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Ian Kitching — 34 Patents

ATAlign Technology: 25 patents #44 of 483Top 10%
OROrmco: 5 patents #23 of 139Top 20%
SSSdc U.S. Smilepay Spv: 2 patents #15 of 42Top 40%
SMSmiledirectclub: 1 patents #13 of 22Top 60%
Saratoga, CA: #292 of 2,933 inventorsTop 10%
California: #14,619 of 386,348 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #100,737 of 4,157,543Top 3%
34 Patents All Time
Ian Kitching has been granted 34 US patents while listed as an inventor at Align Technology. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in December 2025. Ian Kitching ranks #100,737 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.4%). Patent records list Ian Kitching in Saratoga, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 34 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12491048 Systems and methods for orthodontic treatment with duplicate appliances Rene M. Sterental, Eric Kuo, Lou Shuman 2025-12-09
12150830 Systems and methods for orthodontic treatment progress tracking Rene M. Sterental, Eric Kuo, Maia Singer 2024-11-26 $67,915,000
11950977 Methods for schedule of movement modifications in orthodontic treatment Alexander Dmitriev, Alexey Vishnevskiy 2024-04-09 $50,665,000
11819377 Generating 3D models of a patient's teeth based on 2D teeth images Ka Man Cheang 2023-11-21 $49,559,000
11766311 Treatment progress tracking and recalibration Rene M. Sterental, Eric Kuo, Maia Singer 2023-09-26 $93,015,000
11717381 Methods for tooth collision detection and avoidance in orthodontic treament Alexander Dmitriev, Alexey Vishnevskiy 2023-08-08 $64,004,000
11571276 Treatment progress tracking and recalibration Rene M. Sterental, Eric Kuo, Maia Singer 2023-02-07 $79,950,000
11478333 Treatment planning and progress tracking systems and methods Rene M. Sterental, Eric Kuo, Lou Shuman 2022-10-25 $45,428,000
11429080 Systems and methods for shearing adjustment of a dental aligner cutting tool Tuan Do 2022-08-30
11369456 Automated treatment staging for teeth Alexander Dmitriev, Alexey Vishnevskiy 2022-06-28 $59,195,000
11045281 Digital orthodontic setup using a prescribed ideal arch form Evan Yifeng Tsai 2021-06-29
10925691 Systems and methods for trimming dental aligners Christopher Yancey, Josh Long, Tony Solarek 2021-02-23
10624716 System and method for detecting deviations during the course of an orthodontic treatment to gradually reposition teeth Ka Man Cheang 2020-04-21 $55,669,000
10524879 Automated treatment staging for teeth Alexander Dmitriev, Alexey Vishnevskiy 2020-01-07 $46,262,000
10517696 Treatment progress tracking and recalibration Rene M. Sterental, Eric Kuo, Maia Singer 2019-12-31 $74,867,000
10466676 Systems and methods for shearing adjustment of a dental aligner cutting tool Tuan Do 2019-11-05 $15,809,000
10456217 Automated treatment staging for teeth Alexander Dmitriev, Alexey Vishnevskiy 2019-10-29 $107,842,000
10420631 Automated treatment staging for teeth Alexander Dmitriev, Alexey Vishnevskiy 2019-09-24 $83,448,000
10383704 Direct manufacture of orthodontic aligner appliance 2019-08-20
10342638 Treatment planning and progress tracking systems and methods Rene M. Sterental, Eric Kuo, Lou Shuman 2019-07-09 $218,938,000
10258439 Method of manufacturing orthodontic devices Evan Yifeng Tsai 2019-04-16
10098709 Constrained optimization of orthodontic bracket placement and archwire smoothing Evan Yifeng, Pawan Deshmukh 2018-10-16
10052174 Treatment progress tracking and recalibration Rene M. Sterental, Eric Kuo, Maia Singer 2018-08-21 $118,648,000
10011050 Fabrication of an orthodontic aligner from a negative mold designed by a computational device Hua Zhang, Tuan Do, Kenneth A. Phelps, Yi-Feng Tsai 2018-07-03
9364297 System and method for detecting deviations during the course of an orthodontic treatment to gradually reposition teeth Ka Man Cheang 2016-06-14 $21,292,000