Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Align Technology Inc.

111 pending office actions • 39 art units • 80 examiners • 0 of 111 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 109 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

111
Total Pending OAs
73
Non-Final OAs
36
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

20
Overdue
1
Due this week
8
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (20)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

48
Hard (43%)
49
Medium (44%)
14
Easy (13%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (3%)
§101 + other18 (16%)
§103 only35 (32%)
§102 only7 (6%)
§112 only4 (4%)
Double-patenting only10 (9%)
Double-patenting + other7 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)27 (24%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

10
Life Sciences
9% of docket
11
Information Tech
10% of docket
10
Communications
9% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
49
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
31
Business / Other
28% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

1,110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
222 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
388 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
9.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 8 16.7% +100.0%
SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P 7 47.2% +37.9%
NELSON, MATTHEW M 4 57.9% +23.7%
ROSEN, ERIC J 4 41.5% +23.8%
MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 3 41.6% +61.0%
LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D 3 78.7% +9.5%
FARAJ, LINA AHMAD 3 41.5% +67.6%
MAI, HAO D 2 49.2% +39.1%
EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 2 50.5% +32.4%
WEISENFELD, ARYAN E 2 40.9% +25.6%

Hard Cases (52)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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
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
19054762 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING DENTAL SCANS PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL 30d overdue

Interview Candidates (35)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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
18149030 FORCE-DIRECTING DENTAL ALIGNER ATTACHMENTS FARAJ, LINA AHMAD 46d 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
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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3772 38
3663 2
2454 2
3681 2
2613 2
2188 2
2487 1
3625 1
3685 1
2618 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
19318322 AUTOMATED PALATAL EXPANSION BASED ON LOWER ARCH FINAL POSITION RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL 3772 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2025
19301633 MULTIMODAL INTRAORAL SCANNING SYSTEMS RETALLICK, KAITLIN A §103 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 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2025
19270381 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT USING DOMAIN-SPECIFIC TREATMENT PROTOCOLS MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2025
19270447 DENTAL ARCH ANALYSIS AND TOOTH NUMBERING LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2025
19264633 Orthodontic Aligners with Movement Optimized Attachments SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P 3772 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jul 09, 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 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 09, 2025
19183270 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH MATERIAL LAYERS TENTONI, LEO B §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2025
19072923 CUSTOMER CONTACT MANAGEMENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH PROVISIONING PRODUCTS THROUGH A PROVIDER NETWORK OF AN ENTERPRISE WAESCO, JOSEPH M 3625 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 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 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2025
19031259 USER INTERFACE FOR TAKING IMAGES OF A PATIENT'S TEETH WITH A MOBILE DEVICE AND A RETRACTOR NELSON, MATTHEW M §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
19025779 ALIGNERS WITH ENHANCED GABLE BENDS LEE, SARAH YEO 3772 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 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
19023396 DENTAL APPLIANCE WITH CAVITY FOR AN UNERUPTED OR ERUPTING TOOTH NELSON, MATTHEW M §101§102§112Other 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
19017328 GUIDANCE FOR INTRAORAL SCANNING STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2025
19017384 BUCCAL CORRIDOR ASSESSMENT AND COMPUTATION LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D 3772 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2025
19007067 PATIENT-CUSTOMIZED DENTAL APPLIANCES SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P 3772 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 31, 2024
19001814 CLINICALLY RELEVANT ANONYMIZATION OF PATIENT IMAGES WEISENFELD, ARYAN E 3663 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2024
19000592 DENTAL APPLIANCES HAVING A TOOTH-GRIPPING FEATURE ROSEN, ERIC J 3772 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Dec 23, 2024
18991275 INTRAORAL SCANNER WITH RECONFIGURABLE BUTTONS WASEL, MOHAMED A 2454 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2024
18991272 INTRAORAL SCANNING WITH REMOTE PROCESSING AND LOCAL VIEWING WASEL, MOHAMED A 2454 §102Other 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
18976167 OPTIMIZING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT BASED ON PATIENT PROGRESS GEDRA, OLIVIA ROSE 3681 §101§103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Dec 10, 2024
18976325 DENTAL ATTACHMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS NELSON, MATTHEW M 3772 DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2024
18972334 SYSTEMS FOR INKJET PRINTING ONTO 3D PRINTED ARTICLES LEGESSE, HENOK D DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18948374 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHT CURING WITH AN INTRAORAL SCANNER LEE, BENEDICT E §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18942291 AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION OF INTRAORAL 3D SCANNER HILAIRE, CLIFFORD §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2024
18942288 AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF ORTHODONTIC OR PROSTHODONTIC PRESCRIPTION TALUKDER, MD K §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2024
18939465 INTRAORAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING SENSOR ASSEMBLIES FOR DETECTING AIR FLOW SAHAND, SANA §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2024
18928587 DENTAL DIAGNOSTICS HUB NEFF, MICHAEL R DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18920811 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYSIS OF DENTAL ATTACHMENTS LI, GRACE Q 2618 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2024
18919166 DENTAL TOOLS FOR REMOVING DENTAL AUXILIARIES FROM TEETH ROSEN, ERIC J 3772 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2024
18912529 METHOD AND APPARATUSES FOR INTERACTIVE ORDERING OF DENTAL APPLIANCES KANAAN, MAROUN P 3687 §101§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 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 Final Rejection Pending Sep 30, 2024
18902485 METHODS FOR STABILIZING ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED OBJECTS NGUON, VIRAK 1741 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18896450 SYSTEMS FOR THE DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF PROVISIONAL AND PERMANENT CROWNS ZHAI, KYLE 2611 DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2024
18895008 RADIOGRAPH SEGMENTATION PIPELINE FOR DENTAL DIAGNOSTICS O'MALLEY, CONOR AIDAN §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18895013 VISUALIZATIONS FOR DENTAL DIAGNOSTICS VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18894995 DENTAL DIAGNOSTICS WORKFLOW AND INTERFACE BARTLEY, KENNETH 3684 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 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
18889352 MEDICAL IMAGING DATA COMPRESSION AND EXTRACTION ON CLIENT SIDE MEMON, OWAIS IQBAL 2663 DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2024
18886729 METHODS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF DENTAL DEVICES USING PHOTOPOLYMER RESINS SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T 1746 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18820196 INTRAORAL DEVICES FOR MONITORING USE OF DENTAL APPLIANCES NELSON, CHRISTINE L 3772 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18820147 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AREAS OF INTEREST YANG, QIAN §101 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 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 §103 Final Rejection 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
18785992 DIGITAL 3D MODEL GENERATION WITH ACCURATE ARCH WIDTH TRAN, DUY ANH §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18781292 SYSTEM FOR VIEWING OF DENTAL TREATMENT OUTCOMES LHYMN, SARAH 2613 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 23, 2024
18780964 Facilitating attachment placement on dental site BRIER, JEFFERY A 2613 §112Other Final Rejection 14d Pending Jul 23, 2024
18771087 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING MALOCCLUSIONS OF TEETH HAIDER, SYED 2633 §103Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jul 12, 2024
18769055 SAFE SOFTWARE VERSIONING FOR MEDICAL APPLICATION HURUY, FEVEN HABTEMARIAM §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2024
18740343 DENTAL APPLIANCE LASER OPERATIONS AND CALIBRATION WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 1742 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2024
18669254 VARIOUS STRUCTURED SUPPORTS FOR 3D PRINTED ALIGNERS/MOUTH PIECES LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D 3772 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 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 Final Rejection 21d Pending May 01, 2024
18649848 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ATTACHING DENTAL ATTACHMENTS EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 3772 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 29, 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
18610236 LASER MARKING OF DENTAL APPLIANCES PATEL, YOGESH P 3772 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2024
18610126 3D DENTAL ARCH MODEL TO DENTITION VIDEO CORRELATION FOSTER, THOMAS JOHN 2616 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Mar 19, 2024
18605466 INTRAORAL SCANNER PROJECTOR ALIGNMENT AND FIXING EDWARDS, TYLER B 2488 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2024
18600548 REPLACEMENT ATTACHMENT SYSTEM ROSEN, ERIC J 3772 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2024
18582576 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERPROXIMAL ADJUSTMENT WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 3772 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 20, 2024
18415636 ALIGNER ATTACHMENT PLACEMENT DEVICES BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE 3772 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 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
18536052 IMAGE-BASED DEFECT DETECTION OF DIRECTLY FABRICATED DENTAL APPLIANCES BILODEAU, DUSTIN E 2664 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2023
18530984 RESTORATIVE DECISION SUPPORT FOR DENTAL TREATMENT BARNES JR, CARL E 2178 §101§103 Final Rejection 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
18520090 ACCURATE METHOD TO DETERMINE CENTER OF RESISTANCE FOR 1D/2D/3D PROBLEMS FARAJ, LINA AHMAD 3772 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 27, 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
18494569 CURABLE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A POLYMERIZABLE REACTIVE DILUENT FOR FABRICATION OF ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES FEELY, MICHAEL J 1766 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2023
18489753 DUAL ALIGNER ASSEMBLY MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 3772 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 29d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18476215 DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2023
18467584 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING SURFACES OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED OBJECTS NEIBAUR, ROBERT F 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2023
18465848 ORTHODONTIC DISTALIZER APPARATUS AND METHODS SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P 3772 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 12, 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
18358908 INTEGRATED TISSUE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS IN ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P 3772 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 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
18354625 ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 3772 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2023
18348279 ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED DENTAL ATTACHMENT PLACEMENT DEVICES USING CURABLE COMPOSITIONS WHITELEY, JESSICA 1763 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 06, 2023
18316228 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR INTRAORAL APPLIANCES WITH SENSING DEVICES GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ 1748 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending May 11, 2023
18315454 OCCLUSAL FEATURES FOR MANDIBULAR ARCH EXPANSION WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 3772 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 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
18189102 DIRECT FABRICATION OF ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Mar 23, 2023
18171303 ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE PERFORMANCE MONITOR BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE 3772 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 17, 2023
18167790 CLINICAL PARTNER EVENT RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT 3629 §101§112 Final Rejection 40d Pending Feb 10, 2023
18167794 TREATMENT PARAMETER ESTIMATION DHARITHREESAN, NIDHI §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2023
18159598 TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO PERFORM ALIGNER DAMAGE PREDICTION MA, JIAYUE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 25, 2023
18149030 FORCE-DIRECTING DENTAL ALIGNER ATTACHMENTS FARAJ, LINA AHMAD 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2022
18091306 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION IN POLYMERS KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J 1743 §102 Final Rejection 8d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18068462 CONVERSION APPLIANCE FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT FARAJ, LINA AHMAD 3772 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Dec 19, 2022
17982514 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR DENTAL ATTACHMENT TEMPLATES HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW 2188 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 07, 2022
18050289 METHODS FOR PLANNING ORTHO-RESTORATIVE TREATMENT PROCEDURES TO, HOLLY T 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 22d 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§102§103 Final Rejection 36d Pending Aug 10, 2022
17862316 AUTOMATIC ATTACHMENT MATERIAL DETECTION AND REMOVAL HAO, YI 2187 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jul 11, 2022
17862346 ASYNCHRONOUS PROCESSING FOR ATTACHMENT MATERIAL DETECTION AND REMOVAL MONTES, NARCISO EDUARDO 2189 §101 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2022
16985802 METHODS OF FORMING SHAPE ENGINEERED ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES MAI, HAO D 3772 §103§112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Aug 05, 2020

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