Patents by Inventor Frank R. Lauciello

Frank R. Lauciello 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: 7128572
    Abstract: A kit which may be used for anterior tooth selection, the kit including a facial meter for measuring the width of a nose and/or the distance between the eyes, and for correlating the measurement to a tooth size, and an anterior tooth selection guide consisting of a plurality of cards which have various sets of upper anterior teeth of differing sizes, soft and bold, depicted thereon so that a dentist or dental professional may place a card adjacent the face of the patient to make an initial evaluation of the teeth to be selected based upon the use of the anterior tooth selection guide. The kit may also includes a mold guide which includes various sets of anterior teeth and posterior teeth. This kit facilitates the tooth selection process by the dental professional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Frank R. Lauciello, Michael Thomas Kirkpatrick
  • Patent number: 6935861
    Abstract: Sets of posterior teeth which may be used for the production of dentures; the sets including a first set of posterior teeth which provide for lingualized occlusion, and a second set of posterior teeth which provide zero degree monoplane occlusion surfaces. The second set includes maxillary and mandibular premolars and molars, all of the teeth having flat lingual and buccal cusps and a central mesial-distal fossa between the cusps, the central mesial-distal fossa of the mandibular teeth being designed to accommodate the lingual cusps of the maxillary teeth of the first set. The second set has been designed with full length premolars which are of sufficient length to harmonize with canines, the premolars being provided facial surfaces having a cusp like effect by having marginal ridges slightly lower than the center of the buccal and lingual cusps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent, AG
    Inventor: Frank R. Lauciello
  • Publication number: 20040137407
    Abstract: Sets of posterior teeth which may be used for the production of dentures; the sets including a first set of posterior teeth which provide for lingualized occlusion, and a second set of posterior teeth which provide zero degree monoplane occlusion surfaces. The second set includes maxillary and mandibular premolars and molars, all of the teeth having flat lingual and buccal cusps and a central mesial-distal fossa between the cusps, the central mesial-distal fossa of the mandibular teeth being designed to accommodate the lingual cusps of the maxillary teeth of the first set. The second set has been designed with full length premolars which are of sufficient length to harmonize with canines, the premolars being provided facial surfaces having a cusp like effect by having marginal ridges slightly lower than the center of the buccal and lingual cusps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank R. Lauciello
  • Patent number: D487314
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Culp, Frank R. Lauciello