ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,649, issued on June 16, was assigned to 3Shape A/S (Kobenhavn K, Denmark).

"Generation of a three-dimensional representation of a dental object during scanning with a dental imaging device" was invented by Soren Knudby (Copenhagen K, Denmark), Henrik Aanaes (Copenhagen K, Denmark), Henrik Ojelund (Copenhagen K, Denmark) and Marek Krzysztof Misztal (Copenhagen K, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for improving the accuracy of a digital three-dimensional representation of a dental object during scanning, the method comprising the steps of: generating a digital three-d...