Patents by Inventor Bernhard Hofmann
Bernhard Hofmann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230320942Abstract: The invention relates to A curable composition for producing dental composite crowns, the composition comprising a resin matrix comprising polymerizable (meth)acrylate(s) not comprising a urethane moiety, polymerizable urethane(meth)acrylate(s), wherein the polymerizable (meth)acrylate(s) not comprising an urethane moiety are used in excess over the polymerizable urethane(meth)acrylate(s), a filler matrix comprising nanocluster(s), fumed silica in an amount below 8 wt. % with respect to the weight of the whole composition, an initiator system comprising photoinitiator(s), organic dye(s), the curable composition not comprising softener in an amount of more than 5 wt. % with respect to the weight of the whole composition, the curable composition having a viscosity below 150 Pa*s at 23° C. and a shear rate of 1 s?1. The invention also relates to a cured article obtained by radiation curing this curable composition by use of an additive-manufacturing method.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Andreas HERRMANN, Gioacchino Raia, Malte Korten, Oliver Kappler, Bernhard Hofmann, Adrian Eckert, Helmar Mayr, Reinhold Hecht, Gallus Schechner, Rainer Guggenberger
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Patent number: 11696875Abstract: The invention relates to A curable composition for producing dental composite crowns, the composition comprising a resin matrix comprising polymerizable (meth)acrylate(s) not comprising a urethane moiety, polymerizable urethane(meth)acrylate(s), wherein the polymerizable (meth)acrylate(s) not comprising an urethane moiety are used in excess over the polymerizable urethane(meth)acrylate(s), a filler matrix comprising nanocluster(s), fumed silica in an amount below 8 wt. % with respect to the weight of the whole composition, an initiator system comprising photoinitiator(s), organic dye(s), the curable composition not comprising softener in an amount of more than 5 wt. % with respect to the weight of the whole composition, the curable composition having a viscosity below 150 Pa*s at 23° C. and a shear rate of 1 s?1. The invention also relates to a cured article obtained by radiation curing this curable composition by use of an additive-manufacturing method.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Andreas Herrmann, Gioacchino Raia, Malte Korten, Oliver Kappler, Bernhard Hofmann, Adrian Eckert, Helmar Mayr, Reinhold Hecht, Gallus Schechner, Rainer Guggenberger
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Patent number: 11577453Abstract: An additive manufacturing system has a light permeable base, a build carrier for holding a workpiece and a light source which is arranged to emit light through the light permeable base. The light permeable base and the build carrier are positionable relative to each other in a build dimension in which the workpiece is built up. The system further has a resin vat in which the light permeable base forms a wall portion thereof. The system further comprises a plurality of resin supplies for supplying different light hardenable resins in direct contact with each other in said vat. The system facilitates the rapid manufacturing of a dental restoration having a color gradation.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Malte Korten, Helmar Mayr, Gioacchino Raia, Bernhard Hofmann, Adrian Eckert
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Patent number: 11534264Abstract: The invention relates to a preformed dental composite crown being characterized by its shape and chemical composition, the shape being characterized as follows: having an occlusal top surface and depending buccal, mesial, distal and lingual side surfaces, the side surfaces being connected to each other and forming a crown cervix, the wall thickness of the crown at the crown cervix being lower than 0.6 mm; at least two of opposing depending side surfaces having a concave shape; the chemical composition of the material the preformed dental composite crown is made of being a hardened composition comprising the following components: nano-filler(s) in an amount from 20 to 70 wt. %, resin matrix in an amount from 20 to 75 wt. %, wt. % with respect to the weight of the chemical composition, the resin matrix comprising urethane(meth)acrylate(s) and (meth)acrylate(s) not comprising a urethane moiety.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Andreas Herrmann, Gallus Schechner, Reinhold Hecht, Helmar B. Mayr, Malte Korten, Bernhard Hofmann, Gioacchino Raia, Till Meurer
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Patent number: 11345087Abstract: A device for progressively building up an object from a light hardenable material. The device has a perforated build platform for the object. The build platform forms a build surface that faces a light source. The build platform and the light source are positionable relative to each other by computer control. The device is further configured for supplying the light hardenable material through the perforation of the build platform for building up the object. The invention enables the making of colored objects by stereolithography.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Malte Korten, Gioacchino Raia, Adrian S. Eckert, Bernhard Hofmann, Christian A. Richter, Bastian P. Kirchner, Anja Friedrich, Helmar B. Mayr, Carsten Franke, Gallus Schechner
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Publication number: 20210146612Abstract: An additive manufacturing system has a light permeable base, a build carrier for holding a workpiece and a light source which is arranged to emit light through the light permeable base. The light permeable base and the build carrier are positionable relative to each other in a build dimension in which the workpiece is built up. The system further has a resin vat in which the light permeable base forms a wall portion thereof. The system further comprises a plurality of resin supplies for supplying different light hardenable resins in direct contact with each other in said vat. The system facilitates the rapid manufacturing of a dental restoration having a color gradation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Malte Korten, Helmar Mayr, Gioacchino Raia, Bernhard Hofmann, Adrian Eckert
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Patent number: 10953596Abstract: An additive manufacturing system has a light permeable base (2), a build carrier (4) for holding a workpiece (100) and a light source (5) which is arranged to emit light through the light permeable base (2). The light permeable base (2) and the build carrier (4) are positionable relative to each other in a build dimension in which the workpiece (100) is built up. The system further has a resin vat (3) in which the light permeable base (2) forms a wall portion thereof. The system further comprises a plurality of resin supplies (13, 15) for supplying different light hardenable resins in direct contact with each other in said vat (3). The system facilitates the rapid manufacturing of a dental restoration having a color gradation.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Malte Korten, Helmar Mayr, Gioacchino Raia, Bernhard Hofmann, Adrian Eckert
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Publication number: 20200205935Abstract: The invention relates to a preformed dental composite crown being characterized by its shape and chemical composition, the shape being characterized as follows: having an occlusal top surface and depending buccal, mesial, distal and lingual side surfaces, the side surfaces being connected to each other and forming a crown cervix, the wall thickness of the crown at the crown cervix being lower than 0.6 mm; at least two of opposing depending side surfaces having a concave shape; the chemical composition of the material the preformed dental composite crown is made of being a hardened composition comprising the following components: nano-filler(s) in an amount from 20 to 70 wt. %, resin matrix in an amount from 20 to 75 wt. %, wt. % with respect to the weight of the chemical composition, the resin matrix comprising urethane(meth)acrylate(s) and (meth)acrylate(s) not comprising a urethane moiety.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Andreas Herrmann, Gallus Schechner, Reinhold Hecht, Helmar B. Mayr, Malte Korten, Bernhard Hofmann, Gioacchino Raia, Till Meurer
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Publication number: 20200206092Abstract: The invention relates to A curable composition for producing dental composite crowns, the composition comprising a resin matrix comprising polymerizable (meth)acrylate(s) not comprising a urethane moiety, polymerizable urethane(meth)acrylate(s), wherein the polymerizable (meth)acrylate(s) not comprising an urethane moiety are used in excess over the polymerizable urethane(meth)acrylate(s), a filler matrix comprising nanocluster(s), fumed silica in an amount below 8 wt. % with respect to the weight of the whole composition, an initiator system comprising photoinitiator(s), organic dye(s), the curable composition not comprising softener in an amount of more than 5 wt. % with respect to the weight of the whole composition, the curable composition having a viscosity below 150 Pa*s at 23° C. and a shear rate of 1 s?1. The invention also relates to a cured article obtained by radiation curing this curable composition by use of an additive-manufacturing method.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Andreas Herrmann, Gioacchino Raia, Malte Korten, Oliver Kappler, Bernhard Hofmann, Adrian Eckert, Helmar Mayr, Reinhold Hecht, Gallus Schechner, Rainer Guggenberger
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Patent number: 10610330Abstract: The invention relates to a preformed dental composite crown being characterized by its shape and chemical composition, the shape being characterized as follows: having an occlusal top surface and depending buccal, mesial, distal and lingual side surfaces, the side surfaces being connected to each other and forming a crown cervix, the wall thickness of the crown at the crown cervix being lower than 0.6 mm; at least two of opposing depending side surfaces having a concave shape; the chemical composition of the material the preformed dental composite crown is made of being a hardened composition comprising the following components: nano-filler(s) in an amount from 20 to 70 wt. %, resin matrix in an amount from 20 to 75 wt. %, wt. % with respect to the weight of the chemical composition, the resin matrix comprising urethane(meth)acrylate(s) and (meth)acrylate(s) not comprising a urethane moiety.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Andreas Herrmann, Gallus Schechner, Reinhold Hecht, Helmar B. Mayr, Malte Korten, Bernhard Hofmann, Gioacchino Raia, Till Meurer
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Publication number: 20190176394Abstract: A device for progressively building up an object from a light hardenable material. The device has a perforated build platform for the object. The build platform forms a build surface that faces a light source. The build platform and the light source are positionable relative to each other by computer control. The device is further configured for supplying the light hardenable material through the perforation of the build platform for building up the object. The invention enables the making of colored objects by stereolithography.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Malte Korten, Gioacchino Raia, Adrian S. Eckert, Bernhard Hofmann, Christian A. Richter, Bastian P. Kirchner, Anja Friedrich, Helmar B. Mayr, Carsten Franke, Gallus Schechner
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Publication number: 20190021815Abstract: The invention relates to a preformed dental composite crown being characterized by its shape and chemical composition, the shape being characterized as follows: having an occlusal top surface and depending buccal, mesial, distal and lingual side surfaces, the side surfaces being connected to each other and forming a crown cervix, the wall thickness of the crown at the crown cervix being lower than 0.6 mm; at least two of opposing depending side surfaces having a concave shape; the chemical composition of the material the preformed dental composite crown is made of being a hardened composition comprising the following components: nano-filler(s) in an amount from 20 to 70 wt. %, resin matrix in an amount from 20 to 75 wt. %, wt. % with respect to the weight of the chemical composition, the resin matrix comprising urethane(meth)acrylate(s) and (meth)acrylate(s) not comprising a urethane moiety.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Andreas Herrmann, Gallus Schechner, Reinhold Hecht, Helmar B. Mayr, Malte Korten, Bernhard Hofmann, Gioacchino Raia, Till Meurer
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Publication number: 20180361659Abstract: An additive manufacturing system has a light permeable base (2), a build carrier (4) for holding a workpiece (100) and a light source (5) which is arranged to emit light through the light permeable base (2). The light permeable base (2) and the build carrier (4) are positionable relative to each other in a build dimension in which the workpiece (100) is built up. The system further has a resin vat (3) in which the light permeable base (2) forms a wall portion thereof. The system further comprises a plurality of resin supplies (13, 15) for supplying different light hardenable resins in direct contact with each other in said vat (3). The system facilitates the rapid manufacturing of a dental restoration having a color gradation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Malte Korten, Helmar Mayr, Gioacchino Raia, Bernhard Hofmann, Adrian Eckert
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Patent number: 10004669Abstract: The invention relates to a dental composition comprising polymerizable monomer (1), initiator component(s), filler component(s) in an amount of more than about 20 wt.-%, wt.-% with respect to the whole weight of the composition, the polymerizable monomer (1) being characterized as follows: having exactly two (meth)acrylate reactive moieties, having an unsymmetrical backbone as linkage between the (meth)acrylate reactive moieties, the two (meth)acrylate reactive moieties being attached onto the unsymmetrical monomer backbone as alkyl esters, the unsymmetrical backbone comprising one aromatic moiety of the phenolic type, the polymerizable monomer (1) not containing an acidic moiety, other atoms than carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, bisphenol moieties. The invention also relates to the use of the dental composition as or for producing a dental filling material, crown and bridge material, inlay, onlay, veneer or dental mill blank.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Adrian S. Eckert, Michael Cub, Bettina Hailand-Newhook, Marion B. Kestel, Christoph Thalacker, Karsten Dede, Uwe H. Hoheisel, Reinhold Hecht, Henry Loll, Bernhard Hofmann
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Patent number: 9782329Abstract: The invention relates to a dental composition comprising filler (F1) comprising aggregated nano-sized particles in an amount of from about 30 to about 70 wt. %, filler (F2) comprising agglomerated nano-sized particles in an amount from about 1 to about 20 wt. %, hardenable component (A1) being an urethane(meth)acrylate with a functionality of at least 2 and having a molecular weight from about 400 to about 3,000 g/mol,-hardenable component (A2) being a radically polymerizable (meth)acrylate with a functionality of at least 2 being different from component (A1), redox curing initiator system, the dental composition not comprising non-agglomerated nano-sized filler in an amount above about 10 wt. %, wt. % with respect to the weight of the whole composition. The dental composition is in particular useful as or for production of permanent crown and bridges, inlays, onlays and veneers.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Inventors: Reinhold Hecht, Uwe H. Hoheisel, Adrian S. Eckert, Bernhard Hofmann
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Publication number: 20170056298Abstract: The invention relates to a dental composition comprising polymerizable monomer (1), initiator component(s), filler component(s) in an amount of more than about 20 wt.-%, wt.-% with respect to the whole weight of the composition, the polymerizable monomer (1) being characterized as follows: having exactly two (meth)acrylate reactive moieties, having an unsymmetrical backbone as linkage between the (meth)acrylate reactive moieties, the two (meth)acrylate reactive moieties being attached onto the unsymmetrical monomer backbone as alkyl esters, the unsymmetrical backbone comprising one aromatic moiety of the phenolic type, the polymerizable monomer (1) not containing an acidic moiety, other atoms than carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, bisphenol moieties. The invention also relates to the use of the dental composition as or for producing a dental filling material, crown and bridge material, inlay, onlay, veneer or dental mill blank.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Adrian S. Eckert, Michael Cub, Bettina Hailand, Marion B. Kestel, Christoph Thalacker, Karsten Dede, Uwe H. Hoheisel, Reinhold Hecht, Henry Loll, Bernhard Hofmann
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Publication number: 20160136059Abstract: The invention relates to a dental composition comprising—filler (F1) comprising aggregated nano-sized particles in an amount of from about 30 to about 70 wt. %, —filler (F2) comprising agglomerated nano-sized particles in an amount from about 1 to about 20 wt. %, —hardenable component (A1) being an urethane(meth)acrylate with a functionality of at least 2 and having a molecular weight from about 400 to about 3,000 g/mol, —hardenable component (A2) being a radically polymerizable (meth)acrylate with a functionality of at least 2 being different from component (A1), —redox curing initiator system, the dental composition not comprising non-agglomerated nano-sized filler in an amount above about 10 wt. %, wt. % with respect to the weight of the whole composition. The dental composition is in particular useful as or for production of permanent crown and bridges, inlays, onlays and veneers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Reinhold Hecht, Uwe H. Hoheisel, Adrian S. Eckert, Bernhard Hofmann
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Publication number: 20160000524Abstract: The invention is related to a process for producing a dental restoration, the process comprising the steps: —shape a dental restoration out of a shapeable material being placed on a dental situation to be restored in the mouth of a patient, —make an impression of the shaped dental restoration placed on the dental situation to be restored by using a dental impression material, —remove the dental impression material and the shaped dental restoration from the dental situation in the mouth of a patient, —place a curable dental composition in the negative mould of the dental impression material relating to the dental situation to be restored. The invention is also directed to a kit of parts comprising a shapeable material, a curable dental composition, optionally a dental cement, optionally a dental impression material, instruction for use.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: REINHOLD HECHT, UWE H. HOHEISEL, JOHN W. DUBBE, BERNHARD HOFMANN, THOMAS KLETTKE, OLIVER KAPPLER
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Publication number: 20110198820Abstract: The present invention relates to a stabilizer (1, 26) which has at least two stabilizer components which are coupled with one another materially by thermal joining, characterized in that a heat-affected zone (7) produced by the thermal joining is at least partially heat treated after coupling. The present invention also relates to a method for producing a stabilizer (1, 26), wherein at least two stabilizer components are connected with one another by thermal joining, characterized in that the heat-affected zone (7) produced by the thermal joining is heat-treated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Andreas Janzen, Ullrich Hammelmeier, Sebastian Saggel, Friso Berheide, Bernhard Hofmann, Christian Smatloch, Wulf Härtel, Christian Ditter
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Patent number: 4834960Abstract: The purification of phosphorous acid which is formed in halogenations of hydrocarbon derivatives using phosphorus trihalides is carried out in the context of preparing phosphorous acid in a reaction zone by reacting a mixture of phosphorus trichloride and water which has been finely divided by means of steam at temperatures between 150.degree. and 200.degree. C. in the gas phase. In this process, the liquid reaction product drains into a concentrating evaporation zone which has a downstream first separation zone. Inert gas is introduced to the lower part of the first separation zone. A melt is withdrawn from the first separation zone into a crystallizing zone. The waste gases from the reaction zone are treated with a washing liquid in a second separation zone before being passed into the atmosphere. The washing liquid used is an aqueous solution of never-purified phosphorous acid, which can have been prepurified by hydrolysis and stripping.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1988Date of Patent: May 30, 1989Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jurgen Grosse, Gunther Schimmel, Bernhard Hofmann