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 *
  DANAHER CORP /DE/
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/22/2009		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC [ALGN]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2099 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, 12TH FLOOR		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

WASHINGTON, DC 20006		 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)
Common Stock 8,437,132 (1)
D
 

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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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
DANAHER CORP /DE/
2099 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
12TH FLOOR
WASHINGTON, DC 20006		     X    

Signatures

James F. O'Reilly, Associate General Counsel and Secretary 09/22/2009
**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) On August 16, 2009, the Reporting Person entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with the Issuer in connection with the settlement of certain litigation pursuant to which the Issuer would grant to the Reporting Person at no additional cost 7,586,489 fully paid and nonassessable shares of Issuer common stock (the "Shares"). With respect to the Shares, 5,561,489 were issued to the Reporting Person on August 17, 2009, and the balance of 2,025,000 (the "Second Tranche Shares") are to be issued to the Reporting Person upon receipt of clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, as amended (the "HSR Act") and fulfillment of certain other conditions. The waiting period under the HSR Act expired at 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on September 21, 2009. On September 22, 2009 the Issuer issued the Second Tranche Shares to the Reporting Person.

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