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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:
Apr. 30, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott R Culler, Burnsville, MN (US);
Jon W Fundingsland, Maplewood, MN (US);
Dwight W Jacobs, River Falls, WI (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433208 ; 433180 ; 433218 ; 428451 ;
Abstract
Metal dental articles with a layer of exogenous inorganic oxide thereon, and a method of applying such a layer, which method involves heating a coating of a coupling agent for a temperature and for a time sufficient to convert the coating to a layer of exogenous inorganic oxide.