ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,059, issued on June 3, was assigned to EASYRX LLC (Atlanta).

"System and method for removing brackets from customized orthodontic appliances and products" was invented by Todd Blankenbecler (Atlanta), Tom Zambito (East Amherst, N.Y.) and Marc Lemchen (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method that is a web based application for creating and managing orthodontic laboratory prescriptions within a dental clinic or lab. The system receives a standard triangle language (STL) image file which has been obtained from an intraoral digital scan or cone-beam of a patient's mouth and teeth. The user manually selects brackets, at...