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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2023
Applicant:

Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sriram Venkatasanthanam, Chino Hills, CA (US);

Ramin Heydarpour, Beverly Hills, CA (US);

John Y. Morton, San Jose, CA (US);

Jun Sato, San Jose, CA (US);

Michael Christopher Cole, Longmont, CO (US);

Mehdi Mojdeh, Fremont, CA (US);

Prashanth Vanchy, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Natalia Lysaya Powers, San Jose, CA (US);

Sibel Narin, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Jeremy Riley, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 7/12 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); B32B 7/06 (2019.01); B32B 27/20 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B44C 3/02 (2006.01); C09D 11/101 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 13/0006 (2013.01); B32B 7/06 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/20 (2013.01); B32B 38/145 (2013.01); B41M 5/0064 (2013.01); B41M 5/0088 (2013.01); B44C 3/025 (2013.01); C09D 11/101 (2013.01); A61C 2201/002 (2013.01); B32B 2255/26 (2013.01); B32B 2307/408 (2013.01); B32B 2307/416 (2013.01); B32B 2307/514 (2013.01); B32B 2451/00 (2013.01); B41M 2205/38 (2013.01); B41M 2205/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for forming dental appliance having an ornamental indicia carrier may include forming a polymeric shell, forming a first adhesive layer configured to be adhered to the polymeric shell, the first adhesive layer including a pressure sensitive adhesive layer, forming a first adhesion layer over the first adhesive layer, and applying a colorant between the first adhesion layer and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer.


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