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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2017
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chunhua Li, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jennifer Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Morton, San Jose, CA (US);
Jon Moss, Antioch, CA (US);
Clark Kaufhardt, Danville, CA (US);
Heng Cao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/08 (2006.01); A61C 7/14 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 7/14 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); Y10T 29/49568 (2015.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic system including a tactile object is provided for modulating an engagement between a tooth attachment and an orthodontic appliance.