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Walmart Patent Portfolio – Exemplary Landscape Overview

Walmart is a leading technology company focused on innovation and creating and monetizing its Intellectual Property across jurisdictions. This exemplary study/report presents a high-level brief analysis of the Patent Portfolio of the Corporate, and various attributes/parameters on which the said entities Patent Portfolio is being represented.

Walmart along with its key subsidiaries has a total of around 8841 patents/applications globally as of the date of the instant publication, out of which 3026 patents have been issued. Of these 8841 patents/applications, more than 51.22% patents/applications are active. United States is where Walmart has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by World Intellectual Property Organization.

Most of the patents of the Walmart are in the classification of G06Q and G06F, which indicates the core areas of technology focus of the company.

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Some exemplary patents of Walmart Portfolio have been covered and demonstrated in this article and the instant article further indicates additional insights into the portfolio, such as worldwide patent filing activity, patent filing trend over the years, and many other statistics pertaining to the concerned entity. Certain other interesting innovations trends of the Walmart Portfolio have also been placed below for exemplary and illustration purposes only. A detailed report can also be generated and shared for any other entity on the lines desired, for which a simple email can be sent to iiprd@iiprd.com indicating the nature of insights required and the scope/intent of the study/exercise. We can also be contacted through www.iiprd.com, wherein IIPRD is a leading IP Asset Management and IP/Patent Support Practice with over 350 professionals spread across multiple jurisdictions in the US, India, South-East Asia, and the GCC.

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To continue further, Walmart has a total of 8841 patents/applications filed globally. These patents/applications belong to 3830 unique patent families. Out of 8841, 4528 patents/applications are active/pending and 4313 patent/applications are inactive.

The below graphical representation indicates yearly filing trends of the Walmart, which shows that the number of applications peaked in 2017 with 2023-2024 filings potentially still being recorded, indicating that the trend could rise further.

Filling Trend

ear of Patents Filing or Grant VS Applications Filed VS Patents Granted

How many Walmart Portfolio patents are Alive/Dead?

WorldWide Legal Trend

Countries in which Walmart Filed Patents

Publication Country

10 Best Walmart Portfolio Patents

The patent US7672930 is the most cited in the portfolio, with 1546 citations to date.

Most Cited Patents

Walmart Portfolio Top 10 Inventors

High Donald Ray is the top inventor with 1254 filings.

Top InventorsPatent Family with Most Filings

The patent family 74103683 has the highest number of filings worldwide, with 111 unique family members.

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