Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
405 patents granted to the 2 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 Walmart Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
405
394 utility, 11 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
1,699
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
2
a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22
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 management1
Digital communication1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1,074 publishedWAL-MART STORES, INC. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
625 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Jul 20, 2021 | 11,068,932 | Systems and methods for processing or mining visitor interests from graphical user interfaces displaying referral websites | Digital communication | WAL-MART STORES, INC. |
| Feb 2, 2021 | 10,909,495 | Systems and methods for implementing incentive-based demand distribution techniques using queue time estimates | IT methods for management | WAL-MART STORES, INC. |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 10,607,267 | Systems and methods for identifying potential shoplifting incidents | Control | WAL-MART STORES, INC. |
| Aug 7, 2018 | 10,040,469 | Shopping cart bagging station and method of forming the same | Transport | WAL-MART STORES, INC. |
| Aug 7, 2018 | 10,040,468 | Shopping cart basket | Transport | WAL-MART STORES, INC. |
| Jul 10, 2018 | 10,017,322 | Systems and methods for moving pallets via unmanned motorized unit-guided forklifts | Handling | WAL-MART STORES, INC. |
| Jun 12, 2018 | 9,996,821 | Consumer demand-based inventory management system | IT methods for management | WAL-MART STORES, INC. |
| Jun 12, 2018 | 9,994,434 | Overriding control of motorize transport unit systems, devices and methods | IT methods for management | WAL-MART STORES, INC. |
| Jun 12, 2018 | 9,994,400 | Conveyors for sorting products | Handling | WAL-MART STORES, INC. |
| Jun 5, 2018 | 9,990,664 | Methods and systems for monitoring a facility | Computer technology | WAL-MART STORES, INC. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Mar 3, 2022 | 2022/0061554 | MAGNETIC SHELVING FENCE | Furniture, games | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · patent 11,896,148 granted from it |
| Aug 22, 2019 | 2019/0258614 | AUTO TOP OFF TOOL | Computer technology | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · patent 11,182,357 granted from it |
| Aug 1, 2019 | 2019/0238652 | WEB CACHING TECHNIQUES | Digital communication | WAL-MART STORES, INC. · patent 10,917,492 granted from it |
| Aug 1, 2019 | 2019/0238472 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL EVENT ENGINE FOR USE IN CLOUD ENVIRONMENT WITH HIGHLY AVAILABLE NETWORK TOPOLOGY | Digital communication | WAL-MART STORES, INC. · patent 10,721,170 granted from it |
| Aug 1, 2019 | 2019/0236676 | INTELLIGENT RECOMMENDATION ENGINE | Computer technology | WAL-MART STORES, INC. |
| Aug 1, 2019 | 2019/0236674 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CANDIDATES FOR ITEM SUBSTITUTION | Computer technology | WAL-MART STORES, INC. · patent 10,769,694 granted from it |
| Aug 1, 2019 | 2019/0236639 | AUTOMATIC RESOLUTION OF THE EXPLORE-EXPLOIT DECISION IN OMNICHANNEL SETTINGS | Digital communication | WAL-MART STORES, INC. · patent 11,042,895 granted from it |
| Aug 1, 2019 | 2019/0236621 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING CONTENT VARIATIONS | IT methods for management | WAL-MART STORES, INC. |
| Aug 1, 2019 | 2019/0236541 | AUTOMATED EXCEPTION EVENT HANDLER FOR RESOLVING SHIPPING EXCEPTIONS | IT methods for management | WAL-MART STORES, INC. · patent 11,681,976 granted from it |
| Aug 1, 2019 | 2019/0236488 | MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSMITTING PUSH NOTIFICATIONS | Digital communication | WAL-MART STORES, INC. · patent 11,087,237 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.