ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,197, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SMILECLOUD SRL (Timisoara, Romania).

"Computer implemented methods for defining a dental restoration" was invented by Florin-Nicolae Cofar (Dumbravita, Romania), Eric Van Dooren (Wilrijk, Belgium), Mihai Simonia (Timisoara, Romania), Cristian Diaconescu (Timisoara, Romania), Radu-Florin Sarghe (Timisoara, Romania) and Cristian-Florin Marta (Timisoara, Romania).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method (1000) of characterising a tooth by analysing at least one digital representation of said tooth in its clinical environment, comprising: a) determining a parameter indicative for...