US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on July 7 for "Transfer apparatus for orthodontic appliances and related methods of manufacturing" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,940, issued on July 7, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Eagan, Minn.).

"Transfer apparatus for orthodontic appliances and related methods of manufacturing" was invented by David K. Cinader (Woodbury, Minn.), Rainer Dittmann (Munich), Michael K Domroese (Woodbury, Minn.), Thomas K. Mueller (Gauting, Germany), Dietmar Blees (Loehne, Germany), Ozcan Donmez (Kirchdorf/Bad Woerishofen, Germany), Daniel D. Oberpertinger (Herrsching, Germany), Ralf M. Paehl (Melle, Germany), Shane C. Pedersen (St. Paul, Minn.), Nicholas A Stark (Woodbury, Minn.) and Michaela Urban (Seefeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metho...