Patents Examined by K Wanzer
  • Laser ablation of multiple layers
    Patent number: 6540952
    Abstract: A method of providing multiple arcuate ablations on a corner portion of a polymeric laminate. The laminate includes more than one layer, with each layer having a an exposed upper surface. The method comprises selectively ablating a first layer in a first arcuate path, and selectively ablating remaining layers, each remaining layer ablated in a separate arcuate path. The arcuate path of any layer neither overlays nor underlies the arcuate path of any other layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Preco Laser Systems, LLC
    Inventors: James A. LaPoint, Elizabeth D. Frazee