Jihua Cheng

Person

San Jose, CA, US

People

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Dental attachment positioning apparatuses
- Patent number 12,324,721
- Issue date Jun 10, 2025
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Peter Webber
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Methods for orthodontic progress tracking
- Patent number 12,226,277
- Issue date Feb 18, 2025
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Fuming Wu
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Methods for parametric attachments
- Patent number 12,186,152
- Issue date Jan 7, 2025
- Align Technology, Inc.
- John Morton
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Methods and systems for imaging removable dental appliances
- Patent number 12,156,714
- Issue date Dec 3, 2024
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Jun Sato
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Individualized orthodontic treatment index
- Patent number 12,109,089
- Issue date Oct 8, 2024
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Eric E. Kuo
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Palatal expanders for controlling crown tipping
- Patent number 12,109,090
- Issue date Oct 8, 2024
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Fuming Wu
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Palatal expanders and methods of designing palatal expanders
- Patent number 12,097,086
- Issue date Sep 24, 2024
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Fuming Wu
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Method for appliances with bite adjustment structures
- Patent number 12,064,316
- Issue date Aug 20, 2024
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Rohit Tanugula
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Systems for treatment planning with overcorrection
- Patent number 12,048,606
- Issue date Jul 30, 2024
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Vadim Matov
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Palatal expanders and methods of forming the same
- Patent number 11,974,897
- Issue date May 7, 2024
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Yaser Shanjani
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Palatal expanders and methods of expanding a palate
- Patent number 11,974,898
- Issue date May 7, 2024
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Yaser Shanjani
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Dental attachment formation structures
- Patent number 11,931,222
- Issue date Mar 19, 2024
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Peter Webber
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Methods for designing multi-material aligners
- Patent number 11,813,136
- Issue date Nov 14, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Allen Boronkay
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Systems for generating digital models of patient teeth
- Patent number 11,803,669
- Issue date Oct 31, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Eric Kuo
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Methods for generating orthodontic models having bite adjustment st...
- Patent number 11,723,753
- Issue date Aug 15, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Rohit Tanugula
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Tooth scan model calibration
- Patent number 11,654,003
- Issue date May 23, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Fuming Wu
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Multi-material aligners
- Patent number 11,642,194
- Issue date May 9, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Allen Boronkay
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Individualized orthodontic treatment index
- Patent number 11,612,454
- Issue date Mar 28, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Eric E. Kuo
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Methods and apparatuses for customizing a rapid palatal expander
- Patent number 11,576,754
- Issue date Feb 14, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Fuming Wu
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Customized fabrication of orthodontic retainers based on patient an...
- Patent number 11,534,974
- Issue date Dec 27, 2022
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Siobhan O'Leary
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Prosthodontic and orthodontic apparatus and methods
- Patent number 11,514,199
- Issue date Nov 29, 2022
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Eric Kuo
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Devices, systems, and computer-implemented methods for dental attac...
- Patent number 11,504,214
- Issue date Nov 22, 2022
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Fuming Wu
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Method to visualize and manufacture aligner by modifying tooth posi...
- Patent number 11,497,584
- Issue date Nov 15, 2022
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Vadim Matov
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Treatment plan specific bite adjustment structures
- Patent number 11,490,996
- Issue date Nov 8, 2022
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Rohit Tanugula
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Palatal expanders and methods of expanding a palate
- Patent number 11,273,011
- Issue date Mar 15, 2022
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Yaser Shanjani
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Prosthodontic and orthodontic apparatus and methods
- Patent number 11,270,033
- Issue date Mar 8, 2022
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Eric Kuo
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Method to manufacture aligner by modifying tooth position
- Patent number 11,259,896
- Issue date Mar 1, 2022
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Vadim Matov
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Prosthodontic and orthodontic apparatus and methods
- Patent number 11,227,074
- Issue date Jan 18, 2022
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Eric Kuo
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Methods and systems for imaging orthodontic aligners
- Patent number 11,185,233
- Issue date Nov 30, 2021
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Jun Sato
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Treatment plan specific bite adjustment structures
- Patent number 11,141,243
- Issue date Oct 12, 2021
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Rohit Tanugula
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
ORTHODONTIC PROGRESS TRACKING USING COARSE TO FINE 3D MODELS
- Publication number 20250152302
- Publication date May 15, 2025
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Fuming Wu
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
PATIENT-CUSTOMIZED DENTAL APPLIANCES
- Publication number 20250134625
- Publication date May 1, 2025
- Align Technology, Inc.
- John Morton
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ATTACHMENT DESIGN AND PLACEMENT
- Publication number 20250082441
- Publication date Mar 13, 2025
- Align Technology, Inc.
- John Morton
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYSIS OF DENTAL ATTACHMENTS
- Publication number 20250040809
- Publication date Feb 6, 2025
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Jun SATO
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
INDIVIDUALIZED ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT INDEX
- Publication number 20250000617
- Publication date Jan 2, 2025
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Eric E. Kuo
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CUSTOMIZING A RAPID PALATAL EXPANDER
- Publication number 20240390111
- Publication date Nov 28, 2024
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Fuming WU
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
PALATAL EXPANDERS AND METHODS OF EXPANDING A PALATE
- Publication number 20240341922
- Publication date Oct 17, 2024
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Yaser SHANJANI
- B33 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DENTAL TREATMENT WITH OVERCORRECTION
- Publication number 20240335258
- Publication date Oct 10, 2024
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Vadim Matov
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
TREATMENT PLAN SPECIFIC BITE ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURES
- Publication number 20240307154
- Publication date Sep 19, 2024
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Rohit Tanugula
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
DENTAL ATTACHMENT POSITIONING APPARATUSES
- Publication number 20240173102
- Publication date May 30, 2024
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Peter WEBBER
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
DUAL ALIGNER ASSEMBLY
- Publication number 20240156573
- Publication date May 16, 2024
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Fuming WU
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FABRICATING DENTAL APPLIANCES HAVING VARIAB...
- Publication number 20240008956
- Publication date Jan 11, 2024
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Allen Boronkay
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CUSTOMIZING A RAPID PALATAL EXPANDER
- Publication number 20230404714
- Publication date Dec 21, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Fuming WU
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TOOTH MODELING
- Publication number 20230409763
- Publication date Dec 21, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Eric Kuo
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOOTH MODELING USING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL X-RAY IMAGE
- Publication number 20230390033
- Publication date Dec 7, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Fuming Wu
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
INDIVIDUALIZED ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT INDEX
- Publication number 20230293265
- Publication date Sep 21, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Eric E. Kuo
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
PALATAL EXPANDERS AND METHODS OF EXPANDING A PALATE
- Publication number 20230200947
- Publication date Jun 29, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Yaser SHANJANI
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
CUSTOMIZED FABRICATION OF ORTHODONTIC RETAINERS BASED ON PATIENT AN...
- Publication number 20230202114
- Publication date Jun 29, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Siobhan O'LEARY
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CUSTOMIZING A RAPID PALATAL EXPANDER
- Publication number 20230157791
- Publication date May 25, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Fuming WU
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
METHOD TO VISUALIZE AND MANUFACTURE ALIGNER BY MODIFYING TOOTH POSI...
- Publication number 20230144519
- Publication date May 11, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Vadim Matov
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
PROSTHODONTIC AND ORTHODONTIC APPARATUS AND METHODS
- Publication number 20230070875
- Publication date Mar 9, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Eric KUO
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR DENTAL ATTAC...
- Publication number 20230069617
- Publication date Mar 2, 2023
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Fuming WU
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS FOR TREATMENT PLANNING WITH OVERCORRECTION
- Publication number 20220370172
- Publication date Nov 24, 2022
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Vadim Matov
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
PALATAL EXPANDERS AND METHODS OF EXPANDING A PALATE
- Publication number 20220175494
- Publication date Jun 9, 2022
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Yaser SHANJANI
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGING ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS
- Publication number 20220079445
- Publication date Mar 17, 2022
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Jun SATO
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
TREATMENT PLAN SPECIFIC BITE ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURES
- Publication number 20220023010
- Publication date Jan 27, 2022
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Rohit Tanugula
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
GENERATING A DYNAMIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL OCCLUSOGRAM
- Publication number 20210378791
- Publication date Dec 9, 2021
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Vadim Matov
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOOTH MODELING USING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL X-RAY IMAGE
- Publication number 20210275282
- Publication date Sep 9, 2021
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Fuming Wu
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
MULTI-MATERIAL ALIGNERS
- Publication number 20210093419
- Publication date Apr 1, 2021
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Allen Boronkay
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CUSTOMIZING A RAPID PALATAL EXPANDER
- Publication number 20210068926
- Publication date Mar 11, 2021
- Align Technology, Inc.
- Fuming WU
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE

Jihua Cheng

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Dental attachment positioning apparatuses

Methods for orthodontic progress tracking

Methods for parametric attachments

Methods and systems for imaging removable dental appliances

Individualized orthodontic treatment index

Palatal expanders for controlling crown tipping

Palatal expanders and methods of designing palatal expanders

Method for appliances with bite adjustment structures

Systems for treatment planning with overcorrection

Palatal expanders and methods of forming the same

Palatal expanders and methods of expanding a palate

Dental attachment formation structures

Methods for designing multi-material aligners

Systems for generating digital models of patient teeth

Methods for generating orthodontic models having bite adjustment st...

Tooth scan model calibration

Multi-material aligners

Individualized orthodontic treatment index

Methods and apparatuses for customizing a rapid palatal expander

Customized fabrication of orthodontic retainers based on patient an...

Prosthodontic and orthodontic apparatus and methods

Devices, systems, and computer-implemented methods for dental attac...

Method to visualize and manufacture aligner by modifying tooth posi...

Treatment plan specific bite adjustment structures

Palatal expanders and methods of expanding a palate

Prosthodontic and orthodontic apparatus and methods

Method to manufacture aligner by modifying tooth position

Prosthodontic and orthodontic apparatus and methods

Methods and systems for imaging orthodontic aligners

Treatment plan specific bite adjustment structures

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

ORTHODONTIC PROGRESS TRACKING USING COARSE TO FINE 3D MODELS

PATIENT-CUSTOMIZED DENTAL APPLIANCES

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ATTACHMENT DESIGN AND PLACEMENT

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYSIS OF DENTAL ATTACHMENTS

INDIVIDUALIZED ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT INDEX

METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CUSTOMIZING A RAPID PALATAL EXPANDER

PALATAL EXPANDERS AND METHODS OF EXPANDING A PALATE

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DENTAL TREATMENT WITH OVERCORRECTION

TREATMENT PLAN SPECIFIC BITE ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURES

DENTAL ATTACHMENT POSITIONING APPARATUSES

DUAL ALIGNER ASSEMBLY

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FABRICATING DENTAL APPLIANCES HAVING VARIAB...

METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CUSTOMIZING A RAPID PALATAL EXPANDER

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TOOTH MODELING

THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOOTH MODELING USING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL X-RAY IMAGE

INDIVIDUALIZED ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT INDEX

PALATAL EXPANDERS AND METHODS OF EXPANDING A PALATE

CUSTOMIZED FABRICATION OF ORTHODONTIC RETAINERS BASED ON PATIENT AN...

METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CUSTOMIZING A RAPID PALATAL EXPANDER

METHOD TO VISUALIZE AND MANUFACTURE ALIGNER BY MODIFYING TOOTH POSI...

PROSTHODONTIC AND ORTHODONTIC APPARATUS AND METHODS

DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR DENTAL ATTAC...

SYSTEMS FOR TREATMENT PLANNING WITH OVERCORRECTION

PALATAL EXPANDERS AND METHODS OF EXPANDING A PALATE

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGING ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS

TREATMENT PLAN SPECIFIC BITE ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURES

GENERATING A DYNAMIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL OCCLUSOGRAM

THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOOTH MODELING USING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL X-RAY IMAGE

MULTI-MATERIAL ALIGNERS

METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CUSTOMIZING A RAPID PALATAL EXPANDER