ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,148, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC. (Kurashiki, Japan).
"Dental restorative curable composition" was invented by Masashi Inoue (Niigata, Japan), Seiya Ichikawa (Niigata, Japan), Kenji Suzuki (Niigata, Japan), Hayato Miyakawa (Niigata, Japan), Tatsuya Kajikawa (Niigata, Japan) and Hirotaka Horiguchi (Niigata, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental restorative curable compositions may have a high mechanical strength and excellent water resistance and polishability in the form of a cured product. A dental composite resin may include such compositions. A dental mill blank may include the cured prod...