US 11,839,520 B2
Durable ornamental indicia carrier
Sriram Venkatasanthanam, Chino Hills, CA (US); Ramin Heydarpour, Beverly Hills, CA (US); John Y. Morton, San Jose, CA (US); Jun Sato, San Jose, CA (US); Michael Christopher Cole, Longmont, CO (US); Mehdi Mojdeh, Fremont, CA (US); Prashanth Vanchy, Los Angeles, CA (US); Natalia Lysaya Powers, San Jose, CA (US); Sibel Narin, Los Gatos, CA (US); and Jeremy Riley, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/045,023.
Application 18/045,023 is a continuation of application No. 17/008,295, filed on Aug. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,471,253.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/901,091, filed on Sep. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0062324 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B32B 7/12 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); B32B 7/06 (2019.01); B32B 27/20 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B44C 3/02 (2006.01); C09D 11/101 (2014.01)
CPC A61C 7/08 (2013.01) [A61C 13/0006 (2013.01); B32B 7/06 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/20 (2013.01); B32B 38/145 (2013.01); B41M 5/0064 (2013.01); B41M 5/0088 (2013.01); B44C 3/025 (2013.01); C09D 11/101 (2013.01); A61C 2201/002 (2013.01); B32B 2255/26 (2013.01); B32B 2307/408 (2013.01); B32B 2307/416 (2013.01); B32B 2307/514 (2013.01); B32B 2451/00 (2013.01); B41M 2205/38 (2013.01); B41M 2205/40 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ornamental indicia carrier for durably adhering to a dental appliance, the ornamental indicia carrier comprising:
a first adhesive layer comprising a pressure sensitive adhesive layer configured to be adhered to a polymeric shell of the dental appliance and having a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities shaped to receive and resiliently reposition a subject's teeth from a first arrangement toward a second arrangement;
a first removable protective layer over the pressure sensitive adhesive layer;
a second adhesive layer adhered over the first adhesive layer;
a second removable protective layer over the second adhesive layer; and
a colorant forming an image encapsulated between the first adhesive layer and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer of the second adhesive layer.