ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,056, issued on March 31, was assigned to DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. (York, Pa.).
"Curable composition for dental impression" was invented by Massimo Rossi (Rovigo, Italy), Alberto Basso (Padua, Italy) and Lorenzo Galliera (Ferrara, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present describes a curable composition for dental impression comprising: a curable base composition and a surfactant system comprising a first surfactant, which is at least one compound having the formula (I) and a second surfactant, which works synergistically with the second surfactant so as to permit the composition to surprisingly have a lower contact angle; these r...