What Did The Patent Landscape of Fedex Corporation Look Like?

FedEx Corporation is a multinational courier delivery services company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The company was founded in 1971 by Frederick W. Smith and has since grown to become one of the largest logistics companies in the world. FedEx operates a vast network of transportation, e-commerce, and supply chain solutions that serve millions of customers in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide. FedEx’s market capitalization was approximately $84 billion USD.

Fedex Corporation has a total of 97 patents globally. Out of 97 patents, 57 patents are active.    

The USA is where FedEx has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and Japan and it also seems reasonable as the biggest market for FedEx in the United States   

Have a look at some of the most well-known patents held by Fedex Corporation that we have covered in this article. You can also get information on Fedex Corporation’s patents, the global patent filing activity country-wise, its historical patent filing trends, and many more statistics regarding Fedex Corporation’s patent portfolio. 

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in FedEx

This chart shows the number of applications filed and the number of grants from these applications. Grant rate is a good indicator to identify successful applications and the graph helps to understand the progress in the technology area.

Detailed Patent Portfolio Of FedEx

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	DEAD	LAPSED	9
		DISCONTINUATION	7
		REJECTED	3
		ABANDONED	3
		EXPIRED	2
		WITHDRAWN	2
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	19
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	6
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	1
PATENT	ACTIVE	GRANTED	28
	DEAD	EXPIRED	2
		NON-PAYMENT	2
		ABANDONED	1
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	1
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	10

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in FedEx

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in FedEx on the basis of the technology protected in patents. This helps to understand the most frequently used concepts and the key focus areas in the technology space.

Top Publications In The Domain With Their Forward Citation Frequency

The table below depicts the patents with most number of forward citations. These patents are likely to be the source of advancement in the domain and can be considered as valuable and core inventions.

Publication Number	Year Wise Break Down					Count of Citing Patents
Publication Number	< 2006	2006-2010	2011-2015	2016-2020	>2020	Count of Citing Patents
US-8989053-B1	0	0	10	490	137	637
US-4832204-A	111	138	100	42	11	402
US-6332098-B2	31	82	62	32	8	215
US-9183100-B2	0	0	0	68	133	201
US-20110078089-A1	0	1	9	80	82	172
US-20120214506-A1	0	0	14	75	35	124
US-20100267375-A1	0	1	19	87	12	119
US-20170278061-A1	0	0	0	62	55	117
US-20110077909-A1	0	0	15	86	12	113
US-20170013547-A1	0	0	0	76	34	110

Who Were The Leading Patent Filers Countries Till 2021 In FedEx?

IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In FedEx

The table below represents the top 10 market domains according to their IPC classification where inventors believed it was critical to safeguard certain technical inventions.

IPC Classification	Number of Applications	Number of Granted	% Granted
DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (G06Q)	30	10	33
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (G06F)	21	11	52
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (H04W)	15	7	47
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (H04L)	9	3	33
RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (G06K)	8	5	63
TRANSMISSION (H04B)	7	5	71
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (G01N)	6	2	33
CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES (B65D)	5	1	20
TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (B65G)	5	2	40
FIRE-FIGHTING (A62C)	4	1	25

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