Ocado Takes Aim at AutoStore Patent at U.S. Review Board

Ocado has asked the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board to take a second look at one of AutoStore Technology’s patents for a robotic warehouse system.

• In a petition filed Monday with the review board, Ocado says Autostore’s patent 10,294,025, issued in May 2019, is “neither new nor inventive”
• Patent covers remotely operated robots that pick up storage bins from a grid storage system
• Patent is one of five that AutoStore has accused Ocado of infringing in case before U.S. International Trade Commission, where AutoStore is seeking to block Ocado’s system from being brought to the U.S. for use ...