Inventor · Saratoga, CA, US

Ian Kitching

33Patents
17h-index
21Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 8, 2007 → Aug 11, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8038444B2 Automated treatment staging for teeth Human Necessities 223 Active
US8075306B2 System and method for detecting deviations during the course of an orthodontic treatment to gradually reposition teeth Physics 193 Active
US8099268B2 Tooth modeling Human Necessities 171 Active
US8562338B2 Treatment progress tracking and recalibration Human Necessities 145 Active
US8044954B2 System and method for automatic construction of tooth axes Human Necessities 100 Active
US10342638B2 Treatment planning and progress tracking systems and methods Human Necessities 89 Active
US10011050B2 Fabrication of an orthodontic aligner from a negative mold designed by a computational device Performing Operations; Transporting 63 Active
US8636510B2 System and method for detecting deviations during the course of an orthodontic treatment to gradually reposition teeth Physics 57 Active
US8899978B2 Treatment progress tracking and recalibration Human Necessities 56 Active
US9364297B2 System and method for detecting deviations during the course of an orthodontic treatment to gradually reposition teeth Physics 55 Active
US10052174B2 Treatment progress tracking and recalibration Human Necessities 40 Active
US10383704B2 Direct manufacture of orthodontic aligner appliance Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Active
US9326830B2 Automated treatment staging for teeth Human Necessities 34 Active
US9017072B2 Treatment progress tracking and recalibration Human Necessities 33 Active
US10098709B1 Constrained optimization of orthodontic bracket placement and archwire smoothing Human Necessities 28 Active
US10258439B1 Method of manufacturing orthodontic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US11045281B2 Digital orthodontic setup using a prescribed ideal arch form Physics 18 Active
US10624716B2 System and method for detecting deviations during the course of an orthodontic treatment to gradually reposition teeth Physics 15 Active
US10517696B2 Treatment progress tracking and recalibration Human Necessities 13 Active
US10466676B1 Systems and methods for shearing adjustment of a dental aligner cutting tool Physics 11 Active
US10925691B2 Systems and methods for trimming dental aligners Human Necessities 4 Active
US10456217B2 Automated treatment staging for teeth Human Necessities 1 Active
US11478333B2 Treatment planning and progress tracking systems and methods Human Necessities 1 Active
US10524879B2 Automated treatment staging for teeth Human Necessities 1 Active
US10420631B2 Automated treatment staging for teeth Human Necessities 1 Active

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