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Align Technology, Inc.

Filings on record here from 2001, where this site's data begins
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1,125 patents currently held

4 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

The next term ends in Dec 2026. from the record

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Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents fee due within 90 days all others Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Full-Scanner Barrier for an Intra-Oral Device US 11,759,277
Cited by 79 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2041.
Ends Jul 2041 · High confidence Also notable
Elastic-Coated Orthodontic Appliance US 11,642,198
Cited by 160 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2035.
Ends Mar 2035 · High confidence Also notable
Intraoral Scanner with Dental Diagnostics Capabilities US 10,123,706
Cited by 184 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, and renewed at 2 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2037.
Ends Jul 2037 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
  • 2 fees due Nov 30, 2026
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What they patent

The 5 largest of its 410 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
Dental Wire Attachment41 in forceto Jul 2041
Intraoral Scanner with Dental Diagnostics Capabilities16 in forceto Jan 2039
Multilayer Dental Appliances and Related Methods and Systems13 in forceto Dec 2032
Orthodontic Appliances with Elastics12 in forceto Apr 2037
Confocal Imaging Apparatus with Curved Focal Surface12 in forceto Sep 2035

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.
PatentTitleStatusExpiresConfidence
US 7,766,658Systems and Methods for Intra-Oral Diagnosis
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,448,514Storage System for Dental Devices
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,481,647Systems and Methods for Fabricating 3-D Objects
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,476,100Guide Apparatus and Methods for Making Tooth Positioning Appliances
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,641,828Methods of Making Orthodontic Appliances
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 11,077,966Method of Bagging Mass-Fabricated Custom Items
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 11,667,412Methods for Packaging Orthodontic Appliances
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,874,452Method and system for providing dynamic orthodontic assessment and treatment profiles
Grace period ended
 · Low confidence
Grace period endedLow confidence
US 8,438,817Method for Packaging of Mass-Fabricated Custom Items
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,301,814System and Method for Digital Tooth Imaging
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 1,125: 4 patents in force now held by others · 221 patents ended · 489 applications pending · 117 applications abandoned. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
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