A61C 9/0066
Depth determination through adaptive focusing
Official title: {Depth determination through adaptive focusing}
A61C9/0066 (Depth determination through adaptive focusing) appears on 170 US grants and 193 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 170
- Published applications
- 193
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 107
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 12 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 |
| 2016 | 8 | 13 |
| 2017 | 15 | 14 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9 |
| 2019 | 19 | 22 |
| 2020 | 19 | 15 |
| 2021 | 12 | 15 |
| 2022 | 11 | 10 |
| 2023 | 12 | 16 |
| 2024 | 12 | 15 |
| 2025 | 11 | 10 |
| 2026 | 9 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Three-dimensional scanner and control method8 Sep 2026US 12,727,975 B2J. Morita Mfg. Corp.
- Intraoral 3D scanner with inaccurate focus lens18 Aug 2026US 12,708,494 B2Align Technology, Inc.
- Estimating a surface texture of a tooth9 Jun 2026US 12,648,699 B2Align Technology, Inc.
- Compact intraoral 3D-scanner and a method of optimizing such9 Jun 2026US 12,648,837 B23Shape A/S
- Device and method for subgingival measurement24 Mar 2026US 12,582,509 B2Luminx Il Ltd
- Focus scanning apparatus recording color17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272627 A13Shape A/S
- Device and method for subgingival measurement20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240631 A1
- Face capture and intraoral scanner and methods of use12 Mar 2026US 2026/0069388 A1Align Technology, Inc.
- System and method for scanning a dental object12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041529 A13Shape A/S
- Uninterrupted intraoral scanning13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345157 A1Align Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for measuring objects in three dimensions584US 4,935,635 A1990
- Imaging a three-dimensional structure by confocal focussing an array of light beams296US 6,697,164 B1Cadent Ltd. · 2004
- System and method for scanning an intraoral cavity292US 7,286,954 B2Cadent Ltd. · 2007
- Method and apparatus for colour imaging a three-dimensional structure228US 7,319,529 B2Cadent Ltd. · 2008
- Method for providing data associated with the intraoral cavity219US 7,698,068 B2Cadent Ltd. · 2010