ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,973, issued on March 31, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Reduced registration bonding template" was invented by Jon Moss (Antioch, Calif.) and Rok Sribar (Auburn, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental template for positioning one or more objects on teeth of a patient is disclosed. The dental template can include a plurality of teeth-receiving cavities that further incldue occlusal surface that correspond to occlusal surfaces of teeth. The template can also inclue buccal surfaces that conform to buccal tooth surfaces. The buccal surfaces of the template can include openings to control placement of ...