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Target Corporation (TGT)

NYSE: TGT · Retail-Variety Stores · Minneapolis, MN · filing with the SEC since 1994
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

1,999 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 Target Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
1,999
1,073 design, 926 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
106
Against 122 in 2024 and 115 in 2023
Applications published
1,058
65 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
3
a subsidiary, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Computer technology132
IT methods for management105
Digital communication38
Handling30
Audio-visual technology10
Measurement9
Furniture, games8
Transport6
Other consumer goods4
Control4
Textile and paper machines3
Thermal processes and apparatus2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
Target Brands, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1,996 granted
495 published
Target Brands, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
563 published
Dayton Hudson Corporation a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
Names not counted (1)
TARGET CORP
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 2025D1,107,400FootwearTarget Brands, Inc.
Dec 30, 2025D1,107,399FootwearTarget Brands, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,513,133Systems and methods for using enterprise IDP functionality to authorize user access across serversDigital communicationTarget Brands, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,506,764Event and rule-based dynamic security test systemDigital communicationTarget Brands, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,505,464Incremental value assessment tool and user interfaceIT methods for managementTarget Brands, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,503,147Tip limiting member for wheeled cart and assemblies thereofTransportTarget Brands, Inc.
Dec 16, 2025D1,105,918BottleTarget Brands, Inc.
Dec 16, 202512,500,918Website security with deceptive responsesDigital communicationTarget Brands, Inc.
Dec 16, 202512,499,434Combinable gift card components and process for activation and validation of assembled gift cardsIT methods for managementTarget Brands, Inc.
Dec 16, 202512,495,916Shelf-mountable imaging systemAudio-visual technologyTarget Brands, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0390932SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING DRIVE UP ORDER FULFILLMENTComputer technologyTarget Brands, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384380GENERATIVE AI ENABLED STORE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PLATFORMComputer technologyTarget Brands, Inc.
Dec 11, 20252025/0378420SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ON-SHELF AVAILABILITY STATUS OF AN ITEM WITHIN A RETAIL LOCATIONIT methods for managementTarget Brands, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0370589GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING CONTENT SUMMARIESComputer technologyTarget Brands, Inc.
Nov 20, 20252025/0356306MOBILE APPARATUS WITH COMPUTER VISION ELEMENTS FOR CLASSIFYING SHELF-SPACEComputer technologyTarget Brands, Inc.
Nov 20, 20252025/0352022SWEEPER MOP WITH ADJUSTABLE SIZED HEADFurniture, gamesTarget Brands, Inc.
Oct 30, 20252025/0337723SECURE TRANSFER OF ACCESS CREDENTIALSDigital communicationTarget Brands, Inc.
Oct 30, 20252025/0336223IMAGE DATA ANNOTATION AND MODEL TRAINING PLATFORMComputer technologyTarget Brands, Inc.
Oct 30, 20252025/0335961DATASET GENERATION PIPELINE USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS AND VISION LANGUAGE MODELSComputer technologyTarget Brands, Inc.
Oct 30, 20252025/0335892METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING METAVERSE DIGITAL ASSET BASED ON RETAILER DESIRED PURCHASE, PARTICIPATION OR ACTIONIT methods for managementTarget Brands, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: IT methods for management 60 · Computer technology 45 · Digital communication 15 · Transport 7 · Handling 4 · Audio-visual technology 3.

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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