US 9,884,734 · 2018
The operator
The method of redistributing freight through a moveable cross-dock. It reads on whoever runs it.
X∞ARC Systems
A patented mobile cross-dock for intermodal freight.
Three granted USPTO patents. Protected to roughly 2038. Available to license or to acquire.
A fixed warehouse cannot follow the freight.
This one does.
What it is
Not a building. A cross-dock that moves.
A free-standing, climate-controlled cross-dock that deploys on the road, beside the rail, at the port. Live transload through multiple bays, sub-zero capable. Couple units into larger footprints on demand, from a single 424 sq ft to coupled and tripled.
The estate
Three patents, working as one position.
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US 10,457,503 · 2019
The method, broadened
The same method, widened from positioning to receiving. Broader coverage of the freight movement itself.
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US 11,161,703 · 2021
The device
Apparatus and system claims on the two-section unit. It reads on whoever builds or sells it. Independent term, with PCT reach for international filing.
Operator, device, builder. Granted over the prior art, held to roughly 2038.
The position
What happens to a competitor's margins and optionality if they hold this, and you don't?
No fixed cross-dock moves. This one does, and the advantage compounds wherever freight has to change hands. The blocking analysis sits in the brief, under NDA.
The markets it touches
Three of the largest segments of the North American supply chain.
- 01 North American intermodal freight$15-18B
- 02 Cold-chain logistics
- 03 Warehousing and storage
North American intermodal alone, on third-party 2024 estimates. The full sized model, by vertical, is in the brief.
The brief
The full portfolio brief is available on request.
The complete deck, the claim detail, the sized market model, and the deal structure are released under NDA, to a short list of strategic parties, through 2026. Your NDA paper is welcome.
Request the brief
Hilary Garner
hilary@xarcsystems.com