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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Symbotic Llc, Wilmington, MA (US);
Inventors:
David B. Simpson, Fort Mill, SC (US);
William J. Fosnight, Windham, NH (US);
John G. Lert, Jr., Wakefield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Symbotic LLC, Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/1378 (2013.01); B65G 1/0485 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 1/065 (2013.01); B65G 1/137 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0258 (2013.01);
Abstract
An order fulfillment system includes a storage structure for storing totes, workstations for processing customer orders and a staging and sequencing buffer having staging locations for storing the totes. The staging and sequencing buffer provides a buffer for totes as mobile robots transfer totes from the storage structure and to the one or more workstations.