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Dirk Wiechmann — 13 Patents

3M: 7 patents #2,219 of 11,543Top 20%
DGDw Lingual System Gmbh: 4 patents #1 of 2Top 50%
Bad Essen, DE: #3 of 47 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Dirk Wiechmann has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in November 2023. Dirk Wiechmann ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Dirk Wiechmann in Bad Essen, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2010.peak 22004: 1 patents20042010: 2 patents20102011: 1 patents20112012: 2 patents20122013: 1 patents20132015: 1 patents20152016: 2 patents20162018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents20192023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11813137 Process to program an orthodontic component from a shape memory material 2023-11-14
10231800 Method for producing a patient-specific replacement bracket for an orthodontic treatment, and bracket produced by this method 2019-03-19
10136965 Customized orthodontic bracket system Ralf M. Paehl, Rudger Rubbert, Thomas Weise 2018-11-27 $20,076,000
9510920 Method for producing at least one patient-specific modularly composed bracket body and corresponding bracket Hoang Viet-Ha Julius Vu 2016-12-06
9474586 Method for producing a patient-specific pad and corresponding pad Hoang Viet-Ha Julius Vu 2016-10-25
9198739 Method for producing a patient-specific bracket body and corresponding bracket body Hoang Viet-Ha Julius Vu 2015-12-01
8435032 Orthodontic bracket with a pad 2013-05-07 $28,926,000
8257080 Low profile orthodontic bite corrector 2012-09-04 $16,904,000
8147243 Orthodontic bracket with a pad 2012-04-03 $17,990,000
8057226 Customized orthodontic bracket system Ralf M. Paehl, Rudger Rubbert, Thomas Weise 2011-11-15 $13,795,000
7850451 Modular system for customized orthodontic appliances Ralf M. Paehl, Rudger Rubbert, Thomas Weise 2010-12-14 $15,789,000
7811087 Modular system for customized orthodontic appliances Ralf M. Paehl, Thomas Weise, Rudger Rubbert 2010-10-12 $26,328,000
6776614 Modular system for customized orthodontic appliances Ralf M. Paehl, Rudger Rubbert, Thomas Weise 2004-08-17