US Patent Issued to Ivoclar Vivadent on July 28 for "Self-adhesive dental composite cement with good transparency" (Liechtensteiner, Swiss, Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,041, issued on July 28, was assigned to Ivoclar Vivadent AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

"Self-adhesive dental composite cement with good transparency" was invented by Norbert Moszner (Triesen, Liechtenstein), Alexandros Gianasmidis (Balgach, Switzerland), Delphine Catel (Rans, Switzerland), Yohann Catel (Rans, Switzerland), Andy Brot (Balzers, Liechtenstein), Tim Haldner (Mauren, Liechtenstein), Thorsten Bock (Feldkirch, Austria) and Barbara Grabenbauer (Rebstein, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radically polymerizable composition having at least one acidic radically polymerizable monomer, at least one fluoroaluminosilicate...