Patents by Inventor Andre Golcher

Andre Golcher 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).

  • Orthodontic bracket and an orthodontic appliance
    Patent number: 11311352
    Abstract: An orthodontic bracket that forms a slot for receiving an archwire. The slot extends through the orthodontic bracket along an archwire axis. The slot is delimited in directions radially of the archwire axis by a slot base surface, an opposite slot cover surface and two opposite slot side surfaces. Further, the slot has an open side that is provided by a gap within one of the slot side surfaces in a dimension along the archwire axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Andre Golcher, Ralf M. Paehl
  • AN ORTHODONTIC BRACKET AND AN ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20200289240
    Abstract: An orthodontic bracket that forms a slot for receiving an archwire. The slot extends through the orthodontic bracket along an archwire axis. The slot is delimited in directions radially of the archwire axis by a slot base surface, an opposite slot cover surface and two opposite slot side surfaces. Further, the slot has an open side that is provided by a gap within one of the slot side surfaces in a dimension along the archwire axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Andre Golcher, Ralf M. Paehl