Align Technology Profile

Align Technology Patent Grants

Compact intraoral scanner

Patent Number 12268474 - April 8, 2025

An intraoral scanner comprises a housing, a light source for generating light, an optics system for focusing the light, a detector for…

Treatment planning for aligning a patient's teeth

Patent Number 12268569 - April 8, 2025

Methods and systems (including software) for creating a treatment plan to align a patient's teeth using a plurality of removable aligners to…

Diagnostic intraoral methods and apparatuses

Patent Number 12268574 - April 8, 2025

Intraoral scanning systems configured to perform computer-implemented methods for identifying dental features. The methods may include…

Methods for selective post-curing of additively manufactured objects

Patent Number 12269226 - April 8, 2025

Methods for manufacturing objects are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a dental appliance formed using an…

Apparatuses and methods for three-dimensional dental segmentation using dental image data

Patent Number 12272067 - April 8, 2025

Methods and apparatuses (including systems and devices), including computer-implemented methods for segmenting, correcting and/or modifying a…

Align Technology Patent Applications

NONLINEAR TOOTH MODELING FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT

Application Number 20250114167 - April 10, 2025

A method may include receiving a digital model of a dental appliance, the digital model may have a plurality of caps. Each cap of the…

INTRAORAL DEVICES FOR DISPLACING A JAW IN RESPONSE TO SLEEP APNEA STATUS

Application Number 20250114239 - April 10, 2025

An intraoral device for use in treating a sleep apnea condition may include an intraoral device body, a first advancement structure configured…

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TOOTH SHADE IMAGING IN DENTAL TREATMENT

Application Number 20250116554 - April 10, 2025

A system for tooth shade imaging in dental treatment may include one or more processors and memory having instructions that when executed by…

ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE RETENTION-ACTIVATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Application Number 20250090283 - March 20, 2025

A system for generating aligner shapes may include one or more processors and memory comprising instructions that when executed by the one or…

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ATTACHMENT DESIGN AND PLACEMENT

Application Number 20250082441 - March 13, 2025

A method of attachment design may include placing a virtual attachment having a shape at a location on a virtual tooth, generating attachment…

Align Technology Federal District Court Decisions

Simon and Simon, PC v. Align Technology, Inc.

California Northern District Court - November 29, 2023

**FILED IN ERROR, SEE 370 ** ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART CLASS CERTIFICATION; DENYING EXCLUSION OF DR SINGER (vclc3, COURT…

Simon and Simon, PC v. Align Technology, Inc.

California Northern District Court - November 29, 2023

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART CLASS CERTIFICATION; DENYING EXCLUSION OF DR SINGER. Signed by Judge Vince Chhabria on 11/29/2023.…

Snow v. Align Technology, Inc.

California Northern District Court - November 29, 2023

ORDER GRANTING CLASS CERTIFICATION; DENYING EXCLUSION OF DR VOGT. Signed by Judge Vince Chhabria on 11/29/2023. (vclc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed…

Align Technology, Inc. v. SmileDirectClub, LLC et al

California Northern District Court - November 7, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. Show Cause Response due by 11/14/2023. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 11/7/2023. (vla, COURT STAFF) (Filed on…

Snow v. Align Technology, Inc.

California Northern District Court - June 12, 2023

STIPULATION AND ORDER re STIPULATION REGARDING THIRD PARTY SUBPOENA TO NONPARTY ORTHOFI, INC. Signed by Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixson…

Align Technology State Court Decisions

Simon and Simon, PC v. Align Technology, Inc.

California California Northern District Court - November 29, 2023

**FILED IN ERROR, SEE 370 ** ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART CLASS CERTIFICATION; DENYING EXCLUSION OF DR SINGER (vclc3, COURT…

Simon and Simon, PC v. Align Technology, Inc.

California California Northern District Court - November 29, 2023

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART CLASS CERTIFICATION; DENYING EXCLUSION OF DR SINGER. Signed by Judge Vince Chhabria on 11/29/2023.…

Snow v. Align Technology, Inc.

California California Northern District Court - November 29, 2023

ORDER GRANTING CLASS CERTIFICATION; DENYING EXCLUSION OF DR VOGT. Signed by Judge Vince Chhabria on 11/29/2023. (vclc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on…

In Re Ex Parte Application of Align Technology, Inc. and Align Sichuan Medical Equipment Co., Ltd.

California California Central District Court - January 24, 2023

ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE by Judge Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr.: IT THEREFORE IS ORDERED that:…

Align Technology, Inc. v. 3Shape A/S et al

Delaware Delaware District Court - June 7, 2021

MEMORANDUM OPINION re claim construction. Signed by Judge Leonard P. Stark on 6/7/2021. (etg)

Align Technology Federal Appellate Court Decisions

ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC. v. CLEARCORRECT OPERATING, LLC

US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - August 22, 2018

CITY OF DEARBORN HEIGHTS P&FRS V. ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - May 5, 2017

ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC. v. ITC

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - November 12, 2015