Patents by Inventor David G. Lippincott

David G. Lippincott 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).

  • Patent number: 5775913
    Abstract: A method for making caps of eight different sizes for each of a persons teeth allows premaking caps that will fit almost any tooth of any patient; caps are preferably prepared from a commercially available quartz or silicon dioxide filled acrylic material called Artglass r; the caps allow curing a material such as Charisma r with ultraviolet light thereby allowing a practitioner to place a cap containing Charisma r over a tooth prepared for capping; settle the cap in place; remove any excess and expose the capped tooth with a ultraviolet light for about three minutes to form a solidly capped tooth in one visit to the practitioners office.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Inventors: John R. Updyke, Robert D. Martin, David G. Lippincott