US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on April 14 for "Color management process for customized dental restorations" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,463, issued on April 14, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Color management process for customized dental restorations" was invented by Malte Korten (Moorenweis, Germany), Gioacchino Raia (Turkenfeld, Germany), Bastian P. Kirchner (Furstenfeldbruck, Germany) and Philipp Doebert (Seefeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for generating a color 3D model for a dental restoration. The method receives color information, a color distribution map, and shape for a tooth. The color information is assigned to the color distribution map. The color information and the ...