ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,296, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to KULZER GMBH (Hanau, Germany).

"Method for packaging dental components, in particular artificial teeth, and packaging system" was invented by Frank-Uwe Stange (Langenargen, Germany), Matthias Moeller (Eriskirch, Germany) and Silke Gall (Alzenau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for packaging dental components, comprising the method steps: producing or providing a dental component; arranging the dental component with a support side on a support surface of a three-dimensional carrier element, the dental component projecting beyond the edge of the support sur...