ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,305, issued on April 29, was assigned to EXOCAD GMBH (Darmstadt, Germany).

"Compensating deviations using a full manufacturing result" was invented by Maik Gerth (Darmstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a dental prosthetic assembly. The dental prosthetic assembly comprises a first and a second element. The first element comprises a first connection portion with a reception configured to establish a mechanical connection between the first and the second element by receiving a protrusion of a second connection portion comprised by the second element."

The patent was filed on...