Align Technology Inc.

Patent owner in reexamination·22 ex parte reexams

Align Technology Inc.'s patents have been the subject of 22 USPTO ex parte reexaminations. Its patents are most often challenged by ClearCorrect Operating LLC. ExamPat indexes the full prosecution record for each proceeding, including office-action grounds, certificate outcomes, and downstream PTAB and Federal Circuit decisions.

Filings by year

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Outcome track record

How reexams of this owner's patents resolve: claims confirmed, amended, mixed, or fully canceled.

  • Certificate outcome split across every bucket
  • Claim-survival rate

Defense metrics

Claim-survival rate, average pendency, and the open/closed split across every reexam of this owner's patents.

  • Survival rate of closed proceedings
  • Average pendency in months

Challengers & examiners

Which requesters most often challenge this owner's patents, and which examiners decide them.

  • Top requesters
  • Most frequent examiners

Recent reexaminations (22)

Control #FiledPatentTitleRequesterStatus
90/014,090Feb 15, 20186,705,863ATTACHMENT DEVICES AND METHODS FOR A DENTAL APPLIANCEClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/014,049Nov 21, 20177,134,874COMPUTER AUTOMATED DEVELOPMENT OF AN ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PLAN AND APPLIANCEClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/020,116Sep 13, 20176,471,511DEFINING TOOTH-MOVING APPLIANCES COMPUTATIONALLYClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,981Jul 12, 20177,578,674METHODS FOR CORRECTING TOOTH MOVEMENTS MIDCOURSE IN TREATMENTClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,946Apr 28, 20176,398,548METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREMENTALLY MOVING TEETHClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,947Apr 28, 20175,975,893Method and system for Incrementally Moving TeethClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,931Apr 5, 20178,070,487SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING TEETHClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,929Mar 30, 20178,070,487SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING TEETHClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,928Mar 30, 20178,070,487SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING TEETHClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,917Mar 2, 20176,217,325METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREMENTALLY MOVING TEETHClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,904Feb 13, 20176,217,325METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREMENTALLY MOVING TEETHClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,905Feb 13, 20176,217,325METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREMENTALLY MOVING TEETHClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,788Jul 28, 20166,705,863ATTACHMENT DEVICES AND METHODS FOR A DENTAL APPLIANCEClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,777Jun 30, 20167,134,874COMPUTER AUTOMATED DEVELOPMENT OF AN ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PLAN AND APPLIANCEClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,775Jun 30, 20166,471,511DEFINING TOOTH-MOVING APPLIANCES COMPUTATIONALLYClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,607Feb 2, 20167,125,248ATTACHMENT DEVICES AND METHODS FOR A DENTAL APPLIANCEClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,606Feb 2, 20166,398,548METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREMENTALLY MOVING TEETHClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,581Sep 4, 20155,975,893METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREMENTALLY MOVING TEETHClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,579Sep 2, 20157,578,674METHODS FOR CORRECTING TOOTH MOVEMENTS MIDCOURSE IN TREATMENTClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,506May 11, 20156,626,666METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREMENTALLY MOVING TEETHClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,505May 8, 20158,070,487SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING TEETHClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed
90/013,457Feb 20, 20156,217,325METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREMENTALLY MOVING TEETHClearCorrect Operating LLCClosed

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