ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,650, issued on June 10, was assigned to Huvitz Co. Ltd. (Anyang-si, South Korea), Ossvis Co. Ltd. (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Kyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation (Daegu, South Korea).

"Intraoral scanner having tomographic imaging function and method for detecting cracks in oral structures using the same" was invented by Hyo Sang Jeong (Anyang-si, South Korea), Su Min Han (Anyang-si, South Korea), Jee Hyun Kim (Daegu, South Korea), Kyu Bok Lee (Daegu, South Korea), Keun Ba Da Son (Daegu, South Korea) and Weon Joon Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraoral scanner having...