US Patent Issued to Align Technology on March 31 for "Methods of forming dental appliances with reinforcement ribs" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,976, issued on March 31, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Methods of forming dental appliances with reinforcement ribs" was invented by Jon F. MOss (Antioch, Calif.), Louis D. Marzano (Palo Alto, Calif.), Eric E. Kuo (San Jose, Calif.) and Kelsey D. Wirth (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of forming dental appliances with reinforcement ribs. Methods may include forming virtual ribs on a virtual dental appliance. The virtual ribs may be formed laterally across at least a portion of a lingual surface and a labial surface of the virtual dental appliance. A thickness from rib to rib of th...