Company or institution

Align Technology, Inc.

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1,785 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

94%

+19 pts vs the USPTO range 93% to 95%

Rejections before allowance

1.8

+0.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

17.1 mo

−1.5 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

37%

+10 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A61C 1,099 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification146 apps

G16H Healthcare informatics106 apps

G06T Image data processing or generation88 apps

B29C Shaping or joining of plastics74 apps

H04N Pictorial communication, television43 apps

Art units

3772444 apps

OPAP139 apps

3732104 apps

174241 apps

261640 apps

287737 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central145 apps

n/a

Matthew M Nelson82 apps

93%

Yogesh P Patel62 apps

91%

Heidi Marie Eide61 apps

81%

Nicholas D Lucchesi58 apps

100%

Ralph A Lewis55 apps

89%

Matthew P Saunders46 apps

100%

Edward John Moran38 apps

91%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

ALIGN / SHAY GLENN LLP552 apps

96%

LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP / Align Technology402 apps

99%

Align Technology, Inc. / WSGR316 apps

91%

FisherBroyles, LLP - Align Technology, Inc.192 apps

96%

Fortem IP LLP (Align)165 apps

95%

Seed IP Law Group LLP/Align (110320)69 apps

93%

Klein, O''Neill & Singh, LLP - Align Technology34 apps

100%

JOSHUA GOLDBERG16 apps

88%

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

Allowance by strategy used

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19698823	IMAGE-BASED LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS	2026-06-04	Pending	0	0	n/a
19684926	SUPPLEMENTAL INTRAORAL SURFACE DATA BASED ON TOOL INFORMATION	2026-05-21	Pending	0	0	n/a
19668479	WEAK COVALENT CROSSLINKS IN THERMOSET MATERIALS FOR INCREASED TOUGHNESS	2026-05-05	Pending	0	0	n/a
15848475	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15626097	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15941869	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15424833	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15867417	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15417109	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15847360	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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