A61C 13/20
Methods or devices for soldering, casting, moulding or melting
Official title: Methods or devices for soldering, casting, moulding or melting {(A61C13/04, A61C13/081 take precedence)}
A61C13/20 (Methods or devices for soldering, casting, moulding or melting) appears on 434 US grants and 475 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 434
- Published applications
- 475
- Assignees
- 210
- Inventors
- 810
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 6 |
| 2002 | 15 | 12 |
| 2003 | 6 | 12 |
| 2004 | 7 | 19 |
| 2005 | 7 | 16 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12 |
| 2008 | 3 | 14 |
| 2009 | 5 | 25 |
| 2010 | 8 | 13 |
| 2011 | 4 | 14 |
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| 2013 | 6 | 26 |
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| 2015 | 11 | 20 |
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| 2017 | 19 | 35 |
| 2018 | 25 | 26 |
| 2019 | 26 | 26 |
| 2020 | 22 | 27 |
| 2021 | 16 | 15 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 |
| 2023 | 18 | 23 |
| 2024 | 13 | 12 |
| 2025 | 19 | 12 |
| 2026 | 12 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for manufacturing a dental prosthesis and shell mould configured to carry out the method29 Sep 2026US 12,746,101 B2Circle Anatoscope Intuitive Design
- Dental furnace and method for operating a dental furnace29 Sep 2026US 12,747,914 B2Vita Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co.KG
- Method and system for digital fabrication of denture1 Sep 2026US 12,721,704 B1Shenzhen Up3D Tech Co., Ltd.
- Manufacturing device for manufacturing a dental object18 Aug 2026US 12,708,495 B2Ivoclar Vivadent AG
- Ceramic dental implant14 Jul 2026US 12,678,265 B2Institut Straumann AG
- Method and apparatus for dental crown restorations using prefabricated sleeve-crown pairs3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256544 A1RSL Dental Technologies LLC
- Virtual three-dimensional model design of a dental appliance mold21 May 2026US 2026/0137492 A1Align Technology, Inc.
- Systems and methods for denture injection mold design and manufacture21 May 2026US 2026/0137493 A1Zima International, Inc. d/b/a Dandy
- Oven for heating a dental object16 Apr 2026US 2026/0104205 A1Ivoclar Vivadent AG
- Color-changing denture mold19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076786 A1Crown Warranty, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for manufacturing a dental prosthesis and a dental prosthesis manufactured thereby167US 7,236,842 B2Cadent Ltd. · 2007
- Method and system for fabricating a dental coping, and a coping fabricated thereby162US 6,957,118 B2Cadent Ltd. · 2005
- Prosthetic teeth and method of making therefor141US 6,488,503 B1Dentsply Research & Development Corp. · 2002
- Apparatus for molding a dental prosthesis104US 5,324,186 A1994
- Method for producing casting molds100US 6,691,764 B2Cynovad Inc. · 2004