ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,194, issued on Aug. 4.

"Method of manufacturing crown for dental implant and crown thereby" was invented by Young Ku Heo (Hanam-si, South Korea) and Young Woo Jo (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a crown for a detachable dental implant includes providing a first preliminary body including a preliminary space and a preliminary post extending downwardly from a ceiling of the preliminary space by using a block including zirconia. The method also includes machining an outer surface of the first preliminary body to form a second preliminary body including a preliminary chewing surface. The met...