US Patent Issued to James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics on July 1 for "Kit for making patient-specific dental restorations comprising a multi-compartment tray and a plurality of millable material blocks" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,224, issued on July 1, was assigned to James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics Inc. (Newport Beach, Calif.).

"Kit for making patient-specific dental restorations comprising a multi-compartment tray and a plurality of millable material blocks" was invented by David Christopher Leeson (North Tustin, Calif.), James Fidel Zamora (Eastvale, Calif.), Dong Hee Phee (Diamond Bar, Calif.) and Nicolas Ziegler (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is disclosed for processing a plurality of customized dental restorations from individual millable material blocks in an automated process. The system comprises processing units that m...