Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart) Patent Application Trends in 2024

Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart) patent applications in 2024

Top 10 Technology Areas

• G06Q10/087 (Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders)
  • Count: 17 patents
  • Example: 20240104493. GENERATING ORDER BATCHES FOR AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06Q30/0631 ({Item recommendations})
  • Count: 15 patents
  • Example: 20240232976. SCORING IMPROVEMENTS BY TEST FEATURES TO USER INTERACTIONS WITH ITEM GROUPS simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06Q30/0635 ({Processing of requisition or of purchase orders})
  • Count: 6 patents
  • Example: 20240104449. ITERATIVE ORDER AVAILABILITY FOR AN ONLINE FULFILLMENT SYSTEM simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06Q30/0201 (Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data)
  • Count: 6 patents
  • Example: 20240104622. BOOSTING SCORES FOR RANKING ITEMS MATCHING A SEARCH QUERY simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06Q30/0633 ({Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing})
  • Count: 6 patents
  • Example: 20240005269. DETERMINING EFFICIENT ROUTES IN A COMPLEX SPACE USING HIERARCHICAL INFORMATION AND SPARSE DATA simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06Q30/0202 (Market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities)
  • Count: 6 patents
  • Example: 20240202748. MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR PREDICTING WAIT TIMES TO RECEIVE ORDERS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06N5/022 (Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation)
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20240104458. MACHINE LEARNING BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION OPTIMIZATION simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06Q30/0629 ({for generating comparisons})
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20240104622. BOOSTING SCORES FOR RANKING ITEMS MATCHING A SEARCH QUERY simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06Q10/08355 ({Routing methods})
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20240242145. RESOURCE PLANNING FOR AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM BASED ON PREDICTIVE MODELING simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06Q10/06311 ({Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group})
  • Count: 3 patents
  • Example: 20240104449. ITERATIVE ORDER AVAILABILITY FOR AN ONLINE FULFILLMENT SYSTEM simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))

Emerging Technology Areas

• G06Q30/0272 (Period of advertisement exposure)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240046313. PACING THE DELIVERY OF CONTENT CAMPAIGNS IN AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM USING CROSS-RETAILER INVENTORY STOCK LEVELS simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06F40/20 (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240029132. ATTRIBUTE SCHEMA AUGMENTATION WITH RELATED CATEGORIES simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06Q50/01 ({Social networking})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240112238. SUGGESTING AN ITEM FOR GIFTING TO A USER OF AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06Q30/0603 ({Catalogue ordering})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240112238. SUGGESTING AN ITEM FOR GIFTING TO A USER OF AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06Q30/0203 (Market surveys; Market polls)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240112238. SUGGESTING AN ITEM FOR GIFTING TO A USER OF AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06F40/279 (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240193663. AUTOMATIC ROUTING OF USER INQUIRIES USING NATURAL LANGUAGE AND IMAGE RECOGNITION MODELS simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06T19/006 ({Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240037863. DISPLAYING AN AUGMENTED REALITY ELEMENT THAT PROVIDES A PERSONALIZED ENHANCED EXPERIENCE AT A WAREHOUSE simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06Q10/0635 (Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240037588. LOCATION-BASED ASSIGNMENT OF SHOPPER-LOCATION PAIRS simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06Q10/0836 (Recipient pick-ups)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240037588. LOCATION-BASED ASSIGNMENT OF SHOPPER-LOCATION PAIRS simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))
• G06Q30/06 (Buying, selling or leasing transactions)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240034381. STACKABLE CHARGING DEVICE FOR SHOPPING CARTS WITH ONBOARD COMPUTING SYSTEMS simplified abstract (Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart))

Top Inventors

• Shiyuan Yang (8 patents)
• Yilin Huang (7 patents)
• Lin Gao of Miami FL (US) (6 patents)
• Karuna Ahuja of San Francisco CA (US) (5 patents)
• Aman Jain (4 patents)
• Ganglu Wu (4 patents)
• Xiao Zhou (4 patents)
• Ganesh Krishnan of San Francisco CA (US) (4 patents)
• Girija Narlikar of Palo Alto CA (US) (4 patents)
• Jagannath Putrevu of Daly City CA (US) (4 patents)

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