Michael C. Mountz
71Patents
32h-index
40Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 12, 1989 → Oct 12, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6748292B2 | Material handling method using autonomous mobile drive units and movable inventory trays | Physics | 220 | Expired |
| US6895301B2 | Material handling system using autonomous mobile drive units and movable inventory trays | Physics | 219 | Expired |
| US8972045B1 | Inter-facility transport in inventory management and fulfillment systems | Physics | 217 | Active |
| US8280547B2 | Method and system for transporting inventory items | Physics | 213 | Active |
| US7826919B2 | Method and system for transporting inventory items | Physics | 212 | Active |
| US7402018B2 | Inventory system with mobile drive unit and inventory holder | Physics | 193 | Expired |
| US6950722B2 | Material handling system and method using mobile autonomous inventory trays and peer-to-peer communications | Physics | 192 | Expired |
| US7894933B2 | Method and system for retrieving inventory items | Physics | 180 | Active |
| US7894932B2 | Method and system for replenishing inventory items | Physics | 161 | Active |
| US8831984B2 | System and method for inventory management using mobile drive units | Physics | 140 | Active |
| US7912574B2 | System and method for transporting inventory items | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 140 | Active |
| US9087314B2 | System and method for positioning a mobile drive unit | Physics | 129 | Active |
| US8606392B2 | System and method for transporting inventory items | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 124 | Active |
| US7873469B2 | System and method for managing mobile drive units | Physics | 119 | Active |
| US8538692B2 | System and method for generating a path for a mobile drive unit | Physics | 118 | Active |
| US8412400B2 | System and method for coordinating movement of mobile drive units | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 112 | Active |
| US7920962B2 | System and method for coordinating movement of mobile drive units | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 111 | Active |
| US8311902B2 | System and method for filling an order | Physics | 104 | Active |
| US8965562B1 | Efficient shuffling of mobile drive units for inventory holders | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 99 | Active |
| US8220710B2 | System and method for positioning a mobile drive unit | Physics | 97 | Active |
| US8068978B2 | System and method for managing mobile drive units | Physics | 61 | Active |
| US8239291B2 | System and method for communicating status information of inventory-related tasks using a status indicator | Physics | 60 | Active |
| US9330373B2 | Method and system for storing inventory holders | Physics | 56 | Active |
| US8170711B2 | Method and system for transporting inventory items | Physics | 56 | Active |
| US9663293B2 | Replenishing a retail facility | Performing Operations; Transporting | 50 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.