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FisherBroyles, LLP - Align Technology, Inc.

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192 applicationsfiled 2015 to 2026

Allowance rate

96%

+21 pts vs the USPTO range 92% to 98%

Rejections before allowance

1.9

+0.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

15.4 mo

−3.2 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

43%

+16 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A61C 133 apps

H04N Pictorial communication, television16 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification13 apps

G16H Healthcare informatics11 apps

A61F 7 apps

C09J 5 apps

Art units

377279 apps

OPAP13 apps

378610 apps

248310 apps

26169 apps

26667 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Mirayda Arlene Aponte14 apps

92%

Docket Central13 apps

n/a

Matthew P Saunders12 apps

100%

Rebecca A Volentine10 apps

90%

Tarla R Patel10 apps

100%

Matthew M Nelson9 apps

100%

Yogesh P Patel9 apps

89%

Courtney Nguyen Huynh8 apps

100%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.192 apps

96%

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19658265	IMAGE CAPTURE AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT FOR DENTAL TREATMENT	2026-04-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
19574093	ENAMEL WIDTH AND DENTIN SHAPE FROM NEAR INFRARED SCANS	2026-03-20	Pending	0	0	n/a
19433538	INTRAORAL SCANNER AND SMART TOOTHBRUSH FOR ORAL HEALTH	2025-12-26	Pending	0	0	n/a
15695958	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15592136	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15619471	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15119056	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15699433	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15376489	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15422714	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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