Company Analysis

AutoZone, Inc. (AZO)

NYSE: AZO · Retail-Auto & Home Supply Stores · Memphis, TN · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade6.4
◀ Past 7.5● Present 5.7▶ Future 6.5

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

13 patents granted to the 5 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to AutoZone, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
13
9 utility, 4 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 1 in 2024 and none in 2023
Applications published
8
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
5
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'97'04'06'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'24
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
IT methods for management2
Computer technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
AutoZone, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
0 published
ALLDATA LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
0 published
ALLDATA LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
5 published
AutoZone Parts, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
3 published
AutoZone Parts, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Feb 13, 202411,900,333Systems and apparatuses facilitating a do-it-yourself experience-based repair solutionIT methods for managementAutoZone Parts, Inc.
Nov 30, 202111,188,191Vehicle diagnostic systems and methodsComputer technologyALLDATA LLC
Aug 17, 202111,093,906Systems and apparatuses facilitating a do-it-yourself experience-based repair solutionIT methods for managementAutoZone Parts, Inc.
Dec 1, 202010,852,910Vehicle diagnostic systems and methodsComputer technologyALLDATA LLC
Mar 31, 202010,606,445Vehicle diagnostic systems and methodsComputer technologyALLDATA LLC
Dec 18, 201810,156,960Vehicle diagnostic systems and methodsComputer technologyALLDATA LLC
Dec 6, 20169,513,789Vehicle diagnostic systems and methodsComputer technologyALLDATA LLC
Jan 17, 20066,986,250Master cylinder bleeding toolTransportAutoZone, Inc.
May 18, 2004D490,056Battery coverAutoZone, Inc.
May 18, 2004D490,055Battery coverAutoZone, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 25, 20212021/0365883SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING REAL-TIME DELIVERY ESTIMATESIT methods for managementAutoZone Parts, Inc.
Nov 4, 20212021/0342792SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FACILITATING A DO-IT-YOURSELF EXPERIENCE-BASED REPAIR SOLUTIONIT methods for managementAutoZone Parts, Inc. · patent 11,900,333 granted from it
Feb 11, 20212021/0042014VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODSComputer technologyALLDATA LLC · patent 11,188,191 granted from it
Jun 25, 20202020/0201517VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODSComputer technologyALLDATA LLC · patent 10,852,910 granted from it
Mar 28, 20192019/0095078VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODSComputer technologyALLDATA LLC · patent 10,606,445 granted from it
Sep 14, 20172017/0262815SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FACILITATING A DO-IT-YOURSELF EXPERIENCE-BASED REPAIR SOLUTIONIT methods for managementAutoZone Parts, Inc. · patent 11,093,906 granted from it
Feb 16, 20172017/0046048VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODSComputer technologyALLDATA LLC · patent 10,156,960 granted from it
Apr 30, 20152015/0121275VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODSComputer technologyALLDATA LLC · patent 9,513,789 granted from it

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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