US Patent Issued to Ivoclar Vivadent on Oct. 14 for "Metal oxide ceramic nanomaterials and methods of making and using same" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,661, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Ivoclar Vivadent AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

"Metal oxide ceramic nanomaterials and methods of making and using same" was invented by Wei Xu (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Yijun Wang (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and Dmitri Brodkin (Livingston, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are metal oxide ceramic materials and intermediate materials thereof (e.g., nanozirconia gels, nanozirconia green bodies, pre-sintered ceramic bodies, zirconia dental ceramic materials, and dental articles). The nanozirconia gels are formable gels. Also provided are methods of making and using the metal oxide materials and in...