68 patents currently held

59 more in force are now held by other companies

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

The next term ends in Apr 2034. from the record

Of the 59 now held by other companies, 59 name Worklife Brands LLC as their current owner. Each row says so.

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Apr 2034

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notable patents fee due within 90 days all others Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know

Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank

Notable

Hybrid Modular Storage Fetching System US 10,683,171

The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 130 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data. Protection runs to 2037.

Ends Oct 2037 · Medium confidence Also notable

Intelligent Item Tracking and Expedited Item Reordering by Stakeholders US 10,706,456

Cited by 27 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data. Protection runs to 2037.

Ends May 2037 · High confidence Also notable

Restocking Hub With Interchangeable Buttons Mapped to Item Identifiers US 11,315,174

Cited by 12 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data. Protection runs to 2039.

Ends May 2039 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.

1 fee due Dec 20, 2026
The maintenance fee for Automated Guided Vehicle Control and Organizing Inventory Items Using Stock Keeping Unit Clusters (US 11,681,982) comes due Dec 20, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 21, 2027, it lapses early.
2 fees due Jan 11 to 18, 2027 · next Jan 11
2 fees due Feb 6, 2027
1 fee due Mar 3, 2027
The maintenance fee for Automated Determination, Notification, and Acquisition of Peripheral-Related Items (US 10,402,295) comes due Mar 3, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 3, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Apr 24, 2027
The maintenance fee for Restocking Hub With Interchangeable Buttons Mapped to Item Identifiers (US 11,798,067) comes due Apr 24, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 25, 2027, it lapses early.
2 fees due May 7 to 19, 2027 · next May 7
1 fee due Jul 21, 2027
The maintenance fee for Dynamic Item Placement Using 3-Dimensional Optimization of Space (US 10,540,821) comes due Jul 21, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 21, 2028, it lapses early.
6 fees due Aug 2 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 2
3 fees due Sep 3 to 26, 2027 · next Sep 3
1 fee due Nov 7, 2027
The maintenance fee for Automated Belt-Diverter System (US 11,975,926) comes due Nov 7, 2027. Unpaid by May 8, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

5 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

What they patent

The 5 largest of its 42 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Hybrid Modular Storage Fetching System	10 in force	to Feb 2039
Automated Sorting and Packing System	3 in force	to May 2042
Display Screen or Portion Thereof With a Transitional Graphical User Interface	3 in force	to Mar 2041
Mobile Interface for Marking and Organizing Images	3 in force	to Nov 2039
Restocking Hub With Interchangeable Buttons Mapped to Item Identifiers	3 in force	to May 2039

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 9,552,400	Defining and Mapping Application Interface Semantics In force Term ends Apr 30, 2034 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 30, 2034	High confidence
US 9,253,202	It Vulnerability Management System In force Term ends May 6, 2034 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 6, 2034	High confidence
US 10,552,866	Intelligent Content and Navigation In force Term ends Nov 11, 2035 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 11, 2035	High confidence
US 10,402,295	Automated Determination, Notification, and Acquisition of Peripheral-Related Items In force Term ends Dec 9, 2035 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 9, 2035	High confidence
US 10,198,762	Ordering Search Results to Maximize Financial Gain In force Term ends Mar 13, 2036 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 13, 2036	High confidence
US 10,372,791	Content Customization In force Term ends Dec 21, 2036 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 21, 2036	High confidence
US 11,989,688	Decision Support System for Optimizing the Unit Identifier Stocking Decision In force Term ends Mar 7, 2037 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 7, 2037	High confidence
US D945,472	Display Screen or Portion Thereof With a Transitional Graphical User Interface In force Term ends Mar 8, 2037 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 8, 2037	High confidence
US 10,099,864	Carton Induction Optimization in Order Fulfillment Picking System In force Term ends Mar 15, 2037 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 15, 2037	High confidence
US 10,282,718	Selective Invoice Option for Business Customers in an E-commerce Application In force Term ends Mar 15, 2037 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 15, 2037	High confidence

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Also on record, not counted in the 68: 59 patents in force now held by others · 94 patents ended · 12 applications pending · 14 applications abandoned. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built

Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.

Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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