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Lake Forest, IL, United States of America

W.w. Grainger, Inc.

USPTO Granted Patents = 102

% Expired Patents = 6.9

CIPO Patents = 2

Trademarks = 90

Forward Citations = 787

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86 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

Geoffry Arthur Westphal (65 out of 65 patents)

Jerry Shim (6 out of 6 patents)

Rahul Rahate (6 out of 6 patents)

4. Matt Leigh (6 out of 6 patents)

5. Fouad Bousetouane (5 out of 5 patents)

6. Robert H Scheer (4 out of 4 patents)

7. Thomas John Carroll (4 out of 4 patents)

8. Brice Klein (4 out of 4 patents)

9. Alessia Serafino (3 out of 3 patents)

10. Ghikhan Blossfeld-Lau (3 out of 3 patents)

11. Yang Xu (3 out of 3 patents)

12. Nirav Saraiya (3 out of 3 patents)

13. Ojasve Srikanth (3 out of 3 patents)

14. Erwin Cruz (3 out of 3 patents)

15. Svetlana Kharlamova (2 out of 2 patents)

Core Competencies:

Visual Search

Inventory Management

User Interface

Augmented Reality

Product Catalog

Geographical Locations

Automated Customer Orders

Image Recognition

Supply Chain Information

Contextual Search

Shopping Carts

Tracking Beacons

102 patents: Sort by Forward Citations

1. 12646084 - Systems and methods for providing navigation tendencies to users of a website (2026-06-02),

2. 12640000 - Robotic vending machine system (2026-05-26),

3. D1083928 - Product scanner (2025-07-15),

4. 12346874 - Vision-based system and method for providing inventory data collection and management (2025-07-01),

5. 12229813 - System and method for providing three-dimensional, visual search (2025-02-18),

6. 12200171 - Systems and methods for providing call center service with visual search (2025-01-14),

7. 12141851 - System and method for providing tap-less, real-time visual search (2024-11-12),

8. 12106357 - Crowd sourced real-time search engine filters and user interfaces (2024-10-01),

9. 12056734 - System and method for providing personalized search results (2024-08-06),

10. 11836977 - System and method for hybrid visual searches and augmented reality (2023-12-05),

11. 11836678 - System and method for managing product inventory (2023-12-05),

12. 11836182 - System and method for using an image to obtain search results (2023-12-05),

13. 11682064 - Systems and methods for providing simultaneous shopping carts (2023-06-20),

14. D957415 - Computer display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface (2022-07-12),

15. D957414 - Computer display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface (2022-07-12),

Company Overview

W.W. Grainger, Inc. is a leading distributor of industrial supplies, MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations) products, and services. Headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, the company specializes in visual search technology to enhance inventory management and streamline user interfaces. Grainger focuses on integrating augmented reality and image recognition into its product catalog, facilitating automated customer orders and improving accessibility to geographical locations. The organization is committed to innovation in supply chain solutions, ensuring efficient operations for its diverse clientele.

Profile summary synthesized from public USPTO records and patent filings.

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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Oct 6 2026

102 Patents

#6 in Lake Forest, IL

#214 in Illinois

#3,716 in US

#7,641 in the World

Lake Forest, IL, United States of America

W.w. Grainger, Inc.

Forward Citations = 787

86 inventors:

Geoffry Arthur Westphal (65 out of 65 patents)

Jerry Shim (6 out of 6 patents)

Rahul Rahate (6 out of 6 patents)

4. Matt Leigh (6 out of 6 patents)

5. Fouad Bousetouane (5 out of 5 patents)

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Company Patent Portfolio: W.w. Grainger, Inc.. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/company/w-w-grainger

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

Data Sources: USPTO Patent Grant XML, Patent Center, EPO & CIPO • Normalized by IDiyas Innovation Graph. Methodology & provenance architecturePlease report any incorrect information to [email protected]

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