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Packaging and storage Patent Leaders All Time

Primary CPC class B65 · Section B

Rankings count each patent once by its primary Cooperative Patent Classification. All-time pages aggregate the full database; year pages use patent grant year.

Recent years: 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4,377 patents in 2019.peak 4,3771996: 2,771 patents19961997: 2,692 patents1998: 3,450 patents1999: 3,610 patents19992000: 3,506 patents2001: 3,481 patents2002: 3,269 patents20022003: 3,219 patents2004: 2,743 patents2005: 2,448 patents20052006: 2,451 patents2007: 2,089 patents2008: 2,170 patents20082009: 2,224 patents2010: 2,971 patents2011: 3,063 patents20112012: 3,069 patents2013: 3,627 patents2014: 3,891 patents20142015: 3,793 patents2016: 3,733 patents2017: 3,849 patents20172018: 3,725 patents2019: 4,377 patents2020: 4,083 patents20202021: 3,808 patents2022: 3,675 patents2023: 3,444 patents20232024: 3,820 patents2025: 3,953 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Donald E. Weder 457 Southpac Trust International
2 Heinz Focke 424 Focke &
3 William P. Apps 175 Rehrig Pacific
#4 Mario Spatafora 169 G.D Societa' Per Azioni
#5 Fiorenzo Draghetti 129 G.D Societa' Per Azioni
#6 Joseph G. Straeter 120 Southpac Trust International
#7 Robert L. Sutherland 119 Riverwood International
#8 Patrick R. Lancaster, III 116 Lantech.Com
#9 Steven Ausnit 116 Illinois Tool Works
#10 Giuseppe Monti 97 Marchesini Group S.P.A.
#11 Antonio Gamberini 96 G.D Societa' Per Azioni
#12 Greg Sollie 96 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
#13 Daniel Py 93 Medical Instill Technologies
#14 Trond Austrheim 91 Autostore Technology As
#15 Colin P. Ford 90 Graphic Packaging International
#16 Walter Reist 88 Ferag Ag
#17 John G. Lert, Jr. 86 Symbotic
#18 Werner Honegger 85 Ferag Ag
#19 Robert Sullivan 84 —
#20 Raymond R. Spivey, Sr. 81 Graphic Packaging International
#21 Richard C. Darr 81 Plastipak Packaging
#22 Stephen C. Toebes 81 Symbotic
#23 Shifeng Chen 80 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
#24 Brian C. Dais 77 S. C. Johnson & Son
#25 James C. Alexander 77 Serco
#26 Jamie Waltermire 75 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
#27 Hiroyuki Taki 74 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
#28 Joseph Romano 73 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#29 Shuuya Nagasako 73 Ricoh Company
#30 Christopher Geyer 72 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#31 Henry Buse 72 Focke &
#32 Lars Sverker Ture LINDBO 71 —
#33 Scott William Huffer 71 Sonoco Development
#34 Tetsuo Asada 71 Brother Kogyo
#35 Prasanna Velagapudi 70 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#36 Dennis J. May 69 Tipper Tie
#37 Thomas Allen 69 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#38 Andrea Biondi 68 G.D Societa' Per Azioni
#39 Andrew John INGRAM-TEDD 68 Ocado Innovation Limited
#40 Matthew T. Mason 68 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#41 Nobuyoshi Suzuki 68 Ricoh Company
#42 Benjamin Cohen 67 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#43 Thomas Wagner 67 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#44 Tomohiro Furuhashi 67 Ricoh Company
#45 Kurt Liedtke 66 Focke &
#46 Matthew L. Fourney 66 Laitram, L.L.C.
#47 Udo Schutz 66 Protechna S.A.
#48 Ken Iguchi 65 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
#49 Thomas Koletschka 65 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#50 Samuel D. Griggs 64 Tipper Tie
#51 Daniel Smith 63 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#52 Douglas K. Herrmann 63 Xerox
#53 Gene Temple Price 63 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#54 Kevin Ahearn 63 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#55 Kyle Maroney 63 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#56 Michael Dawson-Haggerty 63 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#57 Norbert Hahn 63 Rite-Hite Holding
#58 Robert R. Turvey 63 S. C. Johnson & Son
#59 Siddhartha Srinivasa 63 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#60 Fulvio Boldrini 62 G.D Societa' Per Azioni
#61 Shoji Yuyama 62 Yuyama Mfg. Co.
#62 Yasunobu Terao 62 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
#63 Masahiro Tamura 61 Ricoh Company
#64 Raymond Keith Foster 61 Keith Investments
#65 John Murdick Holley, Jr. 60 Graphic Packaging International
#66 Takao Iizuka 60 Yoshino Kogyosho Co.
#67 Akira Kunieda 58 Ricoh Company
#68 Frank Yang 58 Simplehuman
#69 Harry I. Roccaforte 58 Champion International Corporation Limited
#70 Jean-Pierre Giraud 58 Csp Technologies
#71 Roy Joseph Seiders 57 Yeti Coolers
#72 Jean-Manuel Gomes 56 Graphic Packaging International
#73 John Richard Amend, Jr. 56 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#74 Robert C. Olsen 56 Illinois Tool Works
#75 Vincent De Laforcade 56 L'Oreal
#76 Michael G. Borchardt 55 The Glad Products
#77 Mikio Yamamoto 55 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
#78 Takahiro Kawaguchi 55 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
#79 Takashi Saito 55 Canon
#80 William T. Bigbee, Jr. 55 Encore Wire
#81 Barry P. Mandel 54 Xerox
#82 Bryan L. Ackerman 54 S. C. Johnson & Son
#83 Daniel Luch 54 Portola Packaging
#84 David Murray Melrose 54 Co2Pac Limited
#85 Stephen Bellamah 54 Altria Client Services
#86 Hsiu-Man Yu Chen 53 Unknown
#87 Jose Porchia 52 S. C. Johnson & Son
#88 Roberto Polloni 52 G.D Societa' Per Azioni
#89 Joshua D. Rocholl 51 Oshkosh
#90 Paul Kelley 51 Graham Packaging Company
#91 R. Charles Murray 51 Penta 5 Usa
#92 Jennifer Eileen King 50 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#93 William Hartman Fort 50 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#94 William Chu-Hyon McMahan 50 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#95 Jon P. Hassell 49 Rehrig Pacific
#96 John Oren 49 Oren Technologies
#97 Matthew E. Zacherle 49 Westrock Packaging Systems
#98 Eric Plourde 48 Illinois Tool Works
#99 James L. Layne 48 Span Tech
#100 Kazuo Itoh 48 Itoh Denki Co.

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Canon 2,148
2 Unknown 1,622
3 Xerox 1,003
#4 Ricoh Company 957
#5 The Procter & Gamble 932
#6 Illinois Tool Works 908
#7 Brother Kogyo 829
#8 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. 684
#9 Graphic Packaging International 670
#10 Heidelberg Druckmaschinen 658
#11 Seiko Epson 569
#12 HP 537
#13 The Mead 515
#14 Ferag Ag 512
#15 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 493
#16 3M 491
#17 Kyocera Document Solutions 488
#18 Eastman Kodak 480
#19 Pitney Bowes 447
#20 Amazon 446
#21 G.D Societa' Per Azioni 446
#22 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 436
#23 Sonoco Development 410
#24 International Paper 406
#25 Focke & 405
#26 Krones Ag 393
#27 Fujitsu Limited 388
#28 Fujifilm Business Innovation 366
#29 Owens-Illinois 365
#30 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 360
#31 Daifuku Co. 330
#32 Southpac Trust International 324
#33 Rehrig Pacific 316
#34 Laitram, L.L.C. 313
#35 Samsung 310
#36 L'Oreal 282
#37 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 280
#38 Robert Bosch Gmbh 277
#39 Yoshino Kogyosho Co. 274
#40 Google 274
#41 S. C. Johnson & Son 272
#42 W. Schlafhorst Ag & 268
#43 Champion International Corporation Limited 264
#44 Kraft Foods Group Brands 255
#45 Riverwood International 251
#46 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 228
#47 ExxonMobil 227
#48 Khs Gmbh 225
#49 Murata Kikai 220
#50 Intel 215
#51 Ishida Co. 208
#52 Graham Packaging Company 207
#53 IBM 206
#54 Rite-Hite Holding 196
#55 Koenig & Bauer Ag 194
#56 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 193
#57 Philip Morris Usa 192
#58 Toyo Seikan Co. 186
#59 Colgate-Palmolive 183
#60 Lexmark International 182
#61 Ncr 179
#62 G.D S.P.A. 178
#63 Man Roland Druckmaschinen Ag 176
#64 Konica Minolta 173
#65 Windmöller & Hölscher Kg 173
#66 Container Corporation Of America 169
#67 Fmc 161
#68 Altria Client Services 157
#69 Cryovac 155
#70 General Mills 155
#71 Nisca 152
#72 Coca-Cola 152
#73 Reynolds Consumer Products 151
#74 Symbotic 149
#75 PepsiCo 147
#76 Berry Plastics 146
#77 Pfu Limited 146
#78 Sidel Participations S.A.S 145
#79 Riso Kagaku 144
#80 I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. 143
#81 Signode Industrial Group 143
#82 The Boeing 143
#83 Murata Machinery 141
#84 Avery Dennison 140
#85 Sealed Air Corporation (Us) 140
#86 Foxconn 135
#87 Konica Minolta 134
#88 The Glad Products 131
#89 Toyota 131
#90 Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.P.A. 130
#91 Crown Cork & Seal Technologies 129
#92 Grapha-Holding Ag 127
#93 Tencent 126
#94 Westrock Packaging Systems 125
#95 Johnson & Johnson 122
#96 Dematic 121
#97 Autostore Technology As 120
#98 Plastipak Packaging 120
#99 BOE 118
#100 Aptargroup 117