Align Technology Inc patents

Align Technology Inc holds 2,566 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents2,566
Recent patents1,066
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 2, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is growing.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201570
2016112
2017109
2018116
2019204
2020255
2021244
2022255
2023336
2024387
2025398
202680
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
201570
2016112
2017109
2018116
2019204
2020255
2021244
2022255
2023336
2024387
2025398
202680

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
A61C7/0021,485
A61C7/081,268
A61C9/0053729
B33Y80/00538
G06T2207/30036484

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Align Technology Inc have in patentsdb?
Align Technology Inc is linked to 2,566 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Align Technology Inc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Human Necessities (2,418); Physics (1,539); Operations & Transport (771).
Is Align Technology Inc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 387 in 2024 and 398 in 2025 (higher year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Align Technology Inc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.