Patents by Inventor Shih-Kai Lai

Shih-Kai Lai 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).

  • SCANNING DENTAL IMPRESSIONS
    Publication number: 20240245376
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for scanning a dental impression to obtain a digital model of a patient's dentition as an input to computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM) methods for producing dental prostheses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Sergey Nikolskiy, David Christopher Leeson, Shih-Kai Lai, Loraine Allessandra Queji Silva
  • Scanning dental impressions
    Patent number: 11559378
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for scanning a dental impression to obtain a digital model of a patient's dentition as an input to computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM) methods for producing dental prostheses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Nikolskiy, David Christopher Leeson, Shih-Kai Lai, Loraine Allessandra Queji Silva
  • SCANNING DENTAL IMPRESSIONS
    Publication number: 20180132982
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for scanning a dental impression to obtain a digital model of a patient's dentition as an input to computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM) methods for producing dental prostheses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Sergey Nikolskiy, David Christopher Leeson, Shih-Kai Lai, Loraine Allessandra Queji Silva