ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,469, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Dentsply Sirona Inc. (York, Pa.).

"Method, system and devices for instant automated design of a customized dental object" was invented by Jinho Lee (Belmont, Mass.), Chih-Yung Jesse Huang (Westford, Mass.) and Eric Bright (Fiskdale, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system, devices and software which provide customized, clinically relevant designs, e.g. treatment plans/solutions for at least single tooth replacement therapy in real-time as needed to enable immediate confirmation of the validity and execution of patient-specific treatment...