US Patent Issued to OSSTEM IMPLANT on Dec. 16 for "Clear alignment attachment design method and clear aligners" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,165, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to OSSTEM IMPLANT Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Clear alignment attachment design method and clear aligners" was invented by Kyoo Ok Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Ga Young Jung (Bucheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clear alignment attachment design method and clear aligners are disclosed. A clear alignment attachment design method and clear anglers, according to one embodiment, display and provide, on individual teeth, as identifiable visual information, whether an additional attachment needs to be attached during clear alignment, and thus can improve teeth-straightening spee...