Inventor · San Francisco, CA, US

Eric Kuo

207Patents
70h-index
99Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 30, 2000 → Oct 18, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6572372B1 Embedded features and methods of a dental appliance Human Necessities 545 Expired
US6524101B1 System and methods for varying elastic modulus appliances Human Necessities 526 Expired
US6607382B1 Methods and systems for concurrent tooth repositioning and substance delivery Human Necessities 246 Expired
US7476100B2 Guide apparatus and methods for making tooth positioning appliances Performing Operations; Transporting 241 Active
US8439672B2 Method and system for optimizing dental aligner geometry Performing Operations; Transporting 240 Active
US7156661B2 Systems and methods for treatment analysis by teeth matching Human Necessities 234 Expired
US7121825B2 Tooth positioning appliances and systems Human Necessities 220 Expired
US7878801B2 Systems and methods for dental appliance compliance indication Human Necessities 203 Active
US7077647B2 Systems and methods for treatment analysis by teeth matching Human Necessities 195 Expired
US8092215B2 Smile designer Physics 176 Active
US9211166B2 Individualized orthodontic treatment index Physics 176 Active
US7947508B2 Systems and methods for intra-oral diagnosis Human Necessities 174 Active
US8099268B2 Tooth modeling Human Necessities 171 Active
US8275180B2 Mapping abnormal dental references Physics 168 Active
US6454565B2 Systems and methods for varying elastic modulus appliances Performing Operations; Transporting 162 Expired
US8936463B2 Dental appliance with simulated teeth and method for making Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 161 Active
US9844424B2 Dental appliance with repositioning jaw elements Human Necessities 158 Active
US7056115B2 Systems and methods for fabricating a dental template Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 157 Expired
US8401826B2 System and method for representation, modeling and application of three-dimensional digital pontics Physics 156 Active
US7942672B2 Gingiva modeling Human Necessities 149 Active
US8562338B2 Treatment progress tracking and recalibration Human Necessities 145 Active
US7578673B2 System and methods for combination treatments of dental patients Performing Operations; Transporting 141 Expired
US7930189B2 Method and system for providing dynamic orthodontic assessment and treatment profiles Human Necessities 141 Active
US6814574B2 Dental pliers for forming and removing bumps on appliances Human Necessities 139 Expired
US8562337B2 Active attachments for interacting with a polymeric shell dental appliance Human Necessities 138 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.