ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,173, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics Inc. (Newport Beach, Calif.).
"Method for coloring a dental prosthesis" was invented by Kunal A. Patil (Irvine, Calif.), Babak Manafighazani (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and David C. Leeson (Laguna Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are example embodiments of methods and systems for automatically coloring a dental prosthesis. One of the systems includes: a memory configured to store a computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) file of the dental prosthesis; a holding apparatus for securing the dental prosthesis; one or more outlets for dispensi...