Company Analysis

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (CHRW)

Nasdaq: CHRW · Arrangement of Transportation of Freight & Cargo · Eden Prairie, MN · filing with the SEC since 1997
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◀ Past 7.1● Present 6.5▶ Future 4.3

Patents

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

7 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 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
7
7 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 1 in 2024 and none in 2023
Applications published
7
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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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 management3
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
Freightview, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
0 published
Freightview, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
4 published
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
Freightquote.com, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 29, 202412,131,362Computer program, method, and system for facilitating commercial transactions between a user and a vendorIT methods for managementFreightview, Inc.
Sep 21, 202111,127,058Computer program, method, and system for facilitating commercial transactions between a user and a vendorIT methods for managementFreightview, Inc.
Aug 24, 202111,100,549Method and system for managing shipment informationIT methods for managementFreightview, Inc.
Sep 3, 201910,402,878Computer program, method, and system for facilitating commercial transactions between a user and a vendorIT methods for managementFreightview, Inc.
Apr 26, 20169,321,550Foldable containersHandlingC.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
Apr 7, 20158,998,072Foldable containersHandlingC.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
Sep 30, 20087,430,517System and method for marketing over computer networksIT methods for managementFreightquote.com, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Jan 16, 20252025/0022025COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN A USER AND A VENDORIT methods for managementFreightview, Inc.
Jan 6, 20222022/0005094COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN A USER AND A VENDORIT methods for managementFreightview, Inc. · patent 12,131,362 granted from it
Dec 2, 20212021/0374817METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SHIPMENT INFORMATIONIT methods for managementFreightview, Inc.
Dec 19, 20192019/0385205COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN A USER AND A VENDORIT methods for managementFreightview, Inc. · patent 11,127,058 granted from it
Jul 30, 20152015/0210421FOLDABLE CONTAINERSHandlingC.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. · patent 9,321,550 granted from it
Oct 9, 20142014/0304103COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SHIPMENT INFORMATIONIT methods for managementFreightquote.com, Inc. · patent 11,100,549 granted from it
Jan 9, 20142014/0008262FOLDABLE CONTAINERSHandlingC.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. · patent 8,998,072 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: IT methods for management 1.

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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