Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
689 patents granted to the 16 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Envista Holdings Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
689
628 utility, 51 design, 10 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
17
Against 19 in 2024 and 15 in 2023
Applications published
569
11 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
16
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Medical technology69
Computer technology5
Pharmaceuticals3
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy3
Basic materials chemistry2
Other special machines2
Macromolecular chemistry, polymers2
Measurement1
Organic fine chemistry1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name16 counted
Ormco Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
121 publishedNobel Biocare Services AG a subsidiary
CH, as the owner printed on each patent. 5 more under the same name are not counted (printed in SE)
67 publishedKerr Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
68 publishedOrmco Corporation a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
95 publishedPaloDEx Group Oy a subsidiary
FI, as the owner printed on each patent
33 publishedNobel Biocare Services AG a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CH
73 publishedDental Imaging Technologies Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
10 publishedDental Imaging Technologies Corporation a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
42 publishedKerr Corporation a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in IT)
21 publishedMETREX RESEARCH, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 publishedPaloDEx Group Oy a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in FI
18 publishedImplant Direct Sybron International LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedNobel Biocare USA, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedImplant Direct Sybron International LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
8 publishedMetrex Research, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
6 publishedEnvista Holdings Corporation its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 9, 2025 | 12,491,052 | Dental components and methods to align dental components | Medical technology | Nobel Biocare Services AG |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 12,471,873 | Controller, a dental imaging system, and a method for dental imaging of an object | Medical technology | PaloDEx Group Oy |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 12,471,869 | X-ray imaging system for a cephalometric dentomaxillofacial x-ray imaging operation | Medical technology | PaloDEx Group Oy |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 12,465,464 | Intraoral 3D scanning with automatic charting | Medical technology | Dental Imaging Technologies Corporation |
| Aug 19, 2025 | 12,390,309 | Abutment system and dental methods | Medical technology | Nobel Biocare Services AG |
| Aug 12, 2025 | 12,382,959 | Hypochlorite based hard surface disinfectants | Medical technology | METREX RESEARCH, LLC |
| Jul 15, 2025 | 12,357,543 | Orthodontic adhesives and methods of using same | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | Ormco Corporation |
| Jun 10, 2025 | 12,324,714 | Method for producing a dental restoration | Medical technology | Nobel Biocare Services AG |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 12,320,505 | User-wearable illumination assembly | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | METREX RESEARCH, LLC |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 12,318,267 | Scanning sequence for an intra-oral imaging system | Medical technology | Dental Imaging Technologies Corporation |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Nov 13, 2025 | 2025/0345150 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PLANNING AND ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE MANUFACTURING USING UNIVERSAL COMMANDS AND TREATMENT PROTOCOLS | Medical technology | Ormco Corporation |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 2025/0332071 | ORTHODONTIC ADHESIVES AND METHODS OF USING SAME | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | Ormco Corporation |
| May 1, 2025 | 2025/0134632 | DENTAL IMPLANT, COMPONENT FOR DENTAL APPLICATIONS, IMPLANT SYSTEM FOR DENTAL APPLICATIONS, METHOD FOR FORMING A PROTECTIVE LAYER ON THE SURFACE OF AN IMPLANTABLE OR IMPLANT COMPONENT, IMPLANTABLE OR IMPLANT COMPONENT HAVING A PROTECTIVE LAYER, AND USE OF A PROTECTIVE LAYER | Medical technology | Nobel Biocare Services AG |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 2025/0127595 | DENTISTRY TOOL | Medical technology | Nobel Biocare Services AG |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 2025/0103025 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING AN ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE | Medical technology | Ormco Corporation |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 2025/0090274 | METHODS FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PLANNING WITH AUGMENTED VISUAL ANALYSIS | Computer technology | Ormco Corporation |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 2025/0090108 | SOLUTION FOR A CT DENTAL X-RAY IMAGING OF AN OBJECT | Medical technology | PaloDEx Group Oy |
| Mar 13, 2025 | 2025/0082442 | DENTAL IMPLANT | Medical technology | Nobel Biocare Services AG |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 2025/0044768 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING AN ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE | Computer technology | Ormco Corporation |
| Jan 30, 2025 | 2025/0031970 | INTRAORAL OCT APPARATUS | Measurement | Dental Imaging Technologies Corporation |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Medical technology 14 · Measurement 2 · Computer technology 2 · Optics 1 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 1 · Macromolecular chemistry, polymers 1.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.