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Shiva P. Sambu — 57 Patents

ATAlign Technology: 56 patents #16 of 483Top 4%
Milpitas, CA: #56 of 3,192 inventorsTop 2%
California: #6,412 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #42,642 of 4,157,543Top 2%
57 Patents All Time
Shiva P. Sambu has been granted 57 US patents while listed as an inventor at Align Technology. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in October 2025. Shiva P. Sambu ranks #42,642 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.0%). Patent records list Shiva P. Sambu in Milpitas, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2005 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2022.peak 92005: 1 patents20052007: 1 patents2009: 2 patents20092011: 2 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 2 patents2017: 3 patents20172018: 4 patents2019: 3 patents20192020: 5 patents2021: 2 patents20212022: 9 patents2023: 6 patents20232024: 9 patents2025: 7 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 57 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12440313 Methods of forming arch expanding appliances Avi Kopelman, Rene M. Sterental, Eric Kuo, Mauricio de Alencar Casa 2025-10-14
12390960 Mold with receiving element and separable features Rohit Tanugula, Dennis Te, Peter Webber, Crystal Tjhia 2025-08-19
12357435 Methods for controling post-processing operations Srinivas Kaza, Kamesh Tata, Michael J. Doung, Long Phan 2025-07-15
12290979 Hybrid 3d printing techniques Mehdi Mojdeh, Michael Christopher Cole, Peter Dorfinger 2025-05-06
12263632 Dynamic thermoforming of dental appliances Luis Carlos Martínez González, Rowan Fernando Garcia Saucedo, Mario Alfonso Rito Martinez, Ismael Núñez García, René David Alfaro 2025-04-01
12257773 3D printed object having overcure region Mehdi Mojdeh, Brett E. Kelly 2025-03-25
12226284 Generating a virtual 3D model of a mold Peter Webber, Rohit Tanugula, Crystal Tjhia 2025-02-18
12182886 Methods for verifying manufacturing data Artem Borovinskih, Qinghui Lu, Maneesh Dhagat, Evgeny Timofeyev, Dmitry Sultanov +5 more 2024-12-31 $24,647,000
12097655 Hybrid 3D printing with photo-curable materials Mehdi Mojdeh, Michael Christopher Cole, Peter Dorfinger 2024-09-24 $29,906,000
12053344 Reinforced aligner hooks Eric Kuo, Artem Borovinskih 2024-08-06 $75,882,000
11998418 Reinforced aligner hooks Eric Kuo, Artem Borovinskih 2024-06-04 $94,739,000
11963842 Appliances for intraoral delivery of agents David Mason, Chunhua Li, Yan Chen 2024-04-23 $119,873,000
11897181 Dynamic thermoforming of dental appliances Luis Carlos Martínez González, Rowan Fernando Garcia Saucedo, Mario Alfonso Rito Martinez, Ismael Núñez García, René David Alfaro 2024-02-13 $60,454,000
11896457 Systems and methods for fabrication of orthodontic aligners Eric Kuo, Artem Borovinskih 2024-02-13 $60,454,000
11890159 Reinforced aligner hooks Eric Kuo, Artem Borovinskih 2024-02-06 $76,406,000
11890160 Protruding aligner hooks Eric Kuo, Artem Borovinskih 2024-02-06 $76,406,000
11810207 Systems for volume manufacturing of items Artem Borovinskih, Qinghui Lu, Maneesh Dhagat, Evgeny Timofeyev, Dmitry Sultanov +5 more 2023-11-07 $22,204,000
11730574 Methods and systems for post-processing appliance molds Srinivas Kaza, Kamesh Tata, Michael J. Doung, Long Phan 2023-08-22 $159,362,000
11718019 System for hybrid 3D printing with photo-curable materials Mehdi Mojdeh, Michael Christopher Cole, Peter Dorfinger 2023-08-08 $64,004,000
11638629 Arch expanding appliance Avi Kopelman, Rene M. Sterental, Eric Kuo, Mauricio de Alencar Casa 2023-05-02 $142,647,000
11610274 Methods for volume manufacturing of items Artem Borovinskih, Qinghui Lu, Maneesh Dhagat, Evgeny Timofeyev, Dmitry Sultanov +5 more 2023-03-21 $148,485,000
11602413 Laser marking of dental appliances Yan Chen, Fangxiao GUAN, Kwan Ho 2023-03-14 $102,196,000
11511485 3D printed objects with selective overcure regions Mehdi Mojdeh, Brett E. Kelly 2022-11-29 $86,556,000
11484395 System for post-processing polymeric items Srinivas Kaza, Kamesh Tata, Michael J. Doung, Long Phan 2022-11-01 $76,592,000
11471250 Reinforced aligner hooks Eric Kuo, Artem Borovinskih 2022-10-18 $50,675,000