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Align Technology Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 7/31/20, at 4:16pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1097149-20-49   ·   File #:  0-32259

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 7/31/20  Align Technology Inc              10-Q        6/30/20   78:10M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.13M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     75K 
12: R2          Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     29K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     81K 
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     37K 
                Income                                                           
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     96K 
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     38K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     76K 
                Equity                                                           
18: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    114K 
19: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     47K 
20: R10         Investments and Fair Value Measurements             HTML    169K 
21: R11         Balance Sheet Components                            HTML     85K 
22: R12         Business Combinations                               HTML     53K 
23: R13         Goodwill and Long-lived Assets                      HTML    105K 
24: R14         Equity Method Investments                           HTML     27K 
25: R15         Credit Facilities                                   HTML     26K 
26: R16         Impairments and Other (Gains) Charges               HTML     26K 
27: R17         Legal Proceedings                                   HTML     46K 
28: R18         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     91K 
29: R19         Common Stock Repurchase Programs                    HTML     26K 
30: R20         Accounting for Income Taxes                         HTML     35K 
31: R21         Net Income Per Share                                HTML     60K 
32: R22         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     45K 
33: R23         Segments and Geographical Information               HTML    188K 
34: R24         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     57K 
                (Policies)                                                       
35: R25         Investments and Fair Value Measurements (Tables)    HTML    167K 
36: R26         Balance Sheet Components (Tables)                   HTML     92K 
37: R27         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML    109K 
38: R28         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     92K 
39: R29         Net Income Per Share (Tables)                       HTML     59K 
40: R30         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     44K 
41: R31         Segments and Geographical Information (Tables)      HTML    186K 
42: R32         Investments and Fair Value Measurements Short-Term  HTML     48K 
                and Long-Term Marketable Securities (Details)                    
43: R33         Investments and Fair Value Measurements Additional  HTML     47K 
                Information (Details)                                            
44: R34         Investments and Fair Value Measurements Summary of  HTML     97K 
                Financial Assets Measured at Fair Value on                       
                Recurring Basis (Details)                                        
45: R35         Investments and Fair Value Measurements Derivative  HTML     70K 
                Notional Instruments (Details)                                   
46: R36         Balance Sheet Components Inventories (Details)      HTML     32K 
47: R37         Balance Sheet Components Prepaid Expenses and       HTML     33K 
                Other Current Assets (Details)                                   
48: R38         Balance Sheet Components Accrued Liabilities        HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R39         Balance Sheet Components Warranty Accrual Activity  HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R40         Balance Sheet Components Deferred Revenues          HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R41         Balance Sheet Components Narrative (Details)        HTML     40K 
52: R42         Business Combinations (Details)                     HTML     71K 
53: R43         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Change in          HTML     35K 
                Carrying Value of Goodwill (Details)                             
54: R44         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Intangible Assets  HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R45         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Total Estimated    HTML     38K 
                Annual Future Amortization Expense for Acquired                  
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
56: R46         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Narrative          HTML     28K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R47         Equity Method Investments (Details)                 HTML     41K 
58: R48         Credit Facilities - Additional Information          HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R49         Impairments and Other (Gains) Charges (Details)     HTML     29K 
60: R50         Legal Proceedings - Narrative (Details)             HTML     39K 
61: R51         Commitments and Contingencies - Other Commitments   HTML     23K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R52         Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R53         Stockholders' Equity - Stock-Based Compensation     HTML     33K 
                Expense Related to All Stock-Based Awards and                    
                Employee Stock Purchases (Details)                               
64: R54         Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Nonvested Shares  HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R55         Stockholders' Equity - Summary of MSU Performance   HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R56         Stockholders' Equity - Stock-based Compensation     HTML     34K 
                Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Details)                           
67: R57         Common Stock Repurchase Programs - Additional       HTML     44K 
                Information (Details)                                            
68: R58         Accounting for Income Taxes - Additional            HTML     39K 
                Information (Details)                                            
69: R59         Computation of Basic and Diluted Net Income Per     HTML     48K 
                Share Attributable to Common Stock (Details)                     
70: R60         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Detail)         HTML     41K 
71: R61         Segments and Geographical Information - Additional  HTML     23K 
                Information (Details)                                            
72: R62         Segments and Geographical Information - Segment     HTML     56K 
                Information (Details)                                            
73: R63         Segments and Geographical Information - Net         HTML     36K 
                Revenues by Geographic Area (Details)                            
74: R64         Segments and Geographical Information - Long-Lived  HTML     36K 
                Assets by Geographic Area (Details)                              
76: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    141K 
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