Patents by Inventor Zhou (Jonelle) YU

Zhou (Jonelle) YU 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: 20230301752
    Abstract: A method for use in additively manufacturing an orthodontic aligner may include receiving a digital model of an aligner, processing the digital model of the aligner to modify the digital model based on predicted deviations during fabrication to generate a first updated digital model of the aligner, determining that whether the predicted deviations of a physical aligner additively manufactured based on the first updated digital model of the aligner are acceptable, and outputting the first updated digital model of the aligner for fabrication of the physical aligner by additive manufacture of the physical aligner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Yuxiang WANG, Yaser SHANJANI, Zhou (Jonelle) YU, Crystal TJHIA, Kangning SU, Manlio Fabio VALDIVIESO CASIQUE, Luyao CAI, Jun SATO, Viswanath MEENAKSHISUNDARAM, Siyi LIU, Pavel POKOTILOV, John DEWS-FLICK, Sudharshan ANANDAN
  • Publication number: 20230089755
    Abstract: A support is coupled to an appliance to decrease warpage. The support may comprise a plurality of extensions coupled to the appliance to decrease warpage. The extensions can be coupled to the appliance at one or more of many locations, such as on an occlusal surface, a wall, an edge or an interior of the appliance. In some embodiments, the extensions are coupled to walls of the appliance such as a buccal wall and a lingual wall, and the extensions can be coupled to the walls of the appliance near edges of the walls, such as a gingivally facing edges of the walls that are oriented toward the gingiva when the appliance is worn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer CHAVEZ, Peter WEBBER, Zhou (Jonelle) YU, Tzishing Jesse LIM, Luyao CAI, Eric YAU
  • Patent number: 11534277
    Abstract: A support is coupled to an appliance to decrease warpage. The support may comprise a plurality of extensions coupled to the appliance to decrease warpage. The extensions can be coupled to the appliance at one or more of many locations, such as on an occlusal surface, a wall, an edge or an interior of the appliance. In some embodiments, the extensions are coupled to walls of the appliance such as a buccal wall and a lingual wall, and the extensions can be coupled to the walls of the appliance near edges of the walls, such as gingivally facing edges of the walls that are oriented toward the gingiva when the appliance is worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Chavez, Peter Webber, Zhou (Jonelle) Yu, Tzishing Jesse Lim, Luyao Cai, Eric Yau
  • Publication number: 20200306017
    Abstract: A support is coupled to an appliance to decrease warpage. The support may comprise a plurality of extensions coupled to the appliance to decrease warpage. The extensions can be coupled to the appliance at one or more of many locations, such as on an occlusal surface, a wall, an edge or an interior of the appliance. In some embodiments, the extensions are coupled to walls of the appliance such as a buccal wall and a lingual wall, and the extensions can be coupled to the walls of the appliance near edges of the walls, such as a gingivally facing edges of the walls that are oriented toward the gingiva when the appliance is worn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer CHAVEZ, Peter WEBBER, Zhou (Jonelle) YU, Tzishing Jesse LIM, Luyao CAI, Eric YAU