A61C 9/006
Projecting one or more stripes or patterns on the teeth
Official title: {projecting one or more stripes or patterns on the teeth}
A61C9/006 (Projecting one or more stripes or patterns on the teeth) appears on 254 US grants and 347 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 254
- Published applications
- 347
- Assignees
- 86
- Inventors
- 424
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 10 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 |
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| 2015 | 8 | 16 |
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| 2017 | 13 | 13 |
| 2018 | 20 | 15 |
| 2019 | 16 | 24 |
| 2020 | 12 | 20 |
| 2021 | 12 | 26 |
| 2022 | 23 | 25 |
| 2023 | 17 | 29 |
| 2024 | 27 | 34 |
| 2025 | 27 | 42 |
| 2026 | 20 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Intraoral 3D scanner with inaccurate focus lens18 Aug 2026US 12,708,494 B2Align Technology, Inc.
- Ultraminiature pattern projector18 Aug 2026US 12,710,688 B2Align Technology, Inc.
- Systems and methods for generating a digital representation of a 3D object28 Jul 2026US 12,690,952 B23Shape A/S
- Image processing method and image processing apparatus14 Jul 2026US 12,678,026 B2Medit Corp.
- Intraoral scanner, intraoral scanning system, method for performing intraoral scans and computer program product14 Jul 2026US 12,678,036 B2Sopro
- 3d scanner for minimizing motion blur1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303972 A13Shape A/S
- Methods for interproximal reduction using 3d scanner17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272609 A1
- An extraoral scanner system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272625 A13Shape A/S
- Intraoral scanner17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272626 A1Arcreal Inc.
- Focus scanning apparatus recording color17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272627 A13Shape A/S
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for the fabrication of custom-shaped implants938US 4,575,805 A1986
- Method and apparatus for the three-dimensional registration and display of prepared teeth655US 4,837,732 A1989
- Process of making artificial teeth559US 4,964,770 A1990
- Optical probe and method for the three-dimensional surveying of teeth365US 5,372,502 AKaltenbach & Voight GmbH & Co. · 1994
- System and method for scanning an intraoral cavity292US 7,286,954 B2Cadent Ltd. · 2007