ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,711, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SICHUAN UNIVERSITY (Chengdu, China).

"Oral cavity restoration space measuring device and method" was invented by Haiyang Yu (Chengdu, China), Qin Wu (Chengdu, China) and Chenyang Xie (Chengdu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses an oral cavity restoration space measuring device and method, wherein a depth measuring rod and a main scale are configured to be rigidly connected to each other; a gripping end and a measuring end are connected at a certain angle to reduce a measuring dead angle; a first detachable measuring claw and a second detachable measuring claw ...