Patents by Inventor Betty W. Tang

Betty W. Tang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Light-triggered tattoo process
    Patent number: 7131446
    Abstract: A light-triggered tattoo process. A strong absorber of light energy and tattoo material are sandwiched under pressure between a skin region and a transparent window. Short pulses of light, at frequencies strongly absorbed by the strong absorber, illuminates the strong absorber through the window creating micro-explosions in the strong absorber that drive particles of the tattoo material into the skin region producing a tattoo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Inventors: Kenneth Y. Tang, Allen M. Hunter, II, Betty W. Tang