270 patents currently held
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
The next term ends in Aug 2031. from the record
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Patent families
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
fee due within 90 days
all others
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Dec 2033 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Jul 2035 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Nov 2034 · High confidence
Robot for Transporting Storage Bins
US 9,422,108
Cited by 130 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2033.
Robot for Transporting Storage Bins
US 10,294,025
Cited by 44 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, and renewed at 2 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2035.
Storage System
US 10,189,641
Cited by 78 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, and renewed at 2 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2034.
Fee deadlines
Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
- 3 fees due Dec 6 to 27, 2026 · next Dec 6
- 3 fees due Jan 4 to 18, 2027 · next Jan 4
- 2 fees due Feb 1 to 8, 2027 · next Feb 1
- 2 fees due Mar 5 to 26, 2027 · next Mar 5
- 8 fees due Apr 3 to 30, 2027 · next Apr 3
- 7 fees due May 7 to 28, 2027 · next May 7
- 4 fees due Jun 3 to 29, 2027 · next Jun 3
- 3 fees due Jul 9 to 16, 2027 · next Jul 9
- 6 fees due Aug 4 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 4
- 1 fee due Sep 5, 2027The maintenance fee for Automated Storage and Retrieval System Comprising a Relay Module and a Method of Operating Such a System (US 11,919,711) comes due Sep 5, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 6, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Nov 7, 2027The maintenance fee for A Method and System for Controlling the Operation of Container Handling Vehicles and Drones Serving an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (US 11,975,744) comes due Nov 7, 2027. Unpaid by May 8, 2028, it lapses early.
Recent changes
- 25 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 184 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Robot for Transporting Storage Bins (2015) | 10 in force | to Jun 2034 |
| Storage System | 4 in force | to May 2036 |
| Robot for Transporting Storage Bins (2016) | 4 in force | to Jul 2035 |
| Cooled Storage System | 4 in force | to Apr 2035 |
| Express bin lift for automated storage system | 3 in force | to Dec 2039 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 9,220,356 | Rotating Device for Receiving and Handling Goods In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 12,304,733 | Storage System In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 9,422,108 | Robot for Transporting Storage Bins In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,656,802 | Robot for Transporting Storage Bins In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 9,856,082 | Storage System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,862,579 | Automated storage system In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,093,525 | Robot for Transporting Storage Bins In force · Low confidence | In force | Low confidence | |
| US 10,494,239 | Automated Storage System and Robot for Transporting Storage Bins In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,696,478 | Automated Storage System In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 11,794,997 | Method for Operating a Bin Storage System and Robot Vehicle In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 270: 301 applications pending · 18 applications abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.