What Did The Patent Landscape of Home Depot Look Like?

The Home Depot is a leading home improvement retailer in the United States, established in 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. The company has since expanded to become the largest home improvement retailer in the world, with over 2,200 stores across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Home Depot offers a wide range of products and services, including building materials, tools, appliances, and home decor, and is known for its knowledgeable staff and commitment to customer service.

Home Depot has a total of 314 patents globally. Out of 314 patents, 173 patents are active.  

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

Patent-application Success Trend Year Wise In Home Depot

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 Home Depot

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	115
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	21
APPLICATION	ACTIVE	GRANTED	33
	DEAD	LAPSED	11
		DISCONTINUATION	9
		REJECTED	5
		NON-PAYMENT	2
		ABANDONED	1
		CEASED	1
		EXPIRED	1
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	20
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	5
PATENT	DEAD	EXPIRED	29
		CEASED	13
		NON-PAYMENT	1
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	11
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	2
UTILITY MODEL	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	20
UTILITY MODEL	ACTIVE	GRANTED	14

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Home Depot

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Home Depot 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-4934233-A	111	75	35	18	4	243
US-20140136285-A1	0	0	1	133	43	177
US-4576072-A	39	35	33	20	8	135
US-6986370-B1	5	45	42	35	7	134
US-20110055049-A1	0	0	46	61	13	120
US-4599927-A	43	22	32	18	3	118
US-4641557-A	33	50	17	7	0	107
US-20040089125-A1	5	41	24	14	8	92
US-20020050201-A1	6	16	28	20	9	79
US-10438273-B2	0	0	0	0	72	72

Who Were The Leading Patent Filers Countries Till 2021 In Home Depot?

IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Home Depot

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)	33	5	15
PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (B23D)	24	20	83
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (G06F)	24	0	0
DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL, CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT (B23Q)	15	14	93
PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS (A45C)	13	12	92
SAWS FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; COMPONENTS OR ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (B27B)	11	9	82
FIBREBOARD; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM CELLULOSIC FIBROUS SUSPENSIONS OR FROM PAPIER-MÂCHÉ (D21J)	10	4	40
HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (A47G)	8	8	100
COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS (G06N)	8	1	13
ACCESSORY MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR WORKING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; TOOLS FOR WORKING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; SAFETY DEVICES FOR WOOD WORKING MACHINES OR TOOLS (B27G)	7	6	86

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