ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,813, issued on May 27, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Orthodontic attachment devices" was invented by Avi Kopelman (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Chunhua Li (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Orthodontic attachment devices for interacting with an orthodontic appliance. An anchoring attachment body may include first and second anchoring attachment regions connected by a connection region. The first and second anchoring attachment regions may be oriented differently such that their respective orthodontic appliance engagement surfaces are oriented in different directions. The connection region may inc...