US Patent Issued to Align Technology on Jan. 13 for "Methods of separating occlusal surfaces with repositioning jaw elements" (California, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,209, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Methods of separating occlusal surfaces with repositioning jaw elements" was invented by Ken Wu (San Jose, Calif.), Eric E. Kuo (San Jose, Calif.), Mitra Derakhshan (Herndon, Va.), Crystal Tjhia (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Eric Yau (Santa Clara, Calif.), Allen R. Boronkay (San Jose, Calif.) and Chunhua Li (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods, computing device readable medium, and devices for dental appliances with repositioning jaw elements. An example of a method can include moving at least one tooth with ...