Patents by Inventor Daniel L. Menis

Daniel L. Menis 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).

  • Dental material
    Patent number: 4431451
    Abstract: Dentures, dental glazes or coatings, reconstructive jacket-crowns and inlays and restorative constructions over metal or preformed alumina substrates are fabricated from a dental porcelain frit prepared by a gel route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Assignee: American Dental Association Health Foundation
    Inventors: Curtis P. Mabie, Daniel L. Menis
  • Method for preparing microporous glassy filler grains for dental resin composites
    Patent number: 4306913
    Abstract: A microporous filler for dental composite resin restorations has been developed which gives greatly improved finishability, system non-toxicity and x-ray opacification. These fillers are prepared from frits obtained by the low temperature calcination of gelled inorganic "polymers" followed by a pulsed high-heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1981
    Assignee: American Dental Association Health Foundation
    Inventors: Curtis P. Mabie, Daniel L. Menis
  • Microporous glassy fillers for dental resin composites
    Patent number: 4217264
    Abstract: A microporous filler for dental composite resin restorations has been developed which gives greatly improved finishability, system non-toxicity and x-ray opacification. These fillers are prepared from frits obtained by the low temperature calcination of gelled inorganic "polymers" followed by a pulsed high-heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1980
    Assignee: American Dental Association Health Foundation
    Inventors: Curtis P. Mabie, Daniel L. Menis