Align Technology assigned patent
Align Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent developed by Ian Kitching, Saratoga, Calif., and Ka M. Cheang, Santa Clara, Calif., for a ``system and method for detecting deviations during the course of an orthodontic treatment to gradually reposition teeth.''
Hon Hai Precision Industry, New Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent developed by Albert Harvey Terhune IV, Chandler, Ariz., for an ``electrical connector with sliding latch.''