EP2763812A4 - Method and apparatus for optimally laser marking articles - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for optimally laser marking articles

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Publication number: EP2763812A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: laser marking; marking articles; optimally; optimally laser; articles
Prior art date: 2011-10-03
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP11873589.3A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2763812A1 (en

Inventor

Jeffrey Howerton

Robert Reichenbach

Mehmet Alpay

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Electro Scientific Industries Inc

Original Assignee

Electro Scientific Industries Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2011-10-03

Filing date

2011-10-03

Publication date

2016-04-20

2011-10-03 Application filed by Electro Scientific Industries Inc filed Critical Electro Scientific Industries Inc

2014-08-13 Publication of EP2763812A1 publication Critical patent/EP2763812A1/en

2016-04-20 Publication of EP2763812A4 publication Critical patent/EP2763812A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
- B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
- B23K26/03—Observing, e.g. monitoring, the workpiece
- B23K26/034—Observing the temperature of the workpiece
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
- B23K26/36—Removing material
- B23K26/361—Removing material for deburring or mechanical trimming
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
- B23K26/36—Removing material
- B23K26/40—Removing material taking account of the properties of the material involved
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
- B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
- B41M5/24—Ablative recording, e.g. by burning marks; Spark recording
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B23K2101/00—Articles made by soldering, welding or cutting
- B23K2101/34—Coated articles ; Surface treated articles
- B23K2101/35—Surface treated articles

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Optics & Photonics (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
Laser Beam Processing (AREA)
Thermal Transfer Or Thermal Recording In General (AREA)

EP11873589.3A 2011-10-03 2011-10-03 Method and apparatus for optimally laser marking articles Withdrawn EP2763812A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
PCT/US2011/054638 WO2013052034A1 (en)	2011-10-03	2011-10-03	Method and apparatus for optimally laser marking articles

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2763812A1 EP2763812A1 (en)	2014-08-13
EP2763812A4 true EP2763812A4 (en)	2016-04-20

Family

ID=48044015

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP11873589.3A Withdrawn EP2763812A4 (en)	2011-10-03	2011-10-03	Method and apparatus for optimally laser marking articles

Country Status (4)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP2763812A4 (en)
JP (1)	JP5826387B2 (en)
CN (1)	CN103534057B (en)
WO (1)	WO2013052034A1 (en)

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2011
- 2011-10-03 CN CN201180070070.9A patent/CN103534057B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2011-10-03 EP EP11873589.3A patent/EP2763812A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2011-10-03 WO PCT/US2011/054638 patent/WO2013052034A1/en not_active Ceased
- 2011-10-03 JP JP2014521604A patent/JP5826387B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related

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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
WO2013052034A1 (en)	2013-04-11
CN103534057B (en)	2016-03-30
JP2014523813A (en)	2014-09-18
EP2763812A1 (en)	2014-08-13
JP5826387B2 (en)	2015-12-02
CN103534057A (en)	2014-01-22

Legal Events

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2014-07-11	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2014-08-13	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20130830
2014-08-13	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
2015-01-07	DAX	Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
2016-04-20	RA4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched (corrected)	Effective date: 20160323
2016-04-20	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Ipc: B23K 26/36 20140101ALI20160317BHEP Ipc: B23K 26/18 20060101AFI20160317BHEP Ipc: B41M 5/24 20060101ALI20160317BHEP
2017-03-22	17Q	First examination report despatched	Effective date: 20170215
2018-03-07	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Ipc: B23K 101/34 20060101ALI20180131BHEP Ipc: B23K 26/40 20140101ALI20180131BHEP Ipc: B41M 5/24 20060101ALI20180131BHEP Ipc: B23K 26/361 20140101ALI20180131BHEP Ipc: B23K 26/03 20060101AFI20180131BHEP
2018-03-12	GRAP	Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1
2018-04-11	INTG	Intention to grant announced	Effective date: 20180313
2018-12-14	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2019-01-16	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20180724

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