MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (MSM)
Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 20267 patents granted to the 3 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 MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
3 published
2 published
1 published
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2023 | 11,712,773 | Machine tool operations optimization | IT methods for management | MSC Services Corp. |
| Apr 18, 2023 | 11,628,572 | Robotic pack station | Handling | MSC Services Corp. |
| Aug 4, 2020 | 10,733,653 | System and method for alternative product selection and profitability indication | IT methods for management | MSC Services Corp. |
| Feb 12, 2019 | 10,204,251 | Network based vendor-managed inventory system and method | Computer technology | MSC Services Corp. |
| Jan 8, 2019 | 10,176,446 | System and method for inventory management, cost savings delivery and decision making | IT methods for management | MSC Services Corp. |
| Jun 9, 2015 | 9,053,452 | Supply ordering system and method | IT methods for management | MSC Services Corp. |
| Aug 17, 2004 | 6,776,068 | Valve operator | Machine tools | WM. F. Hurst Co., Inc. |
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 2020 | 2020/0376668 | Robotic Pack Station | Handling | MSC Services Corp. · patent 11,628,572 granted from it |
| May 2, 2019 | 2019/0130353 | NETWORK BASED VENDOR-MANAGED INVENTORY SYSTEM AND METHOD | IT methods for management | MSC Services Corp. |
| Feb 14, 2019 | 2019/0050929 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT SELECTION AND PROFITABILITY INDICATION | IT methods for management | MSC Services Corp. · patent 10,733,653 granted from it |
| Dec 28, 2017 | 2017/0372243 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT, COST SAVINGS DELIVERY AND DECISION MAKING | IT methods for management | MSC Services Corp. · patent 10,176,446 granted from it |
| Nov 7, 2013 | 2013/0292465 | SUPPLY ORDERING SYSTEM AND METHOD | IT methods for management | MSC Services Corp. · patent 9,053,452 granted from it |
| Mar 11, 2004 | 2004/0045414 | Valve operator | Machine tools | WM. F. Hurst Co., Inc. · patent 6,776,068 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.