ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,348, issued on May 20, was assigned to e32 Technology Inc. (Chantilly, Va.).

"Generating a 3D tooth modeling file adjusted for tooth size for manufacturing a 3D dental laminate" was invented by Young Cheol Chang (Chantilly, Va.), Yong Min Park (Chantilly, Va.) and Junhyuk Yoon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for manufacturing a three-dimensional dental laminate according to the present invention includes at least one processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions causing the at least one processor to perform, in response to execution of the instructions, receiving images including a user's teeth, e...