24. 6,326,589 - Method and device for treating materials with plasma-inducing high energy radiation
25. 6,326,588 - Method for cutting Y bevels
26. 6,326,587 - Apparatus for removing an insulating layer from a portion of a conductor
27. 6,326,586 - Laser cutting system
28. 6,326,585 - Apparatus for laser twist weld of compressor blisks airfoils
29. 6,325,068 - Method of and apparatus for treating webs of wrapping material
30. 6,323,460 - Image heating apparatus in which first and second heating resistors are within a width of a nip through which a recording material passes
31. 6,323,457 - Laser annealing apparatus
32. 6,323,456 - Method of forming an ink jet printhead structure
33. 6,322,958 - Laser marking method and apparatus, and marked member
34. 6,322,652 - Method of making a patterned surface articles
35. 6,322,555 - Method and apparatus for monitoring laser surgery
36. 6,320,158 - Method and apparatus of fabricating perforated plate
37. 6,316,744 - Machining head and process for the surface machining of workpieces by means of a laser beam
38. 6,316,743 - Laser piercing method, laser processing nozzle, and laser cutting apparatus
39. 6,316,065 - Process and device for manufacturing a cutting tool
40. 6,314,686 - Light seal for use with robotic equipment
41. 6,313,436 - High contrast surface marking using metal oxides
42. 6,313,435 - Mask orbiting for laser ablated feature formation
43. 6,313,434 - Method for creation of inclined microstructures using a scanned laser image
44. 6,313,433 - Laser material processing system with multiple laser sources apparatus and method
45. 6,313,432 - Laser cutting method and laser cutter
46. 6,311,099 - Apparatus for regulating welding parameters during laser beam welding
47. 6,310,701 - Method and apparatus for ablating high-density array of vias or indentation in surface of object
48. 6,310,318 - System for cutting glass tube into tube sections
49. 6,310,317 - Laser beam guide
50. 6,310,316 - Equipment for the laser-cutting of metal sheets
51. 6,310,315 - Reworkable laser welding process
52. 6,310,314 - Procedure for fastening a carbide tooth at a saw blade
53. 6,308,882 - Method for joining ductile iron and steel
54. 6,307,176 - Light beam heating apparatus
55. 6,307,175 - Method of producing a noncircular cooling bore
56. 6,303,903 - Method and apparatus for determining focus position of a laser
57. 6,303,902 - Apparatus and method for processing
58. 6,303,901 - Method to reduce damage to backing plate
59. 6,303,900 - Machining device and production method of orifice plate
60. 6,303,899 - Method and apparatus for scribing a code in an inactive outer clear out area of a semiconductor wafer
61. 6,303,898 - Laser texturing magnetic recording medium using fiber optics
62. 6,303,897 - Process and device for laser treatments of inside surfaces
63. 6,303,896 - Dynamic laser balancing
64. 6,302,616 - Rotation mechanism including rotation shaft and fixed member with welding structure, and producing method of the same
65. 6,300,595 - Method of three dimensional laser engraving
66. 6,300,594 - Method and apparatus for machining an electrically conductive film
67. 6,300,593 - Apparatus and method for laser scribing a coated substrate
68. 6,300,592 - Laser cutting system
69. 6,300,591 - Method for laser welding a fin and a tube
70. 6,300,590 - Laser processing
71. 6,299,707 - Method for increasing the wear resistance in an aluminum cylinder bore
72. 6,299,429 - Dual fiber optic laser texturing
73. 6,297,910 - Laser-texturing data zone on a magnetic disk surface by using degenerative two wave mixing
74. 6,297,471 - Working head for processing a workpiece by means of a laser beam
75. 6,297,470 - Arrangement and method for producing expanded material
76. 6,297,469 - Process for producing a metal-ceramic substrate
77. 6,296,448 - Simultaneous offset dual sided laser shock peening
78. 6,295,719 - Compressive stress treatment method for controlling curvature of a hydrodynamic bearing slider
79. 6,294,757 - Laser-assisted cutting method
80. 6,294,756 - Thick film low value high frequency inductor, and method of making the same
81. 6,294,755 - Gantry-mounted laser nozzle and method for controlling laser positioning
82. 6,294,754 - Laser beam machining head
83. 6,294,225 - Method for improving the wear and corrosion resistance of material transport trailer surfaces
84. 6,294,124 - Apparatus and process for laser preweakening an automotive trim cover for an air bag deployment opening
85. 6,292,584 - Image processing for laser peening
86. 6,291,797 - Laser machining method for glass substrate, diffraction type optical device fabricated by the machining method, and method of manufacturing optical device
87. 6,291,796 - Apparatus for CFC-free laser surface cleaning
88. 6,291,795 - Unfocused laser beam delivery system
89. 6,291,794 - Multiple beam time sharing for a laser shock peening apparatus
90. 6,290,860 - Process for design and manufacture of fine line circuits on planarized thin film dielectrics and circuits manufactured thereby
91. 6,290,085 - Partitioned closed container, its production method and pressure container
92. 6,289,153 - Laser aided tilt adjustment of an optical lens
93. 6,288,363 - Machining head and laser machining apparatus
94. 6,288,362 - Method and apparatus for treating surfaces and ablating surface material
95. 6,288,361 - Method and device for joining flat products to be connected such that they overlap
96. 6,288,360 - Excimer laser ablation process control of multilaminate materials
97. 6,288,359 - Welding device for two work pieces to be joined together by a weld seam which is closed in itself
98. 6,288,358 - Mobile laser peening system
99. 6,287,663 - Glass-ceramic substrate for a magnetic information storage medium
100. 6,285,002 - Three dimensional micro machining with a modulated ultra-short laser pulse
101. 6,285,001 - Method and apparatus for step and repeat exposures
102. 6,285,000 - Laser processing device
103. 6,284,999 - Laser cutting system
104. 6,284,998 - Method for laser soldering a three dimensional component
105. 6,284,067 - Method for producing alloyed bands or strips on pistons for internal combustion engines
106. 6,281,474 - X-beam positioner
107. 6,281,473 - Apparatus and method for controlling confinement media thickness in laser shock peening
108. 6,281,472 - Method and process gas for laser welding metal workpieces
109. 6,281,471 - Energy-efficient, laser-based method and system for processing target material
110. 6,281,470 - Thin film semiconductor device uniforming characteristics of semiconductor elements and manufacturing method thereof
111. 6,278,079 - Laser cutting of fabric grafts
112. 6,278,078 - Laser soldering method
113. 6,277,659 - Substrate removal using thermal analysis
114. 6,277,319 - Method for trimming shaped plastic workpieces
115. 6,274,844 - Laser weld disk cartridge
116. 6,274,843 - Installation for laser welding of overlapping parts
117. 6,271,499 - Method for welding electroformed material to other electroformed material, at least one of which having an optical pattern on a surface thereof
118. 6,270,388 - Method for fabricating partition of plasma display panel
119. 6,270,001 - Method of manufacturing a pulley with integral bearing
120. 6,269,617 - Lawn mower with laser cutting apparatus
121. 6,268,586 - Method and apparatus for improving the quality and efficiency of ultrashort-pulse laser machining
122. 6,268,585 - Method of forming groove by laser
123. 6,268,584 - Multiple beams and nozzles to increase deposition rate
124. 6,267,918 - Apparatus and process for laser preweakening an automotive trim cover for an air bag deployment opening
125. 6,265,691 - Method of making implantable lead including laser wire stripping
126. 6,265,688 - Method of welding metals and apparatus for use therefor
127. 6,264,708 - Method of manufacturing a prismatic battery
128. 6,262,390 - Repair process for aluminum nitride substrates
129. 6,262,389 - Laser-processable glass substrate and laser processing method
130. 6,262,388 - Laser marking station with enclosure and method of operation
131. 6,262,387 - Apparatus and method of laser welding inside bellows joints and spacer for manufacturing bellows
132. 6,260,976 - Laser beam collimation apparatus and laser processing machine using same
133. 6,259,759 - Incore piping section maintenance system of reactor
134. 6,259,563 - Optical system for image rotation
135. 6,259,058 - Apparatus for separating non-metallic substrates
136. 6,259,057 - Automatically focusing structure of laser sculpturing machine
137. 6,259,056 - System and method for identification of manufacturing components
138. 6,259,055 - Apodizers for laser peening systems
139. 6,256,121 - Apparatus for ablating high-density array of vias or indentation in surface of object
140. 6,255,621 - Laser cutting method for forming magnetic recording head sliders
141. 6,255,620 - Filter bag assembly line and method
142. 6,255,619 - Lens, semiconductor laser element, device for machining the lens and element, process for producing semiconductor laser element, optical element, and device and method for machining optical element
143. 6,254,706 - Method of producing cylindrical vibration-proofing rubber device
144. 6,253,443 - Method of forming a stent
145. 6,252,648 - Exposure apparatus and method of cleaning optical element of the same
146. 6,252,197 - Method and apparatus for separating non-metallic substrates utilizing a supplemental mechanical force applicator
147. 6,252,196 - Laser method of scribing graphics
148. 6,251,328 - Device and process for shaping workpieces with laser diode radiation
149. 6,252,195 - Method of forming blind holes in surgical needles using a diode pumped Nd-YAG laser
150. 6,251,315 - Method for disposing a laser blocking material on the interior of an airfoil
151. 6,248,974 - Method and apparatus for laser treatment of a golf ball
152. 6,248,973 - Laser marking method for semiconductor wafer
153. 6,246,530 - Lens assembly and apparatus using the same
154. 6,246,026 - Process for cutting an optical fiber
155. 6,246,025 - Insulated slag collection bed for a laser-equipped machine tool
156. 6,245,058 - Apparatus for measuring optical characteristic, an apparatus for measuring an ablation rate comprising the same, and an apparatus comprising either the former or the latter
157. 6,243,940 - Laser gapping of magnetic cores
158. 6,240,844 - Method for specifying engraving of a gravure cylinder for coatings containing particle dispersions
159. 6,239,914 - Method of manufacturing nozzle member, and work apparatus
160. 6,239,406 - Laser beam machining apparatus
161. 6,239,405 - Displacement controlled butt welding
162. 6,236,446 - Methods for cutting electric circuit carrying substrates and for using cut substrates in display panel fabrication
163. 6,236,016 - Oblique angle laser shock processing
164. 6,236,015 - Method for predicting and avoiding a bad bond when utilizing fiber push connect laser bonding
165. 6,231,566 - Method for scanning a pulsed laser beam for surface ablation
166. 6,229,115 - Method of and apparatus in a filter tipping machine for manipulating in a web
167. 6,229,114 - Precision laser cutting of adhesive members
168. 6,229,113 - Method and apparatus for producing a laser drilled hole in a structure
169. 6,229,112 - Air handling system for a laser-equipped machine tool
170. 6,229,111 - Method for laser/plasma surface alloying
171. 6,228,311 - Method of and apparatus for forming nozzles
172. 6,227,436 - Method of fabricating an electronic circuit device and apparatus for performing the method
173. 6,225,595 - Shaped-beam laser texturing of magnetic media
174. 6,225,594 - Method and apparatus for securing components of wafer processing fixtures
175. 6,223,010 - Resin product, method of disassembling the resin product, process cartridge, method of disassembling the process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
176. 6,222,157 - Seamless holographic transfer using laser generated optical effect patterns
177. 6,222,156 - Laser repair process for printed wiring boards
178. RE37,145 - Apparatus for laser texturing disks
179. 6,218,642 - Laser hardened steel cutting rule
180. 6,218,641 - Method for compensating stress induced in an optical component
181. 6,217,698 - Use of a laser to fusion-splice optical components of substantially different cross-sectional areas
182. 6,215,595 - Apparatus and method for laser radiation
183. 6,215,099 - Multi-Laser Combustion surface treatment
184. 6,215,098 - Method for manufacturing a holding tray for chip components
185. 6,215,097 - On the fly laser shock peening
186. 6,215,096 - Method for determining a required shape for at least one surface of an artificial or natural part of an eye which is intersected by a path of rays through the pupil of the eye, and device for the manufacture of an artificial lens
187. 6,215,095 - Apparatus and method for controlling exposure of a solidifiable medium using a pulsed radiation source in building a three-dimensional object using stereolithography
188. 6,215,094 - Process for determining the instantaneous penetration depth and a machining laser beam into a workpiece, and device for implementing this process
189. 6,215,093 - Selective laser sintering at melting temperature
190. 6,211,488 - Method and apparatus for separating non-metallic substrates utilizing a laser initiated scribe
191. 6,211,487 - Printed circuit board and method of manufacturing the same
192. 6,211,486 - Method of making ink jet recording head with tapered orifice
193. 6,211,485 - Blind via laser drilling system
194. 6,211,484 - Laser making system and certificate for a gemstone
195. 6,211,483 - Multiple beam laser welding apparatus
196. 6,211,482 - Apparatus and method for precision excavation and welding of thick-walled components
197. 6,211,093 - Laser ablative removal of photoresist
198. 6,211,053 - Laser wire bonding for wire embedded dielectrics to integrated circuits
199. 6,210,507 - Method for the manufacture of a plastic window
200. 6,207,926 - Fiber optic laser texturing with optical probe feedback control
201. 6,207,925 - Apparatus for cutting and/or welding flexible packaging
202. 6,204,475 - Laser machining apparatus with transverse gas flow
203. 6,204,474 - Apparatus and method for laser texturing a landing zone and a data zone of a magnetic recording medium
204. 6,204,473 - Laser-equipped machine tool cutting head with pressurized counterbalance
205. 6,204,472 - Method and device for cutting hollow glass articles by a laser beam
206. 6,204,471 - Parts soldering apparatus and method
207. 6,204,470 - Laser processing apparatus
208. 6,204,469 - Laser welding system
209. 6,203,652 - Method of forming a via in a substrate
210. 6,203,633 - Laser peening at elevated temperatures
211. 6,202,444 - Producing a glass object having an encodable layer
212. 6,201,215 - Method of making a thick film low value high frequency inductor
213. 6,201,214 - Laser drilling with optical feedback
214. 6,201,213 - Method and device for machining a wiring board utilizing light shielding of a laser beam to select a machined tapering
215. 6,201,212 - Process and apparatus for the continuous welding of guided and abutted strips or plates by means of a laser beam
216. 6,201,211 - Apparatus for welding together two components
217. 6,201,210 - Laser marking apparatus with diode laser matrix
218. 6,201,209 - Laser system for marking or perforating
219. 6,200,689 - Laser shock peened gas turbine engine seal teeth
220. 6,198,070 - Laser beam machining method and laser beam machine
221. 6,198,069 - Laser beam temporal and spatial tailoring for laser shock processing
222. 6,197,133 - Short-pulse high-peak laser shock peening
223. 6,195,164 - Systems and methods for calibrating laser ablations
224. 6,194,683 - Snap together PCMCIA cards with laser tack welded seams
225. 6,193,833 - Method of laser welding transmission filter housing components
226. 6,191,385 - Smart controller for laser peening
227. 6,191,384 - Apparatus for trimming dye coated on a recordable disc substrate and related method
228. 6,191,383 - Welding device
229. 6,191,382 - Dynamic laser cutting apparatus
230. 6,191,379 - Heat treatment for weld beads
231. 6,188,041 - Method and apparatus for real-time weld process monitoring in a pulsed laser welding
232. 6,188,040 - Method for making an object made of translucent synthetic material, in particular an ophthalmic lens, marked object and corresponding reader
233. 6,186,384 - Method of cleaving a brittle material using a point heat source for providing a thermal stress
234. 6,184,490 - Material irradiation apparatus with a beam source that produces a processing beam for a workpiece, and a process for operation thereof
235. 6,183,064 - Method for singulating and attaching nozzle plates to printheads
236. 6,180,917 - Laser beam machine with a cantilever arm
237. 6,180,916 - Method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium with a laser textured data zone
238. 6,180,915 - Laser machining method and laser machining apparatus
239. 6,180,914 - Laser marking of foliage and cigars
240. 6,180,913 - Multi-head laser engraving machine
241. 6,180,912 - Fan-out beams for repairing an open defect
242. 6,178,852 - Rotary die laser machining and hardening apparatus and method
243. 6,177,649 - Method and apparatus for regulating the position of a camera in a thermal control system for welding
244. 6,177,648 - Steered laser beam system with laser power control
245. 6,177,151 - Matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation direct write
246. 6,176,959 - Method for microtexturizing and bonding two surfaces
247. 6,175,096 - Method of processing a material by means of a laser beam
248. 6,173,887 - Method of making electrically conductive contacts on substrates
249. 6,173,886 - Method for joining dissimilar metals or alloys
250. 6,173,882 - Method and apparatus for holding a workpiece during welding
251. 6,172,820 - Laser irradiation device
252. 6,172,331 - Method and apparatus for laser drilling
253. 6,172,330 - Method and apparatus for forming a through hole in a ceramic green sheet
254. 6,172,329 - Ablated laser feature shape reproduction control
255. 6,172,328 - Laser marking of plant material
256. 6,172,327 - Method for laser twist welding of compressor blisk airfoils
257. 6,172,326 - Process and an apparatus for joining fastening elements on the mask frame of picture tubes
258. 6,172,325 - Laser processing power output stabilization apparatus and method employing processing position feedback
259. 6,172,324 - Plasma focus radiation source
260. 6,172,323 - Combined laser and plasma arc welding machine
261. 6,169,758 - Laser output detector
262. 6,169,631 - Laser-texturing data zone on a magnetic disk surface by using degenerative two wave mixing
263. 6,169,266 - Etching of multi-layered coated surfaces to add graphic and text elements to an article
264. 6,168,070 - Method for soldering DPAK-type electronic components to circuit boards

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