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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Jihua Cheng — 63 Patents

ATAlign Technology: 63 patents #12 of 483Top 3%
San Jose, CA: #656 of 32,062 inventorsTop 3%
California: #5,396 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #35,470 of 4,157,543Top 1%
63 Patents All Time
Jihua Cheng has been granted 63 US patents while listed as an inventor at Align Technology. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in July 2025. Jihua Cheng ranks #35,470 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.85%). Patent records list Jihua Cheng in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2006 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2022.peak 92006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents2010: 2 patents20102011: 1 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 5 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 3 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 5 patents20192020: 4 patents2021: 6 patents20212022: 9 patents2023: 8 patents20232024: 9 patents2025: 4 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 63 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12370014 Dynamic three-dimensional occlusogram Vadim Matov, Fuming Wu, Kenji Tan 2025-07-29
12324721 Dental attachment positioning apparatuses Peter Webber, Yan Chen, Bastien Pesenti, Chunhua Li, Jennifer C. Chen 2025-06-10
12226277 Methods for orthodontic progress tracking Fuming Wu, Vadim Matov 2025-02-18
12186152 Methods for parametric attachments John Morton, Vadim Matov, Heng Cao, Ryan Kimura, Bastien Pesenti 2025-01-07
12156714 Methods and systems for imaging removable dental appliances Jun Sato, Allen Boronkay, Yaser Shanjani, Reza SHIRAZI AGHJARI, Avi Kopelman +4 more 2024-12-03 $68,385,000
12109090 Palatal expanders for controlling crown tipping Fuming Wu, Ryan Kimura, Jeremy RILEY, Yaser Shanjani, Norman C. Su +3 more 2024-10-08 $54,660,000
12109089 Individualized orthodontic treatment index Eric Kuo, Vadim Matov, Larry Lai, Fuming Wu 2024-10-08 $54,660,000
12097086 Palatal expanders and methods of designing palatal expanders Fuming Wu, Ryan Kimura, Jeremy RILEY, Yaser Shanjani, Norman C. Su +3 more 2024-09-24 $29,906,000
12064316 Method for appliances with bite adjustment structures Rohit Tanugula, John Morton, Chunhua Li, Bastien Pesenti, Jeeyoung Choi 2024-08-20 $27,832,000
12048606 Systems for treatment planning with overcorrection Vadim Matov, Fuming Wu, Anton Terekhov, Tzishing Jesse Lim, John Morton 2024-07-30 $33,279,000
11974898 Palatal expanders and methods of expanding a palate Yaser Shanjani, Jeremy RILEY, Ryan Kimura, Jun Sato, Norman C. Su +1 more 2024-05-07 $34,453,000
11974897 Palatal expanders and methods of forming the same Yaser Shanjani, Jeremy RILEY, Ryan Kimura, Jun Sato, Norman C. Su +1 more 2024-05-07 $34,453,000
11931222 Dental attachment formation structures Peter Webber, Yan Chen, Bastien Pesenti, Chunhua Li, Jennifer C. Chen 2024-03-19 $122,936,000
11826219 Dual aligner assembly Fuming Wu 2023-11-28 $64,555,000
11813136 Methods for designing multi-material aligners Allen Boronkay, Fuming Wu, Yan-Han CHEN, John Morton 2023-11-14 $91,052,000
11803669 Systems for generating digital models of patient teeth Eric Kuo, Vadim Matov 2023-10-31 $58,408,000
11723753 Methods for generating orthodontic models having bite adjustment structures Rohit Tanugula, John Morton, Chunhua Li, Bastien Pesenti, Jeeyoung Choi 2023-08-15 $65,031,000
11654003 Tooth scan model calibration Fuming Wu, Vadim Matov 2023-05-23 $85,320,000
11642194 Multi-material aligners Allen Boronkay, Fuming Wu, Yan-Han CHEN, John Morton 2023-05-09 $89,374,000
11612454 Individualized orthodontic treatment index Eric Kuo, Vadim Matov, Larry Lai, Fuming Wu 2023-03-28 $96,949,000
11576754 Methods and apparatuses for customizing a rapid palatal expander Fuming Wu, Ryan Kimura, Jeremy RILEY, Yaser Shanjani, Norman C. Su +3 more 2023-02-14 $64,473,000
11534974 Customized fabrication of orthodontic retainers based on patient anatomy Siobhan O'Leary, Jun Sato, Rohit Tanugula, Ryan Kimura, Allen Boronkay +4 more 2022-12-27 $23,269,000
11514199 Prosthodontic and orthodontic apparatus and methods Eric Kuo, Vadim Matov, Juan Alvarez, Ali Kakavand 2022-11-29 $86,556,000
11504214 Devices, systems, and computer-implemented methods for dental attachment templates Fuming Wu, Chunhua Li, Yan Chen, Norman C. Su 2022-11-22 $169,108,000
11497584 Method to visualize and manufacture aligner by modifying tooth position Vadim Matov, Fuming Wu, Jennifer C. Chen, Chunhua Li, Bastien Pesenti +1 more 2022-11-15 $85,032,000