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Align Technology, Inc. (ALGN)

Nasdaq: ALGN · Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies · Tempe, AZ · filing with the SEC since 2000
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

1,309 patents granted to the 3 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 Align Technology, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
1,309
1,286 utility, 21 design, 2 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
160
Against 164 in 2024 and 159 in 2023
Applications published
1,684
237 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
3
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 technology480
Other special machines69
Computer technology69
Macromolecular chemistry, polymers15
Optics15
Surface technology, coating14
Measurement9
Textile and paper machines5
Machine tools5
Telecommunications4
Chemical engineering3
Handling2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
Align Technology, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1,309 granted
406 published
Align Technology, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1,275 published
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., A Delaware Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
3 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,511,446Systems and methods for tooth modelingComputer technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,508,106Systems and methods for monitoring orthodontic treatmentMedical technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,508,102Mold Fabrication using virtual fillersMedical technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,502,253Dental appliance having selective occlusal loading and controlled intercuspationMedical technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,502,252Direct fabrication of aligners with interproximal force couplingOther special machinesAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 16, 202512,496,171Face capture and intraoral scanner and methods of useMedical technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 9, 202512,491,049Methods and systems for fabricating dental appliances with integrally formed arch expanderMedical technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 9, 202512,491,048Systems and methods for orthodontic treatment with duplicate appliancesMedical technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,484,9913D printed dental appliances with variable thickness regionsMedical technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Nov 25, 202512,483,777Intelligent photo guidance for dentition captureComputer technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0387205MOLAR TRIMMING PREDICTION AND VALIDATION USING MACHINE LEARNINGMedical technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0387199OCCLUSAL BLOCKS FOR DENTAL APPLIANCES AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAMEMedical technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384992NONINVASIVE MULTIMODAL ORAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEMSMedical technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384632METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENHANCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS FROM INTRAORAL SCANNINGComputer technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0381711MANUFACTURING A SHELL USING A MOLDOther special machinesAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0381016IMPROVED DENTAL MODELS AND OCCLUSION MAPPINGMedical technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0381015PREDICTING PALATAL GEOMETRY OF A PATIENT FOR PALATAL EXPANSION TREATMENTMedical technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0381011ACTIVATION OF EXISTING ATTACHMENTS IN ORTHODONTIC TREATMENTMedical technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0380873INTRAORAL SCAN-BASED GINGIVAL RECESSION MEASUREMENT AND CATEGORIZATION AND ASSESSMENT OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERMedical technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
Dec 11, 20252025/0375271MULTIMODAL INTRAORAL SCANNING SYSTEMSMedical technologyAlign Technology, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Medical technology 294 · Computer technology 55 · Other special machines 53 · Macromolecular chemistry, polymers 28 · Optics 8 · Machine tools 4.

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.

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