Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Shaked Yuval
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/08/2018		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC [ALGN]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC., 2820 ORCHARD PARKWAY		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
SVP, Mgng Dir. iTero
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SAN JOSE, CA 95134		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Unit 07/20/2018(1)   (1) Common Stock 6,649 $ 0.0001 (2) D  
Restricted Stock Unit 02/20/2019(3)   (3) Common Stock 1,696 $ 0.0001 (2) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Shaked Yuval
C/O ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC.
2820 ORCHARD PARKWAY
SAN JOSE, CA 95134		       SVP, Mgng Dir. iTero  

Signatures

Roger E. George Atty-in-Fact for Yuval Shaked 08/14/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) 1/4th of the restricted stock unit granted on July 3, 2017 became vested on July 20, 2018 and 1/4th of the restricted stock unit will continue to vest annually. Shares will be delivered to reporting person on each vest date.
(2) Represents par value of ALGN common stock.
(3) 1/4th of the restricted stock unit granted on February 20, 2018 will become vested on February 20, 2019 and 1/4th of the restricted stock unit will vest annually thereafter. Shares will be delivered to reporting person on each vest date.

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