United States Patent no. US20110297631 A1, issued on 2 Sept. 2014, was assigned to Gate Dental Services Ltd. (Galway, Ireland). A “mount for dental ceramic blocks” was invented by Dr. Paul Moore (Roscahill, Ireland). An abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office:

The present invention is directed to a dental mount for receiving and retaining a plurality of different dental ceramic blocks used in dental restoration treatments, wherein the dental mount comprises a substantially flat front face having a plurality of dental ceramic block receiving holes located thereon; each of the dental ceramic block receiving holes being dimensioned to form a retaining fit with any one of the different dental ceramic blocks. …