ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,178, issued on March 17, was assigned to ZEUS TECH Co. LTD. (Gangwon-do, South Korea).

"Apparatus for processing artificial tooth with disinfection and sterilization function" was invented by Hong Youn Kim (Gangwon-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for processing an artificial tooth with a disinfection and sterilization function includes: a work bed unit in which a tooth mother material selected from a titanium material or a zirconia material is installed and fixed, and in which a wet-type die that processes a titanium material and a dry-type die that processes a zirconia material are separately disposed; a...