US Patent Issued to KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL on July 7 for "Dental ceramic coloring liquid having masking property" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,010, issued on July 7, was assigned to KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC. (Kurashiki, Japan).

"Dental ceramic coloring liquid having masking property" was invented by Hiroyuki Sakamoto (Aichi, Japan), Nobusuke Kashiki (Aichi, Japan) and Atsushi Matsuura (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a dental ceramic coloring liquid with which a decrease in the mechanical strength of a dental ceramic after sintering can be reduced, and that can impart masking properties while having good preservation stability. The present invention relates to a dental ceramic coloring liquid comprising an organosilicon compound....