Warehouse Slotting Patents: Top Companies & Filing Trends 2026
Automated Storage & Retrieval: Dynamic Warehouse Slotting Patents
One filer holds 30 of 59 records in scope, and the top five combined account for 72.9% of the field — this is a concentrated space, not a fragmented one. Filings climbed from zero in 2017 to a peak of 17 in 2020, the sharpest single-year concentration in the dataset. Activity from 2021 to 2024 grew 50% across that span, on the complete-year figures — a real but more measured pace than the 2020 spike suggests.
- 1OPEX CORP50.8%
- 2SYNKRATO INC6.8%
- 3JASCI LLC5.1%
- 4AHMANN ROBERT D5.1%
- 5PECK JOHN C5.1%
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- The complete ranking, not just the top five
- Every IPC branch with its share of the corpus
- The most-cited records, and where claim space is still thin
Common questions on this landscape
Who holds the most patents in dynamic warehouse slotting and automated storage & retrieval?
One assignee leads with 30 of the 59 records in scope, well ahead of the rest of the ranked field. The top five assignees combined hold 72.9% of all records, so filing activity is concentrated rather than spread evenly across many companies. A company evaluating this space should treat the leader’s portfolio as the primary freedom-to-operate check before looking at the long tail of smaller filers.
Is warehouse slotting patent activity growing or slowing down?
On the complete-year data, it is growing: filings rose 50% from 2021 to 2024. The dataset shows a sharp peak of 17 records in 2020, then a lower but still active pace afterward. Figures for 2025 and 2026 look low only because publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, so those years are not yet finished filling in and should not be read as a decline.
What technology areas do these patents cover?
The two largest IPC classes are G06Q, covering business and commerce data processing, and B65G, covering conveying and material handling equipment, each present in close to two-thirds of the 59 records. G05D (control of non-electric variables) and B25J (manipulators and robots) also appear substantially. Smaller shares in G06N (AI-based computing) and G01C (navigation) suggest that machine-learning-driven and navigation-linked slotting logic is comparatively lightly claimed so far.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Automated Storage & Retrieval — Dynamic Warehouse Slotting Patent Landscape covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.