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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:
Dec. 21, 2010

Filed:

May. 03, 2007
Applicants:

Jennifer C. Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);

Chunhua LI, Cupertino, CA (US);

Anthony Morefield, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jennifer C. Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);

Chunhua Li, Cupertino, CA (US);

Anthony Morefield, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present disclosure includes method, system, apparatus, and indicator embodiments. For example, one system for monitoring orthodontic treatment includes an appliance for placement over one or more teeth and multiple wear indicators including at least a first wear indicator having a first wear rate and a second wear indicator that has a second wear rate that is different from the first.


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