Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
142 patents granted to the 8 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 FedEx Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
142
130 utility, 12 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
21
Against 15 in 2024 and 15 in 2023
Applications published
125
27 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
8
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 management12
Control11
Computer technology8
Transport8
Digital communication7
Handling6
Environmental technology4
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy2
Measurement2
Medical technology1
Civil engineering1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name8 counted
Federal Express Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
47 publishedFederal Express Corporation a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
65 publishedFedEx Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 publishedFEDEX CORPORATION its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
8 publishedFEDEX DATAWORKS, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 publishedFedEx Office and Print Services, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedFederal Express Corporation, a corporation of Delaware a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedGenco Marketplace, Inc a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedNames not counted (4)
FedEx Ground Package System Corporation
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in CA. 4 granted and 5 published under it are not counted.
FedEx Ground Package System Corporation
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in CA. 0 granted and 6 published under it are not counted.
FDX CORP
Most of its patents print JP; this name counts in US. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
FedEx Freight, Inc.
Also listed as a subsidiary by FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc.. 0 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,505,402 | Methods and node apparatus for adaptive node communication within a wireless node network | Digital communication | Federal Express Corporation |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,505,401 | Methods and node apparatus for adaptive node communication within a wireless node network | Digital communication | Federal Express Corporation |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 12,481,950 | Sensor based logistics system | IT methods for management | Federal Express Corporation |
| Nov 11, 2025 | D1,101,557 | Packaging for a shipping container | | Federal Express Corporation |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12,427,348 | Systems and methods for suppressing fire in containers | Environmental technology | Federal Express Corporation |
| Sep 23, 2025 | 12,424,044 | Apparatus, systems, and methods for performing a dispatched logistics operation for a deliverable item from a hold-at-location logistics facility using a modular autonomous bot apparatus assembly, a dispatch server and an enhanced remotely actuated logistics receptacle apparatus | Control | Federal Express Corporation |
| Sep 2, 2025 | 12,406,224 | Centrally managed apparatus, systems, and methods for tuning a plurality of enhanced node-based logistics receptacles | IT methods for management | Federal Express Corporation |
| Sep 2, 2025 | 12,406,221 | Enhanced systems, apparatus, and methods for positioning of an airborne relocatable communication hub supporting a plurality of wireless devices | Transport | Federal Express Corporation |
| Aug 12, 2025 | 12,387,544 | Methods of performing a dispatched consumer-to-store logistics operation for an item being replaced using a modular autonomous bot apparatus assembly and a dispatch server | Control | Federal Express Corporation |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 12,380,754 | Methods and apparatus for providing enhanced automated access to a dispatched personal delivery device operative to transport a shipment item | Transport | Federal Express Corporation |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0384387 | Centrally Managed Apparatus, Systems, and Methods for Tuning a Plurality of Enhanced Node-based Logistics Receptacles | IT methods for management | Federal Express Corporation |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0384384 | ENHANCED SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING OF AN AIRBORNE RELOCATABLE COMMUNICATION HUB SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS DEVICES | Transport | Federal Express Corporation |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0382143 | VEHICLE PROXIMITY SENSOR FOR POSITIONING A VEHICLE AT A DOCK | Control | Federal Express Corporation |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 2025/0371211 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING WORK SITE OPERATIONS USING A WIRELESS-BASED TRACKING SYSTEM | IT methods for management | Federal Express Corporation |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 2025/0342433 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS INVOLVING AN ENHANCED CONNECTED NODE-BASED LOGISTICS RECEPTACLE AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME | IT methods for management | Federal Express Corporation |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 2025/0340415 | LOCATING OBJECTS RELATIVE TO A DISTANCE FROM A GEOFENCE IN A REAL TIME LOCATION SYSTEM | Measurement | Federal Express Corporation |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 2025/0322186 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING OBJECT LOCATIONS | Digital communication | Federal Express Corporation |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 2025/0321314 | OBJECT TRACKING METHOD AND SYSTEM | Measurement | Federal Express Corporation |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 2025/0315777 | METHODS, NODE APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS CREATING A NETWORK FOR ENHANCED MONITORING OF ITEMS IN TRANSIT | Digital communication | Federal Express Corporation |
| Sep 18, 2025 | 2025/0294509 | LOCATING OBJECTS RELATIVE TO A GEOFENCE IN A REAL TIME LOCATION SYSTEM | Digital communication | Federal Express Corporation |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 10 · IT methods for management 10 · Handling 5 · Control 4 · Measurement 3 · Computer technology 2.
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.