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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:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John D. Summer, Portland, OR (US);
Gregory Stock, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 5/04 ; B23K 1/110 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 5/04 ; B23K 1/110 ;
Abstract
A tooth spacer has first and second tooth spacer body portions which each define at least one window therein. Extremely thin film, for example from about 0.0003 to about 0.0006 inch in thickness, is sandwiched between the tooth spacer body portions to form the tooth spacer. Portions of the gingival edge of the tooth spacer may be thinned to facilitate insertion of the tooth spacer between teeth.