THE KROGER CO.'s patent output is steady: 2 grants in the past year, 1 in the past 30 days.

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curl https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/signals/1fcb8311-3065-56e0-9f12-26575d04d27d \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"kroger.com","limit":20}'