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Bentonville, AR, United States of America

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

USPTO Granted Patents = 405

% Expired Patents = 20.7

CIPO Patents = 12

Trademarks = 197

Forward Citations = 3,706

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360 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

Anthony Emile Marcar (66 out of 76 patents)

Stuart Argue (66 out of 75 patents)

Nicholaus Adam Jones (33 out of 173 patents)

4. Anand Rajaraman (26 out of 32 patents)

5. Bruce Walter Wilkinson (25 out of 117 patents)

6. Abhishek Gattani (21 out of 34 patents)

7. Digvijay Singh Lamba (18 out of 19 patents)

8. Donald R High (16 out of 208 patents)

9. Richard Neil Cancro, Jr (15 out of 17 patents)

10. Douglas James Pedley (15 out of 21 patents)

11. Joel Bennett Acker, Jr (14 out of 17 patents)

12. Matthew Allen Jones (12 out of 152 patents)

13. Robert J Taylor (11 out of 129 patents)

14. Michael D Atchley (11 out of 94 patents)

15. Narasimhan Rampalli (10 out of 13 patents)

Core Competencies:

Inventory Management

Electronic Shopping Carts

Consumer Monitoring

Shoplifting Detection

Mobile Device Integration

Automated Promotions

RFID Technology

Product Tracking

Queue Management

Shopping Assistance

Delivery Systems

Consumer Behavior Analysis

405 patents: Sort by Forward Citations

1. 11068932 - Systems and methods for processing or mining visitor interests from graphical user interfaces displaying referral websites (2021-07-20),

2. 10909495 - Systems and methods for implementing incentive-based demand distribution techniques using queue time estimates (2021-02-02),

3. 10607267 - Systems and methods for identifying potential shoplifting incidents (2020-03-31),

4. 10040469 - Shopping cart bagging station and method of forming the same (2018-08-07),

5. 10040468 - Shopping cart basket (2018-08-07),

6. 10017322 - Systems and methods for moving pallets via unmanned motorized unit-guided forklifts (2018-07-10),

7. 9996821 - Consumer demand-based inventory management system (2018-06-12),

8. 9994434 - Overriding control of motorize transport unit systems, devices and methods (2018-06-12),

9. 9994400 - Conveyors for sorting products (2018-06-12),

10. 9990664 - Methods and systems for monitoring a facility (2018-06-05),

11. 9990605 - Systems and methods for labeling consumer items with unique identifiers (2018-06-05),

12. 9984403 - Electronic shopping cart processing system and method (2018-05-29),

13. 9984355 - Systems and methods for monitoring location of products on shelves at a retail sales facility (2018-05-29),

14. 9965788 - System and method for prioritized product index searching (2018-05-08),

15. 9953388 - Systems and methods of monitoring the unloading and loading of delivery vehicles (2018-04-24),

Wal-mart Stores, Inc. is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. It is the world's largest company by revenue, with over 11,000 stores in 27 countries. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.

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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Sep 15 2026

405 Patents

#2 in Bentonville, AR

#3 in Arkansas

#1,158 in US

#2,306 in the World

Bentonville, AR, United States of America

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Forward Citations = 3,706

360 inventors:

Anthony Emile Marcar (66 out of 76 patents)

Stuart Argue (66 out of 75 patents)

Nicholaus Adam Jones (33 out of 173 patents)

4. Anand Rajaraman (26 out of 32 patents)

5. Bruce Walter Wilkinson (25 out of 117 patents)

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