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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:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2003
Applicants:
Artie J. Goldberg, West Hartford, CT (US);
Charles J. Burstone, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Artie J. Goldberg, West Hartford, CT (US);
Charles J. Burstone, Farmington, CT (US);
Assignee:
University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An orthodontic appliance including at least one orthodontic component comprising a thermoplastic polymer. In some embodiments the thermoplastic polymer is a rigid backbone polymer including at least one of a compatibilizing side roup or a solubilizing side group. The thermoplastic polymer may be heat processed to form the orthodontic component.