Patents by Inventor Hong Meng Lim

Hong Meng Lim 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).

  • Publication number: 20080138756
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement to an orthodontic appliance comprising of a bracket (10), which further includes a base portion (12), a body section (24) extending from the base portion (12), and wherein said improved orthodontic appliance comprises of a plurality of edges (14, 16, 18, 20) and a set of tie wings (22a, 22b), and wherein said orthodontic appliance also includes an archwire slot (26) and a vertical slot (27) and wherein a plurality of channels (36) is provided therein on the bottom surface of the orthodontic appliance and wherein a mesial tie wing undercut (32) and a distal tie wing undercut (34) are provided respectively to form a continuous undercut channels with an incisal and a gingival tie wing undercuts (40, 38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: INNOBRACE ORTHODONTICS PTE LTD
    Inventors: Hong Meng Lim, Kok Liang Tan