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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188404 | Laser processing method and laser processing apparatus In six rows of molten processed regions 131, 132, the molten processed region 131 closest to a front face 17a of a metal film 17 opposing a front face 3 of an object to be processed | 05/29/2012 |
| 8168921 | Method and system for marking a material using a laser marking system A laser marking system for marking a length of material includes a laser device for emitting a marking beam. A motor moves the length of material relative to the laser device. A sensing system detects a predetermined movement of the length of the material and provid... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164025 | Method and system for marking a material using a laser marking system A laser marking system for marking a length of material includes a laser device for emitting a marking beam. A motor moves the length of material relative to the laser device. A sensing system detects a predetermined movement of the length of the material and provid... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8110777 | Method and device for dividing a plane-parallel plate made of a brittle material into a plurality of individual plates by means of a laser The present invention relates to a method of dividing a plane-parallel plate made of a brittle material into a plurality of individual plates having a specified edge length, in which break-off cuts are made along specified scored lines that form a lattice-like patte... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110775 | Systems and methods for distinguishing reflections of multiple laser beams for calibration for semiconductor structure processing A system determines relative positions of a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of laser beam spots on or within the semiconductor substrate in a machine for selectively irradiating structures on or within the substrate using a plurality of laser beams. The syst... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110776 | Glass substrate cutting apparatus and glass substrate cutting system using the same Glass substrate cutting apparatuses using lasers are disclosed, where a laser cutting head is moved. A glass substrate cutting apparatus includes two parts for a laser cutting head: heavy laser beam generators fixed to respective ends of a gantry structure moving in... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8084712 | Method and apparatus for laser marking objects Methods and apparatus for laser marking individual objects with indicia at a marking station wherein a predetermined window exists during which each object can be marked as the objects are conveyed along at least one path at a predetermined speed. In some embodiment... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8071910 | Laser processing apparatus A laser processing apparatus is provided with a first laser oscillator for laser CVD and a second laser oscillator for laser repair in a laser oscillation section. Either one of the first or second laser beam is irradiated by switching the first and second laser osc... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067713 | Laser cutting device with high precision An exemplary laser cutting device (300) includes a laser source (40), a lens module (51), a sprayer (60), a rotating subassembly (52), and a driving member (55). The lens module is configured for focusing a laser beam emitti... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8053703 | Laser cutting device An exemplary laser cutting device (300) includes a laser source (40), a lens module (51), a sprayer (60), a first rotating subassembly (52), and a second rotating subassembly (53). The lens module is configured for focusing ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8053704 | Scoring of non-flat materials Disclosed are systems for scoring non-flat materials including non-flat glass sheets (1000). In one embodiment, a laser scoring system is described. The laser scoring system includes a laser (102) and an optical head (106). The optical head (... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049134 | Laser processing machine A laser processing machine having a laser beam irradiation unit is provided. The laser beam irradiation unit includes: a laser beam oscillation section; a beam splitter adapted to split the laser beam emitted from the laser beam oscillation section into a first lase... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8035058 | Apparatus for repairing circuit pattern and method for manufacturing display apparatus using the same A region surrounded by two gate wiring and two drain wiring includes pixels and when there is a defect of short-circuit in adjacent pixel electrodes, the short-circuited portion is removed by irradiating a laser via a mask having a transmission pattern, which corres... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7994450 | Debris minimization and improved spatial resolution in pulsed laser ablation of materials A method and an apparatus of minimizing the deposition of debris onto a sample being ablated. The method comprising the steps of: 1) reducing a laser pulse energy to approximately a threshold level for ablation; and 2) ablating a region of the sample using a multitu... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7994451 | Laser beam processing machine A laser beam processing machine comprising a chuck table for holding a workpiece, a laser beam application means for applying a pulse laser beam to the workpiece held on the chuck table, and a processing-feed means for processing-feeding the chuck table and the lase... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7985941 | Seamless laser ablated roll tooling A system for generating a laser machined tool from a substantially cylindrical work piece. The system includes a laser producing a laser beam, a mask positioned within the laser beam for shaping the laser beam into an image, and an optical system for imaging the las... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982160 | Photonic clock stabilized laser comb processing Processing a workpiece with a laser includes generating laser pulses at a first pulse repetition frequency. The first pulse repetition frequency provides reference timing for coordination of a beam positioning system and one or more cooperating beam position compens... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7977601 | X and Y orthogonal cut direction processing with set beam separation using 45 degree beam split orientation apparatus and method An X & Y orthogonal cut apparatus for scribing a pair of parallel cuts on a planar workpiece, the workpiece plane having an X-axis and a Y-axis, where the apparatus includes a laser device generating at least two beams including a first beam and a second beam, the f... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7947920 | Arrangement and method for forming one or more separated scores in a surface of a substrate The present invention is directed to an arrangement for forming one or more separated scores in a surface of a substrate. The arrangement comprises a laser for providing a laser beam, optical guiding means for guiding said laser beam to said surface of said substrat... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7932478 | Laser processing machine A laser processing machine that includes a chuck table adapted to hold a workpiece thereon and laser beam irradiation unit for applying a laser beam to the workpiece held on the chuck table. The laser beam irradiation unit includes: a laser beam oscillation section ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7915564 | Laser marking system A laser energy microinscribing system, comprising a semiconductor excited Q-switched solid state laser energy source; a cut gemstone mounting system, allowing optical access to a mounted workpiece; an optical system for focusing laser energy from the laser energy so... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7893384 | Systems and methods for laser material manipulation A laser material manipulation system is provided for material processing, such as laser ablation, laser deposition and laser machining. The system includes a laser for emitting laser pulses and a laser imaging device having an array of controllable imaging elements.... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7863542 | Laser processing apparatus and laser processing method as well as debris extraction mechanism and debris extraction method A laser processing apparatus is provided. The laser processing apparatus is for performing pattern processing of a transparent conductive film that is formed on a multilayer film on a substrate by using laser light, includes debris extraction module having a vortex ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7858901 | Focusing an optical beam to two foci A Plate polarising beam splitter 22 splits an incident laser beam 21 to form a first laser beam 24 and a second laser beam 25. The first laser beam is optically modified using an arcuate reflector 23 so that the first laser beam ha... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7858902 | Wafer dividing method and laser beam processing machine A method of dividing a wafer, comprising the steps of forming a deteriorated layer along streets in the inside of the wafer; affixing an adhesive film to the rear surface of the wafer; affixing the adhesive film side of the wafer to a dicing tape mounted on an annul... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7842902 | Laser processing method and laser beam processing machine A method of carrying out laser processing along processing lines having linear portions and curved portions formed on a workpiece by using a laser beam processing machine comprising a laser beam application means for applying a laser beam to the workpiece held on a ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7838794 | Laser-based method and system for removing one or more target link structures Laser-based methods and systems for removing one or more target link structures of a circuit fabricated on a substrate includes generating a pulsed laser output at a predetermined wavelength less than an absorption edge of the substrate are provided. The laser outpu... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7825349 | Laser system and method for patterning mold inserts A laser system (99) for patterning a mold insert includes a laser source module (10), a feedback module (20), and a controlling module (30). The laser source module includes a laser source (11) for emitting laser beams, and a lens ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7820940 | Laser engraving mechanism and engraving method of using the same A laser engraving mechanism (100) for engraving a workpiece (16) includes an image receiver (12), an image processor (13), an engraving controller (14), and a laser emitting member (15). The image receiver screens the workpi... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7816624 | Device for stripping outer covering of cable A device (100) for stripping an outer covering (141) of a cable (140) includes a base (110) having a shaft (111) coupled thereto, a laser generator (130) configured for emitting a laser beam and a rotating arm (120). ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7812280 | Method and apparatus for laser micromachining a conical surface Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for micromachining a conical surface. In one embodiment, such a system may include a rotating platform for receiving a long line of laser illumination, a mask having a predetermined pattern com... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7807941 | Method and device for producing a cavity in a workpiece During the production of a swage in a workpiece in which material is removed in layers by means of a laser beam the side walls of the swage are processed by means of a laser beam and/or a processing means and/or ultrasonic waves. ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7807942 | Laser processing method and laser processing apparatus Ultrashort pulse laser processing bores, welds or cuts objects (work pieces) by converging ultrashort laser pulses by a lens on the objects (work pieces) positioned at the focus and heating small spots or narrow lines on the objects (work pieces). Shortage of a foca... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7800015 | Laser inscribing station for credit cards A laser inscribing station controls the inscribing position (BP) of a laser beam in terms of two coordinates, one pair of feed and pressure rollers is disposed on both the infeed side and the outfeed side of the station. The credit card is positioned aligned in para... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7791001 | Automatic focusing apparatus, laser processing apparatus, and laser cutting apparatus At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a laser processing apparatus that can use the shape of a plurality of reflected light fluxes to adjust the position of workpiece relative to an optical system, where the laser processing apparatus facilitates both the... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7772521 | Method and system for marking tires A system and associated method of marking a molded vehicle tire with laser engraved information to provide both human visible and machine readable data concerning the tire. Information contained in a barcode on the tire is read at a first station and supplied to a c... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7759606 | Method and apparatus for repair of reflective photomasks A method of selectively ablating an undesired material from a substrate includes providing a substrate with two regions; providing laser pulses; tuning a wavelength of the laser pulses to match a desired wavelength characteristic of a material and directing the tune... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7728255 | Spinning-type pattern-fabrication system and a method thereof A spinning-type pattern-fabrication system comprises at least one carry table used to carry objects, an object-fixing device used to fix the objects onto the carry table, and a control system controlling carry table or at least one laser device. The control system c... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7723642 | Laser-based system for memory link processing with picosecond lasers A laser-based method of removing a target link structure of a circuit fabricated on a substrate includes generating a pulsed laser output at a pre-determined wavelength less than an absorption edge of the substrate. The laser output includes at least one pulse havin... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7723641 | Brittle material substrate scribing device and scribing method, and automatic analysis line Along a region where a scribe line is formed on a surface of a glass substrate 50, a laser spot is continuously applied for heating at a temperature lower than a softening point of the glass substrate 50, and a region in the vicinity of the heated regi... | 05/25/2010 |
