Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
123 pending office actions • 36 art units • 90 examiners • 0 of 123 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 110 patents granted in the last 365 days
Align Technology Inc. has 119 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 87 distinct examiners, which suggests a significant variety of examiner interactions. The portfolio's technical scope covers 36 distinct art units, indicating a focused but substantial presence in medical and mechanical classifications.
The busiest examiner, SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P, is currently managing 10 busiest examiner pending actions. This is a notable concentration of 10 actions compared to the 119 total pending office actions, suggesting that SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P has a more significant impact on the portfolio's progress than any other single examiner. With 87 distinct examiners involved, the company must maintain a flexible prosecution strategy to address the diverse requirements of the patent office. The distribution across 36 distinct art units shows that while the company is focused on medical devices, its applications are reviewed by many different technical groups. Practitioners should pay close attention to the 10 actions with the busiest examiner, as those outcomes may set a precedent for other matters in the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 38 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 38 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 3 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 24 (20%) |
| §103 only | 39 (32%) |
| §102 only | 1 (1%) |
| §112 only | 2 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 11 (9%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 38 (31%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 9 | 47.0% | +38.2% |
| WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 6 | 14.3% | +100.0% |
| APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 4 | 63.2% | +20.9% |
| NELSON, MATTHEW M | 4 | 57.9% | +23.9% |
| MAI, HAO D | 3 | 49.3% | +39.3% |
| MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 3 | 41.8% | +61.1% |
| LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 3 | 78.4% | +9.4% |
| EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 2 | 50.6% | +32.5% |
| HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | 2 | 41.4% | +50.7% |
| JIANG, ZAIHAN | 2 | 83.7% | +23.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18605466 | INTRAORAL SCANNER PROJECTOR ALIGNMENT AND FIXING | JIANG, ZAIHAN | 4d overdue |
| 19048741 | INTRAORAL SCANNER INCLUDING PROJECTORS AND CAMERAS | JIANG, ZAIHAN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18461307 | TREATMENT OF TEMPEROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION WITH ALIGNER THERAPY | BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE | 73d overdue |
| 18189102 | DIRECT FABRICATION OF ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 58d overdue |
| 18542261 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MATCHING JAWS VIRTUAL DENTAL MODEL USING TEETH REFERENCE POINTS | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 49d overdue |
| 18810295 | CLINICALLY RELEVANT ANONYMIZATION OF PHOTOS AND VIDEO | WEISENFELD, ARYAN E | 45d overdue |
| 18358913 | METHOD OF DETERMINING TOOTH ROOT APICES USING INTRAORAL SCANS AND PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHS | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 45d overdue |
| 18629797 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A DENTAL TREATMENT DIFFICULTY IN DIGITAL TREATMENT PLANNING | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | 44d overdue |
| 18669345 | TREATMENT PLAN SPECIFIC BITE ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURES | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 43d overdue |
| 18976167 | OPTIMIZING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT BASED ON PATIENT PROGRESS | GEDRA, OLIVIA ROSE | 35d overdue |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18189102 | DIRECT FABRICATION OF ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 58d overdue |
| 18542261 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MATCHING JAWS VIRTUAL DENTAL MODEL USING TEETH REFERENCE POINTS | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 49d overdue |
| 18504071 | ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 46d overdue |
| 18358913 | METHOD OF DETERMINING TOOTH ROOT APICES USING INTRAORAL SCANS AND PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHS | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 45d overdue |
| 18633717 | DENTAL APPLIANCES FOR CREATING OPPOSING COUNTER MOMENTS BETWEEN TEETH | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 44d overdue |
| 18669345 | TREATMENT PLAN SPECIFIC BITE ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURES | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 43d overdue |
| 18658979 | METHODS OF TREATMENT USING DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH SCALED-UP CAVITIES | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 36d overdue |
| 18924976 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PROGRESS TRACKING | NELSON, MATTHEW M | 26d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 42 |
| 2663 | 3 |
| 2186 | 3 |
| 3663 | 2 |
| 1742 | 2 |
| 3681 | 2 |
| 1763 | 2 |
| 3791 | 2 |
| 1744 | 2 |
| 2178 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19374683 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH ADVANCED PATIENT SPECIFIC FEATURES | MAI, HAO D | 3772 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2025 |
| 19358353 | WIRE ATTACHMENT DENTAL APPLIANCES | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 3772 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 19321085 | DENTAL APPLIANCE ETCH TEMPLATE | MAI, HAO D | 3772 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2025 |
| 19318322 | AUTOMATED PALATAL EXPANSION BASED ON LOWER ARCH FINAL POSITION | RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL | 3772 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2025 |
| 19301633 | MULTIMODAL INTRAORAL SCANNING SYSTEMS | RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19287781 | IMAGE BASED ASSESSMENT FOR DENTAL TREATMENT MONITORING | SULLIVAN, TYLER | 2487 | §103§112DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19276708 | METHODS FOR FABRICATING MOUTH GUARD SYSTEMS | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19270381 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT USING DOMAIN-SPECIFIC TREATMENT PROTOCOLS | MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19259758 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING ATTACHMENT PLACEMENT APPLIANCE GEOMETRY | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | 1712 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19231329 | ORTHODONTIC ALIGNER WITH ISOLATED SEGMENTS | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19203598 | DETECTION OF PRINTING DEFECTS DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | VARGOT, MATHIEU D | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19203728 | DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH AESTHETIC FEATURES | EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19190576 | ORTHODONTIC ATTACHMENT DEVICES | HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19183270 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH MATERIAL LAYERS | TENTONI, LEO B | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19095404 | AUTOMATED ORTHODONTIC ALIGNER MANUFACTURING AND ASSESSMENT | GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19096244 | DENTAL APPLIANCE DYNAMIC THERMOFORMING SYSTEMS | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19054769 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DIGITAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING OF DENTITION USING UN-PATTERNED ILLUMINATION IMAGES | YANG, YI | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19054762 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING DENTAL SCANS | PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL | 3685 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19048741 | INTRAORAL SCANNER INCLUDING PROJECTORS AND CAMERAS | JIANG, ZAIHAN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19025779 | ALIGNERS WITH ENHANCED GABLE BENDS | LEE, SARAH YEO | 3772 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19026294 | DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH SHAPED MATERIAL COMPONENTS | GROUX, JENNIFER LILA | 3772 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19026336 | METHODS FOR DIRECT FABRICATION OF APPLIANCES FOR PALATE EXPANSION | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 3772 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19024774 | METHODS FOR COMPARING DENTAL TREATMENT PLANS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS | YANG, ANDREW GUS | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19024916 | ORTHODONTIC ALIGNMENT DEVICES WITH PALATAL CONTOUR ANCHORAGE FEATURES | EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19025679 | DENTAL APPLIANCES FOR CREATING OPPOSING COUNTER MOMENTS BETWEEN TEETH | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 3772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19025083 | DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH REINFORCED REPOSITIONING JAW ELEMENTS | NELSON, MATTHEW M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19017384 | BUCCAL CORRIDOR ASSESSMENT AND COMPUTATION | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 3772 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19017328 | GUIDANCE FOR INTRAORAL SCANNING | STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19007067 | PATIENT-CUSTOMIZED DENTAL APPLIANCES | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19004847 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT PLANNING WITH TOOTH MASS ANALYSIS | NGUYEN, PHONG X | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19001814 | CLINICALLY RELEVANT ANONYMIZATION OF PATIENT IMAGES | WEISENFELD, ARYAN E | 3663 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18991282 | 3D MODEL AUGMENTATION USING REFERENCE OBJECTS | JIA, XIN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18988849 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DENTAL IMAGES | LIU, GORDON G | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18977593 | ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE MADE BY A THERMAL FORMING PROCESS | GRAHAM, ANDREW D | 1742 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18976167 | OPTIMIZING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT BASED ON PATIENT PROGRESS | GEDRA, OLIVIA ROSE | 3681 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18976258 | FULL-SCANNER BARRIER FOR AN INTRA-ORAL DEVICE | FAYE, MAMADOU | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18971833 | SYSTEMS FOR FABRICATION OF DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH ELONGATE SHAFTS AND CONNECTORS | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 3772 | DP | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18972334 | SYSTEMS FOR INKJET PRINTING ONTO 3D PRINTED ARTICLES | LEGESSE, HENOK D | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18969243 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SKELETAL CORRECTION AND AIRWAY CORRECTION | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18961284 | INTRAORAL 3D SCANNER WITH HIGH GAIN FACTOR | NGUYEN, SANG H | 2877 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18954503 | METHODS OF DESIGNING DENTAL ATTACHMENT FORMATION APPARATUSES | MAI, HAO D | 3772 | §101§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18948374 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHT CURING WITH AN INTRAORAL SCANNER | LEE, BENEDICT E | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18942288 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF ORTHODONTIC OR PROSTHODONTIC PRESCRIPTION | TALUKDER, MD K | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18942291 | AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION OF INTRAORAL 3D SCANNER | HILAIRE, CLIFFORD | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18939465 | INTRAORAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING SENSOR ASSEMBLIES FOR DETECTING AIR FLOW | SAHAND, SANA | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18935286 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING DENTAL AUXILIARIES ON TEETH | NELSON, MATTHEW M | 3772 | §101 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18933722 | MODELING AND VISUALIZATION OF FACIAL STRUCTURE FOR DENTAL TREATMENT PLANNING | SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | 2613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18928587 | DENTAL DIAGNOSTICS HUB | NEFF, MICHAEL R | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18924976 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PROGRESS TRACKING | NELSON, MATTHEW M | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18919166 | DENTAL TOOLS FOR REMOVING DENTAL AUXILIARIES FROM TEETH | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18918016 | DENTAL APPLIANCE WITH CAVITY FOR AN UNERUPTED OR ERUPTING TOOTH | NELSON, MATTHEW M | 3772 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18913010 | INTRAORAL SCANNER | FOSSELMAN, JOEL W | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18909905 | METHODS OF ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT USING LOCALIZED ENERGY | BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18906073 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDUCTION OF BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE IN SUPPORT STRUCTURES OF THE TEETH AND REPOSITIONING THEREOF | PATEL, YOGESH P | 3772 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18901423 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TOOTH SHADE IMAGING IN DENTAL TREATMENT | HANCE, ROBERT J | 3992 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18894995 | DENTAL DIAGNOSTICS WORKFLOW AND INTERFACE | BARTLEY, KENNETH | 3684 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18895013 | VISUALIZATIONS FOR DENTAL DIAGNOSTICS | VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18895008 | RADIOGRAPH SEGMENTATION PIPELINE FOR DENTAL DIAGNOSTICS | O'MALLEY, CONOR AIDAN | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18890537 | ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE RETENTION-ACTIVATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 3772 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18885409 | INTRAORAL COLORIMETRIC SENSORS FOR PATIENT MONITORING | TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 3797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18825389 | 3D PRINTED COMPOSITES FROM PHASE SEPARATED MATERIALS | WHITELEY, JESSICA | 1763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18817029 | VISUAL PROSTHETIC AND ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PLANNING | NAKHJAVAN, SHERVIN K | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18810295 | CLINICALLY RELEVANT ANONYMIZATION OF PHOTOS AND VIDEO | WEISENFELD, ARYAN E | 3663 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18806587 | MACHINE BASED DEFECT DETECTION OF 3D PRINTED ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES | DESIRE, GREGORY M | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18801482 | METHODS OF FORMING RELEASABLE PALATAL EXPANDERS | ROSEN, ERIC J | 3772 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18797472 | ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PLANNING FOR DENTITIONS WITH UN-ERUPTED OR PARTIALLY UN-ERUPTED TEETH | WORKU, KIDEST | 2119 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18791414 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CUSTOMIZING A RAPID PALATAL EXPANDER | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18771087 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING MALOCCLUSIONS OF TEETH | HAIDER, SYED | 2633 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18769740 | DIRECT FABRICATION OF MIXED METAL AND POLYMER PALATAL DEVICES | FARAJ, LINA AHMAD | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18761662 | SELECTIVE IMAGE USE IN DIGITAL MODEL GENERATION | JIA, XIN | 2663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18749475 | DENTAL APPLIANCE COMPLIANCE MONITORING | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18748736 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DENTAL TREATMENT WITH OVERCORRECTION | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 3772 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18740343 | DENTAL APPLIANCE LASER OPERATIONS AND CALIBRATION | WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL | 1742 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18669345 | TREATMENT PLAN SPECIFIC BITE ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURES | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 3772 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18658979 | METHODS OF TREATMENT USING DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH SCALED-UP CAVITIES | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18652731 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR HYBRID CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC AND INTRAORAL SCAN IMAGE MODELING | DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY | 2662 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18633717 | DENTAL APPLIANCES FOR CREATING OPPOSING COUNTER MOMENTS BETWEEN TEETH | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18633200 | DENTAL APPLIANCE OCCLUSAL ELEMENT | TO, HOLLY T | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18629797 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A DENTAL TREATMENT DIFFICULTY IN DIGITAL TREATMENT PLANNING | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | 2188 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18624107 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR INTRAORAL PRESSURE SENSING | MESSERSMITH, ERIC J | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18614524 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF TOOTH TYPE AND ERUPTION STATUS | MILLER, RONDE LEE | 2663 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18610124 | CAPTURE GUIDANCE FOR VIDEO OF PATIENT DENTITION | FOSTER, THOMAS JOHN | 2616 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18605466 | INTRAORAL SCANNER PROJECTOR ALIGNMENT AND FIXING | JIANG, ZAIHAN | 2488 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18600268 | METHODS FOR ERROR CORRECTION DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J | 1744 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18600548 | REPLACEMENT ATTACHMENT SYSTEM | ROSEN, ERIC J | 3772 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18600250 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS WITH ERROR CORRECTION AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | TANG, MICHAEL XUEFEI | 2115 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18585934 | RECOVERY OF MONOMERIC AND OLIGOMERIC BUILDING BLOCKS FROM POLYMERIC MATERIALS | DOLETSKI, BLAINE G | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18441104 | 3D PRINTED OBJECTS WITH OVERCURED SUPPORT STRUCTURES | KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R | 1744 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18426169 | GRADUAL SURFACE QUALITY FEEDBACK DURING INTRAORAL SCANNING | BEATTY, TY MITCHELL | 2663 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18396679 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR EXTENDED INTRAORAL BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING | EISEMAN, ADAM JARED | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18542261 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MATCHING JAWS VIRTUAL DENTAL MODEL USING TEETH REFERENCE POINTS | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 3772 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18542589 | VIEWFINDER IMAGE SELECTION FOR INTRAORAL SCANNING | TSAI, TSUNG YIN | 2656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18530984 | RESTORATIVE DECISION SUPPORT FOR DENTAL TREATMENT | BARNES JR, CARL E | 2178 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18527206 | X-RAY BASED DENTAL CASE ASSESSMENT | ZAK, JACQUELINE ROSE | 2666 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18511887 | POST-PROCESSING OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED OBJECTS WITH COOLANTS | MALIK, VIPUL | 1754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18504071 | ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 3772 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18476215 | DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | PHAM, THOMAS T | 1713 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18473908 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FABRICATING DENTAL APPLIANCES HAVING VARIABLE STIFFNESSES | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 1743 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18461307 | TREATMENT OF TEMPEROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION WITH ALIGNER THERAPY | BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE | 3772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 73d overdue | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18450258 | VINYL ETHER-BASED INKJET INK PHOTOPOLYMERIZED BY THIOL-ENE CLICK CHEMISTRY USED FOR TOUGHENING OF PHOTOPOLYMERS | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
| 18358913 | METHOD OF DETERMINING TOOTH ROOT APICES USING INTRAORAL SCANS AND PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHS | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18358908 | INTEGRATED TISSUE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS IN ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 3772 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18348262 | CURABLE COMPOSITIONS WITH CROSSLINKERS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | BUTCHER, ROBERT T | 1764 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Jul 06, 2023 |
| 18348111 | BIOGLASS FIBER REINFORCEMENT POLYMERS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | SHI, GERARD ZHIHAO | 1763 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2023 |
| 18315454 | OCCLUSAL FEATURES FOR MANDIBULAR ARCH EXPANSION | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
| 18314780 | ADJUSTMENT OF TOOTH POSITION IN A VIRTUAL DENTAL MODEL | LIN, JERRY | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
| 18298341 | DETECTOR OF ALIGNER LOW RETENTIVENESS AND ALIGNER FIT EVALUATION TOOL | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | — | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 18128883 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SCANNING TEETH FOR RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY | STOICA, ADRIAN | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 18189102 | DIRECT FABRICATION OF ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 58d overdue | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
| 18167794 | TREATMENT PARAMETER ESTIMATION | DHARITHREESAN, NIDHI | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 18167790 | CLINICAL PARTNER EVENT RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT | PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT | 3629 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 18159598 | TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO PERFORM ALIGNER DAMAGE PREDICTION | YI, DAVID | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2023 |
| 18068462 | CONVERSION APPLIANCE FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT | FARAJ, LINA AHMAD | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Dec 19, 2022 |
| 18050289 | METHODS FOR PLANNING ORTHO-RESTORATIVE TREATMENT PROCEDURES | TO, HOLLY T | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | Oct 27, 2022 |
| 18050295 | METHODS FOR GENERATING FACIAL LINES FOR DENTAL TREATMENT PLANNING | BURKE, TIONNA M | 2178 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 78d | Pending | Oct 27, 2022 |
| 18050140 | PROSTHODONTIC AND ORTHODONTIC APPARATUS AND METHODS | GIRI, PURSOTTAM | 2186 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Oct 27, 2022 |
| 17898374 | IDENTIFYING FORCES ON A TOOTH | ALHIJA, SAIF A | 2186 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
| 17885356 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT AND TREATMENT PLANNING | EDOUARD, PATRICIA KELLY | 3681 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Aug 10, 2022 |
| 17880635 | VIRTUALLY TESTING FORCE PLACED ON A TOOTH | HAYES, JONATHAN EDWARD | 1685 | §101§112DP | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Aug 03, 2022 |
| 17862346 | ASYNCHRONOUS PROCESSING FOR ATTACHMENT MATERIAL DETECTION AND REMOVAL | MONTES, NARCISO EDUARDO | 2189 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2022 |
| 17713102 | ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES WITH EDGE PROFILES FOR OPTIMIZED TOOTH MOVEMENT AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2022 |
| 17449799 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DESIGNING DENTAL APPLIANCES | CHAD, ANISS | 2186 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2021 |
| 17133475 | INSERTABLE AND PREFABRICATED ATTACHMENTS FOR AN ORAL APPLIANCE | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 3772 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Dec 23, 2020 |
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