Patents by Inventor Lee Culp

Lee Culp 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 composites
    Patent number: 8821163
    Abstract: Colorless dental compositions for restoring the enamel layer of a tooth are disclosed. The colorless enamel compositions are combined with pigmented dentin compositions to provide a true color match and natural esthetics. Methods that utilize the compositions in placement/build-up techniques in direct restorations are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Lee Culp
  • Dental Composites
    Publication number: 20100297586
    Abstract: Colorless dental compositions for restoring the enamel layer of a tooth are disclosed. The colorless enamel compositions are combined with pigmented dentin compositions to provide a true color match and natural esthetics. Methods that utilize the compositions in placement/build-up techniques in direct restorations are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT INC.
    Inventor: Terry Lee Culp
  • Dental composites and placement techniques for direct restorations
    Patent number: 7790073
    Abstract: Colorless dental compositions for restoring the enamel layer of a tooth are disclosed. The colorless enamel compositions are combined with pigmented dentin compositions to provide a true color match and natural esthetics. Methods that utilize the compositions in placement/build-up techniques in direct restorations are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Lee Culp
  • DENTAL COMPOSITES AND PLACEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR DIRECT RESTORATIONS
    Publication number: 20080245268
    Abstract: Colorless dental compositions for restoring the enamel layer of a tooth are disclosed. The colorless enamel compositions are combined with pigmented dentin compositions to provide a true color match and natural esthetics. Methods that utilize the compositions in placement/build-up techniques in direct restorations are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT, INC.
    Inventor: Terry Lee Culp
  • Enhanced tooth shade guide
    Patent number: 7118374
    Abstract: The invention relates to an enhanced electronic shade guide that includes addtitional hue-chroma information between the shades of existing shade guides and value information for the measured tooth. The shade guide provides a recipe for constructing a restoration or replacement for the tooth. A comparison of the patient's tooth to the stored tooth shades is preferably performed electronically by a suitable software program that contains the shade guide information of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventor: Lee Culp
  • Enhanced tooth shade guide
    Publication number: 20040248057
    Abstract: The invention relates to an enhanced electronic shade guide that includes addtitional hue-chroma information between the shades of existing shade guides and value information for the measured tooth. The shade guide provides a recipe for constructing a restoration or replacement for the tooth. A comparison of the patient's tooth to the stored tooth shades is preferably performed electronically by a suitable software program that contains the shade guide information of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventor: Lee Culp
  • Set of posterior teeth
    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