ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,017, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Eagan, Minn.).

"Hardenable dental compositions comprising basic core material encapsulated in an inorganic shell and dispensing devices therewith" was invented by Randilynn B. Christensen (Pine Springs, Minn.), Kenton D. Budd (Woodbury, Minn.), Afshin Falsafi (Woodbury, Minn.), Mahmut Aksit (Woodbury, Minn.), Jana Ninkovic (St. Paul, Minn.), Jie J. Liu (Cottage Grove, Minn.), Mark B. Agre (Rochester, Minn.), Masayuki Nakamura (Woodbury, Minn.), Jason W. Bjork (Cottage Grove, Minn.), Bradley D. Craig (Lake Elmo, Minn.), Richard P. Rusin (Woodbury, Minn.), Paul J. Homnick (Lake Elmo, Minn.), Joel D. Oxm...