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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Align Technology, Inc.

90 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

90
Total Pending OAs
25
Final Rejections
65
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19078217 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT USING PASSIVE ALIGNERS PAULS, JOHN A 3683 Non-Final OA Mar 12, 2025
19065896 METHODS FOR FORMING ORNAMENTAL INDICIA FOR DENTAL APPLIANCES MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS 1785 Non-Final OA Feb 27, 2025
19066146 INTRAORAL SCANNER SLEEVE AUTHENTICATION AND IDENTIFICATION NOH, JAE NAM 2481 Non-Final OA Feb 27, 2025
19054762 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING DENTAL SCANS PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL 3685 Non-Final OA Feb 14, 2025
18980240 SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING EXPANDABLE DENTAL APPLIANCES LEWIS, RALPH A 3772 Non-Final OA Dec 13, 2024
18976167 OPTIMIZING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT BASED ON PATIENT PROGRESS GEDRA, OLIVIA ROSE 3681 Non-Final OA Dec 10, 2024
18971833 SYSTEMS FOR FABRICATION OF DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH ELONGATE SHAFTS AND CONNECTORS SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P 3772 Non-Final OA Dec 06, 2024
18935286 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING DENTAL AUXILIARIES ON TEETH NELSON, MATTHEW M 3772 Non-Final OA Nov 01, 2024
18924976 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PROGRESS TRACKING NELSON, MATTHEW M 3772 Non-Final OA Oct 23, 2024
18919166 DENTAL TOOLS FOR REMOVING DENTAL AUXILIARIES FROM TEETH LEWIS, RALPH A 3772 Non-Final OA Oct 17, 2024
18918001 GESTURE CONTROL USING AN INTRAORAL SCANNER GUPTA, PARUL H 2627 Non-Final OA Oct 16, 2024
18894995 DENTAL DIAGNOSTICS WORKFLOW AND INTERFACE BARTLEY, KENNETH 3684 Non-Final OA Sep 24, 2024
18890537 ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE RETENTION-ACTIVATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 3772 Non-Final OA Sep 19, 2024
18810295 CLINICALLY RELEVANT ANONYMIZATION OF PHOTOS AND VIDEO WEISENFELD, ARYAN E 3663 Non-Final OA Aug 20, 2024
18806591 COMPACT INTRAORAL SCANNER WITH IMPROVED AXIAL MAGNIFICATION STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK 2877 Non-Final OA Aug 15, 2024
18801482 METHODS OF FORMING RELEASABLE PALATAL EXPANDERS LEWIS, RALPH A 3772 Non-Final OA Aug 12, 2024
18791414 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CUSTOMIZING A RAPID PALATAL EXPANDER SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P 3772 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2024
18781292 SYSTEM FOR VIEWING OF DENTAL TREATMENT OUTCOMES LHYMN, SARAH 2613 Non-Final OA Jul 23, 2024
18780964 Facilitating attachment placement on dental site BRIER, JEFFERY A 2613 Non-Final OA Jul 23, 2024
18779695 PHOTOPOLYMERIZABLE BLOCK POLYMERS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING AND USING THE SAME WHITELEY, JESSICA 1763 Non-Final OA Jul 22, 2024
18770509 INTRAORAL SCANNING SYSTEM COMPONENT PAIRING BROWN JR, HOWARD D 2488 Non-Final OA Jul 11, 2024
18750346 VISUAL PRESENTATION OF GINGIVAL LINE GENERATED BASED ON 3D TOOTH MODEL CHIN, MICHELLE 2614 Non-Final OA Jun 21, 2024
18741728 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT USING CAMERA IMAGES GARCIA, SANTIAGO 2673 Non-Final OA Jun 12, 2024
18732551 APPARATUS FOR FORMING A DENTAL RESTORATION YANG, ANDREW GUS 2614 Non-Final OA Jun 03, 2024
18669345 TREATMENT PLAN SPECIFIC BITE ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURES SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P 3772 Non-Final OA May 20, 2024
18658979 METHODS OF TREATMENT USING DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH SCALED-UP CAVITIES MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 3772 Final Rejection May 08, 2024
18652731 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR HYBRID CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC AND INTRAORAL SCAN IMAGE MODELING DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY 2662 Non-Final OA May 01, 2024
18649848 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ATTACHING DENTAL ATTACHMENTS EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 3772 Non-Final OA Apr 29, 2024
18645346 DETERMINING 3D DATA FOR 2D POINTS IN INTRAORAL SCANS NIRJHAR, NASIM NAZRUL 2896 Non-Final OA Apr 24, 2024
18633717 DENTAL APPLIANCES FOR CREATING OPPOSING COUNTER MOMENTS BETWEEN TEETH APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE 3772 Final Rejection Apr 12, 2024
18633200 DENTAL APPLIANCE OCCLUSAL ELEMENT TO, HOLLY T 3772 Non-Final OA Apr 11, 2024
18629797 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A DENTAL TREATMENT DIFFICULTY IN DIGITAL TREATMENT PLANNING COTHRAN, BERNARD E 2188 Non-Final OA Apr 08, 2024
18624107 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR INTRAORAL PRESSURE SENSING MESSERSMITH, ERIC J 3791 Non-Final OA Apr 01, 2024
18621075 ATTACHMENT SYSTEMS FOR DENTAL APPLIANCES NELSON, CHRISTINE L 3772 Non-Final OA Mar 28, 2024
18614577 PALATAL EXPANDERS AND METHODS OF EXPANDING A PALATE EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 3772 Final Rejection Mar 22, 2024
18610126 3D DENTAL ARCH MODEL TO DENTITION VIDEO CORRELATION FOSTER, THOMAS JOHN 2616 Final Rejection Mar 19, 2024
18607297 IMMEDIATE STITCHING AND RECOVERY STITCHING ALAVI, AMIR 2668 Non-Final OA Mar 15, 2024
18605466 INTRAORAL SCANNER PROJECTOR ALIGNMENT AND FIXING EDWARDS, TYLER B 2488 Non-Final OA Mar 14, 2024
18605783 AUTOMATIC IMAGE SELECTION FOR IMAGES OF DENTAL SITES BILODEAU, DUSTIN E 2664 Non-Final OA Mar 14, 2024
18598976 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANONYMIZING PATIENT IMAGES IN RELATION TO A CLINICAL DATA FILE PAULSON, SHEETAL R. 3615 Final Rejection Mar 07, 2024
18426169 GRADUAL SURFACE QUALITY FEEDBACK DURING INTRAORAL SCANNING BEATTY, TY MITCHELL 2663 Non-Final OA Jan 29, 2024
18420731 ARTIFACT IDENTIFICATION AND REMOVAL FROM INTRAORAL SCANS BRANDT, CHRISTOPHER M 2645 Non-Final OA Jan 23, 2024
18409860 ACCURATE SCANNING OF PATIENT BITE MAIDEN, MICHAEL KIM 2665 Non-Final OA Jan 11, 2024
18393571 ADDRESSING DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT RESULTS WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 3772 Final Rejection Dec 21, 2023
18542261 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MATCHING JAWS VIRTUAL DENTAL MODEL USING TEETH REFERENCE POINTS WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 3772 Final Rejection Dec 15, 2023
18542589 VIEWFINDER IMAGE SELECTION FOR INTRAORAL SCANNING TSAI, TSUNG YIN 2656 Non-Final OA Dec 15, 2023
18537773 INTRAORAL 3D SCANNER CALIBRATION BAYNES, SAMUEL DAVID 2665 Non-Final OA Dec 12, 2023
18536052 IMAGE-BASED DEFECT DETECTION OF DIRECTLY FABRICATED DENTAL APPLIANCES BILODEAU, DUSTIN E 2664 Non-Final OA Dec 11, 2023
18527206 X-RAY BASED DENTAL CASE ASSESSMENT ZAK, JACQUELINE ROSE 2666 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2023
18522169 GENERATION OF DENTAL RENDERINGS FROM MODEL DATA SUN, HAI TAO 2616 Final Rejection Nov 28, 2023
18497534 OCCLUSAL BLOCKS FOR MANDIBULAR RELOCATION HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN 3772 Final Rejection Oct 30, 2023
18496743 DENTAL TREATMENT VIDEO OMETZ, RACHEL ANNE 2668 Non-Final OA Oct 27, 2023
18489753 DUAL ALIGNER ASSEMBLY MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 3772 Final Rejection Oct 18, 2023
18481798 SCHEDULE OF MOVEMENT MODIFICATIONS IN ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT TO AVOID COLLISIONS APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE 3772 Non-Final OA Oct 05, 2023
18481172 SEVERITY MAPS OF DENTAL CLINICAL FINDINGS SINHA, SNIGDHA 2619 Final Rejection Oct 04, 2023
18476215 DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 Non-Final OA Sep 27, 2023
18461307 TREATMENT OF TEMPEROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION WITH ALIGNER THERAPY BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE 3772 Final Rejection Sep 05, 2023
18241709 TOOTH DETECTION AND LABELING BITAR, NANCY 2664 Final Rejection Sep 01, 2023
18458890 CUSTOMIZED ALIGNER CHANGE INDICATOR FERNANDES, PATRICK M 3791 Non-Final OA Aug 30, 2023
18239712 3D FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION AND VISUALIZATION IN DENTAL TREATMENT PLANNING MA, MICHELLE HAU 2617 Non-Final OA Aug 29, 2023
18358908 INTEGRATED TISSUE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS IN ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P 3772 Final Rejection Jul 25, 2023
18348262 CURABLE COMPOSITIONS WITH CROSSLINKERS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 Non-Final OA Jul 06, 2023
18348289 CURABLE COMPOSITION WITH POLYMERIZABLE MONOMERS AND FILLERS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 Non-Final OA Jul 06, 2023
18342708 ORTHO-RESTORATIVE TREATMENT PLANNING PULVIDENTE, SYDNEY J 3772 Final Rejection Jun 27, 2023
18316228 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR INTRAORAL APPLIANCES WITH SENSING DEVICES GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ 1748 Non-Final OA May 11, 2023
18142548 INTRAORAL SCANNER WITH WAVEGUIDE PATTERN PROJECTOR BASET, NESHAT 3798 Final Rejection May 02, 2023
18189102 DIRECT FABRICATION OF ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 3772 Final Rejection Mar 23, 2023
18157067 PHOTO-BASED DENTAL ATTACHMENT DETECTION SHOEMAKER, ERIC JAMES 2664 Final Rejection Jan 19, 2023
18149030 FORCE-DIRECTING DENTAL ALIGNER ATTACHMENTS FARAJ, LINA AHMAD 3772 Final Rejection Dec 30, 2022
18091306 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION IN POLYMERS KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J 1743 Non-Final OA Dec 29, 2022
18146329 CUSTOMIZED FABRICATION OF ORTHODONTIC RETAINERS BASED ON PATIENT ANATOMY BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE 3772 Non-Final OA Dec 23, 2022
18145792 OUTLIER DETECTION FOR CLEAR ALIGNER TREATMENT RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL 3772 Non-Final OA Dec 22, 2022
18068462 CONVERSION APPLIANCE FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT FARAJ, LINA AHMAD 3772 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2022
18062565 ORTHODONTIC ASSESSMENT SYSTEM SEREBOFF, NEAL 3683 Final Rejection Dec 06, 2022
17990160 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING DENTAL ALIGNER GEOMETRY LEWIS, RALPH A 3772 Non-Final OA Nov 18, 2022
17982514 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR DENTAL ATTACHMENT TEMPLATES HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW 2188 Non-Final OA Nov 07, 2022
18050140 PROSTHODONTIC AND ORTHODONTIC APPARATUS AND METHODS GIRI, PURSOTTAM 2186 Non-Final OA Oct 27, 2022
17885356 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT AND TREATMENT PLANNING EDOUARD, PATRICIA KELLY 3681 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2022
17880635 VIRTUALLY TESTING FORCE PLACED ON A TOOTH HAYES, JONATHAN EDWARD 1685 Non-Final OA Aug 03, 2022
17862355 GINGIVA STRIP PROCESSING USING ASYNCHRONOUS PROCESSING JEONG, HEIN 2186 Non-Final OA Jul 11, 2022
17862316 AUTOMATIC ATTACHMENT MATERIAL DETECTION AND REMOVAL HAO, YI 2187 Non-Final OA Jul 11, 2022
17862346 ASYNCHRONOUS PROCESSING FOR ATTACHMENT MATERIAL DETECTION AND REMOVAL MONTES, NARCISO EDUARDO 2189 Non-Final OA Jul 11, 2022
17830097 AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT OF CLINICAL MODIFICATIONS TO TREATMENT PLANS USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTROLS BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD 2611 Final Rejection Jun 01, 2022
17750288 DISINFECTANT DEVICE CASES FOR INTRAORAL APPLIANCES NGUYEN, HUY TRAM 1774 Final Rejection May 20, 2022
17740177 DENTAL MODELS AND RELATED METHODS EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 3772 Non-Final OA May 09, 2022
17728865 MONOMERIC AND POLYMERIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING AND USING THE SAME MILLER, DAVID L 1763 Final Rejection Apr 25, 2022
17665339 DENTAL APPLIANCE WITH SIMULATED TEETH AND METHOD FOR MAKING MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 3772 Non-Final OA Feb 04, 2022
17531669 ALIGNER STRESS MEASUREMENT USING FLUORESCENCE FARAJ, LINA AHMAD 3772 Final Rejection Nov 19, 2021
17334606 TRAINING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORAL-CAVITY-IMAGING-AND-MODELING EQUIPMENT GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A 3715 Non-Final OA May 28, 2021
17133475 INSERTABLE AND PREFABRICATED ATTACHMENTS FOR AN ORAL APPLIANCE SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P 3772 Final Rejection Dec 23, 2020

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