ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,529, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ZEST IP HOLDINGS LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Dental attachment assemblies, angled implant assemblies, and methods of use" was invented by Steven Pelote (Carlsbad, Calif.), Michael Schulzki (Carlsbad, Calif.), Tom Stratton (Carlsbad, Calif.), Maxwell McKinnon (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Eller Torres (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dental assemblies for a mouth of a patient are provided. Contemplated dental assemblies can comprise an implant having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion comprises a threaded portion configured to screw into a threaded recess of an...