Patent 8492072 was granted and assigned to Infineon Technologies on July, 2013 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A description is given of methods and devices for product marking of objects using a light-sensitive layer applied to the objects and a light source. The invention may be used, for example, to simultaneously mark or label a first plurality of objects at a first time with individual marks or labels, and to mark or label a second plurality of objects at a second time with individual marks or labels.