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Packaging and storage Patent Leaders in 2019 2019

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 Martin Peter Aalund 12 Amazon
2 Stephen C. Toebes 11 Symbotic
3 Christoph Hellenbrand 10 Carefusion Germany 326 Gmbh
#4 Hsiu-Man Yu Chen 9 Unknown
#5 Jon Stuart Battles 9 Amazon
#6 Robert Sullivan 9 —
#7 Scott William Huffer 8 Sonoco Development
#8 Timothy Alan Talda 8 Amazon
#9 Dennis Malkowski 7 Prince Castle
#10 John Murdick Holley, Jr. 7 Graphic Packaging International
#11 John G. Lert, Jr. 7 Symbotic
#12 Karl Heinze 7 Prince Castle
#13 Matthew E. Zacherle 7 Westrock Packaging Systems
#14 Richard Bauer 7 Prince Castle
#15 Shinsuke TARUNO 7 Kyoraku Co.
#16 Akihito Ogawa 6 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#17 Aleksandr Yazvin 6 Prince Castle
#18 Brian J. Truesdale 6 Prince Castle
#19 Calvin States Nelson 6 Prince Castle
#20 Charles B. Hartfelder 6 Prince Castle
#21 Christine S. Laub 6 Prince Castle
#22 Dario Rea 6 Gima S.P.A.
#23 Eloy Cerda 6 Prince Castle
#24 Eugene S. Maslana 6 Prince Castle
#25 Frank Anthony Agnello 6 Prince Castle
#26 Gang Hou 6 The Yokohama Rubber Co.
#27 Haruna Eto 6 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#28 Hideichi Nakamoto 6 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#29 Jean-Yves Rognard 6 Obrist Closures Switzerland Gmbh
#30 Junya Tanaka 6 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#31 Kazuo Itoh 6 Itoh Denki Co.
#32 Kyle Kestner 6 Prince Castle
#33 Laurence A. Schoell 6 Prince Castle
#34 Loren Veltrop 6 Prince Castle
#35 Matthew Adomaitis 6 Prince Castle
#36 Marc S. Black 6 Dow Global Technologies
#37 Mark Fastabend 6 Prince Castle
#38 Michel Bressan 6 I.G.B. S.R.L.
#39 Samuel Gardner Garrett 6 Amazon
#40 Scott A. Fath 6 Philip Morris Usa
#41 Scott R. Hammac 6 Prince Castle
#42 Sean Patrick Forrest 6 Prince Castle
#43 Takafumi Sonoura 6 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#44 Zoran Ulicevic 6 Prince Castle
#45 Alberto Gandolla 5 I.G.B. S.R.L.
#46 Andrea Bartoli 5 Sarong Societa' Per Azioni
#47 Bryan L. Ackerman 5 S. C. Johnson & Son
#48 Brian G. McHale 5 Walmart Apollo
#49 Bradford J. Walling 5 Westrock Packaging Systems
#50 Cornelis Hendrik Mijndert Menke 5 Rexnord Flattop Europe B.V.
#51 Curtis Taylor 5 Ideastream Consumer Products
#52 David Murray Melrose 5 Co2Pac Limited
#53 Daniel Py 5 Medical Instill Technologies
#54 David Reeb 5 Serio-Us Industries
#55 David C. Winkle 5 Walmart Apollo
#56 Donald R. High 5 Walmart Apollo
#57 Ethan Curtis Stephen Bent 5 Cnh Industrial Canada
#58 Evan Michael Choltco-Devlin 5 Pacific Market International
#59 Fabio Perini 5 Futura S.P.A.
#60 Jay Clarke Hanan 5 Niagara Bottling
#61 John Denner 5 Co2Pac Limited
#62 John L. Rhoads 5 Encore Wire
#63 Kurt Philipp 5 Rotzinger Ag
#64 Michael Cyrulik 5 Symbotic
#65 Paul Kelley 5 Graham Packaging Company
#66 Pierluigi Castellari 5 Gima S.P.A.
#67 Richard James May 5 James Alexander
#68 Robert T. Mitten 5 Altria Client Services
#69 Roy Joseph Seiders 5 Yeti Coolers
#70 Ryan A. Bailey 5 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
#71 Todd D. Mattingly 5 Walmart Apollo
#72 William T. Bigbee, Jr. 5 Encore Wire
#73 Adam Jeffery Fisch 4 Performance Systematix
#74 Ajit Khubani 4 Telebrands
#75 Atsushi Sugahara 4 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#76 Austin Carl Schaffner 4 Halliburton Energy Services
#77 Babu Kuruvilla 4 Tekni-Plex
#78 Bangyi Luo 4 Hangzhou Youngsun Intelligent Equipment Co.
#79 Bert W. Elliott 4 Owens Corning Intellectual Capital
#80 Bengt Håkansson 4 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
#81 Benjamin T. Widsten 4 Ncr
#82 Brian J. Chisholm 4 Owens-Brockway Glass Container
#83 Bryan Chapman Lucas 4 Halliburton Energy Services
#84 Bruno R. Pereira 4 Dow Global Technologies
#85 Bryant G. Ragan 4 Laitram, L.L.C.
#86 Calvin L. Stegemoeller 4 Halliburton Energy Services
#87 Chad V. Schuette 4 Dow Global Technologies
#88 C. John Allegretti 4 Arrows Up
#89 Colin P. Ford 4 Graphic Packaging International
#90 David R. Hall 4 Hall Labs
#91 Douglas Bruce Zeik 4 The Procter & Gamble
#92 Edward V. Morgan 4 Plastipak Packaging
#93 Elliott Downing 4 HP
#94 Elmar Ehrmann 4 Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller
#95 Frank Hoffmann 4 Windmöller & Hölscher Kg
#96 Frank Yang 4 Simplehuman
#97 Gaëtan Painchaud 4 Nemera La Verpilliere
#98 Giuseppe Monti 4 Marchesini Group S.P.A.
#99 Ingvar Hognaland 4 Autostore Technology As
#100 James S. Belt 4 Owens Corning Intellectual Capital

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Canon 119
2 Amazon 51
3 Unknown 49
#4 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 40
#5 Brother Kogyo 39
#6 Graphic Packaging International 37
#7 The Procter & Gamble 37
#8 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. 32
#9 Ricoh Company 31
#10 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 31
#11 Kyocera Document Solutions 29
#12 HP 27
#13 Sonoco Development 26
#14 Seiko Epson 25
#15 Khs Gmbh 24
#16 Laitram, L.L.C. 24
#17 Daifuku Co. 20
#18 BOE 20
#19 Symbotic 18
#20 Konica Minolta 17
#21 Philip Morris Products S.A. 17
#22 Krones Ag 16
#23 Dow Global Technologies 15
#24 Obrist Closures Switzerland Gmbh 15
#25 Fujifilm Business Innovation 14
#26 Walmart Apollo 14
#27 Westrock Packaging Systems 14
#28 Altria Client Services 13
#29 Signode Industrial Group 13
#30 The Boeing 13
#31 Google 13
#32 Fanuc 12
#33 Graham Packaging Company 12
#34 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 12
#35 Owens-Brockway Glass Container 12
#36 S. C. Johnson & Son 12
#37 Intel 12
#38 Aptargroup 11
#39 Ferag Ag 11
#40 Inteplast Group 11
#41 Yoshino Kogyosho Co. 11
#42 PepsiCo 11
#43 Bemis Associates 10
#44 Cnh Industrial Canada 10
#45 Gima S.P.A. 10
#46 Murata Machinery 10
#47 Rehrig Pacific 10
#48 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 10
#49 Toyo Seikan Co. 10
#50 United States Postal Service 10
#51 Apple 9
#52 Dematic 9
#53 Gpcp Ip Holdings 9
#54 Halliburton Energy Services 9
#55 International Paper 9
#56 Joy Global Underground Mining 9
#57 Kyoraku Co. 9
#58 Pacific Market International 9
#59 Robert Bosch Gmbh 9
#60 Toppan Printing Co. 9
#61 Xerox 9
#62 Carefusion Germany 326 Gmbh 8
#63 Colgate-Palmolive 8
#64 Contitech Transportbandsysteme Gmbh 8
#65 Cryovac 8
#66 Illinois Tool Works 8
#67 Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller Se & Co. Kg 8
#68 Orbis 8
#69 Prince Castle 8
#70 Sidel Participations S.A.S 8
#71 Windmöller & Hölscher Kg 8
#72 Caterpillar 8
#73 IBM 8
#74 Amcor Rigid Plastics Usa 7
#75 Berry Plastics 7
#76 Chep Technology Pty Limited 7
#77 Encore Wire 7
#78 Grg Banking Equipment Co. 7
#79 Ishida Co. 7
#80 Ncr 7
#81 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 7
#82 Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. 7
#83 The Yokohama Rubber Co. 7
#84 Becton, Dickinson And 6
#85 British American Tobacco 6
#86 Crown Packaging Technology 6
#87 Futura S.P.A. 6
#88 Glory 6
#89 I.G.B. S.R.L. 6
#90 Interroll Holding Ag 6
#91 Itoh Denki Co. 6
#92 Munchkin 6
#93 Plastipak Packaging 6
#94 Rubbermaid Incorporated 6
#95 Silgan White Cap 6
#96 The Heil 6
#97 Westrock Shared Services 6
#98 John Deere 6
#99 Panasonic 6
#100 Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner 5