Patents Represented by Attorney Align Technology, Inc.

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  • Systems and methods for fabricating a dental template
    Patent number: 7056115
    Abstract: A dental template to position an object on a patient's tooth includes digitizing the patient's tooth; adding virtual objects to predetermined locations on the digitized tooth; and fabricating the dental template to locate the object on the patient's tooth. The template can be used for etching or for positioning brackets on teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Loc X. Phan, Peter G. Knopp, Eric Kuo, Amir Abolfathi, Huafeng Wen
  • Systems and methods for automated bite-setting of tooth models
    Patent number: 6979196
    Abstract: A method to bite set a dental model includes: scanning upper and lower arches of the dental model; scanning the upper and lower arches in their bite position; and aligning the upper and lower arches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Nikolskiy, Huafeng Wen
  • Identification of units in customized production
    Patent number: 6976627
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying a mass-customized part by encoding a part identification into a multi-dimensional bar code; and using a stereolithography apparatus (SLA) to make the part with multi-dimensional bar code embedded therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Culp, Kwan Ho, Shiva Prasad Sambu, Srinivas Kaza, Craig E. Farren, Samuel J. Kass, Sergey Nikolsky