ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,665, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics Inc. (Newport Beach, Calif.).

"Digital block out of digital preparation" was invented by Sergey Nikolskiy (Coto De Caza, Calif.) and Fedor Chelnokov (Khimki, Russia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method include performing digital block-out of one or more digital preparation teeth."

The patent was filed on June 11, 2024, under Application No. 18/740,209.

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