US Patent Issued to Align Technology on Nov. 18 for "Materials and additively manufactured objects with mechanically interlocking elements" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,720, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Materials and additively manufactured objects with mechanically interlocking elements" was invented by Umesh Upendra Choudhary (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Michael Christopher Cole (San Jose, Calif.) and Crystal Tjhia (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Materials and additively manufactured objects including mechanically interlocking elements are provided. In some embodiments, a dental appliance includes an appliance body made at least partially out of a composite material. The composite material can include an interlocking structure having a pl...