Patents by Inventor Kiyotaka NAKAO

Kiyotaka NAKAO 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).

  • Method for designing denture, method for producing denture and positioning means
    Patent number: 11890151
    Abstract: A method for designing dentures according to which artificial teeth can be easily and accurately attached to a denture base, which is designed and shaped by CAD/CAM, when the artificial teeth are arranged on the denture base is provided. The method for designing a denture (10) on a computer based on data on an intraoral shape comprises: creating data on a shape of a denture base (20) based on the intraoral shape (S22); creating data on a position of an artificial tooth (30) to be arranged on the denture base (S23); and creating data on a shape of an occlusal guide (40) that is tabular and has a recess part corresponding to a shape of the arranged artificial tooth in an occlusal surface side (S24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: GC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Nakao, Takayuki Michii
  • METHOD FOR DESIGNING DENTURE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING DENTURE AND POSITIONING MEANS
    Publication number: 20210161627
    Abstract: A method for designing dentures according to which artificial teeth can be easily and accurately attached to a denture base, which is designed and shaped by CAD/CAM, when the artificial teeth are arranged on the denture base is provided. The method for designing a denture (10) on a computer based on data on an intraoral shape comprises: creating data on a shape of a denture base (20) based on the intraoral shape (S22); creating data on a position of an artificial tooth (30) to be arranged on the denture base (S23); and creating data on a shape of an occlusal guide (40) that is tabular and has a recess part corresponding to a shape of the arranged artificial tooth in an occlusal surface side (S24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: GC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka NAKAO, Takayuki MICHII
  • Method for designing denture, method for producing denture and positioning means
    Patent number: 10952828
    Abstract: A method for designing dentures according to which artificial teeth can be easily and accurately attached to a denture base, which is designed and shaped by CAD/CAM, when the artificial teeth are arranged on the denture base is provided. The method for designing a denture (10) on a computer based on data on an intraoral shape comprises: creating data on a shape of a denture base (20) based on the intraoral shape (S22); creating data on a position of an artificial tooth (30) to be arranged on the denture base (S23); and creating data on a shape of an occlusal guide (40) that is tabular and has a recess part corresponding to a shape of the arranged artificial tooth in an occlusal surface side (S24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: GC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Nakao, Takayuki Michii
  • METHOD FOR DESIGNING DENTURE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING DENTURE AND POSITIONING MEANS
    Publication number: 20190105133
    Abstract: A method for designing dentures according to which artificial teeth can be easily and accurately attached to a denture base, which is designed and shaped by CAD/CAM, when the artificial teeth are arranged on the denture base is provided. The method for designing a denture (10) on a computer based on data on an intraoral shape comprises: creating data on a shape of a denture base (20) based on the intraoral shape (S22); creating data on a position of an artificial tooth (30) to be arranged on the denture base (S23); and creating data on a shape of an occlusal guide (40) that is tabular and has a recess part corresponding to a shape of the arranged artificial tooth in an occlusal surface side (S24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: GC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka NAKAO, Takayuki MICHII