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Packaging and storage Patent Leaders in 2020 2020

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 William T. Bigbee, Jr. 11 Encore Wire
2 Benjamin Cohen 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
3 Christopher Geyer 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#4 Daniel Smith 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#5 Gene Temple Price 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#6 Joseph Romano 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#7 Kevin Ahearn 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#8 Kyle Maroney 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#9 Lars Sverker Ture LINDBO 10 —
#10 Matthew T. Mason 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#11 Michael Dawson-Haggerty 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#12 Prasanna Velagapudi 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#13 Siddhartha Srinivasa 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#14 Thomas Allen 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#15 Thomas Koletschka 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#16 Thomas Wagner 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#17 Andrew John INGRAM-TEDD 9 Ocado Innovation Limited
#18 Douglas Bruce Zeik 9 The Procter & Gamble
#19 Robert Sullivan 9 —
#20 Stephen C. Toebes 9 Symbotic
#21 Koki Sakano 8 Ricoh Company
#22 Scott Edward Smith 8 The Procter & Gamble
#23 Takuya Morinaga 8 Ricoh Company
#24 Jennifer Eileen King 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#25 John Richard Amend, Jr. 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#26 John G. Lert, Jr. 7 Symbotic
#27 John Oren 7 Oren Technologies
#28 Michael Cap Koval 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#29 Robert R. DeWitt 7 Opex
#30 Roy Joseph Seiders 7 Yeti Coolers
#31 Scott William Huffer 7 Sonoco Development
#32 Stephen Bellamah 7 Altria Client Services
#33 William P. Apps 7 Rehrig Pacific
#34 William Hartman Fort 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#35 William Scott Kalm 7 Amazon
#36 William Chu-Hyon McMahan 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#37 Akira Kunieda 6 Ricoh Company
#38 Benjamin Douglas Garcia 6 Amazon
#39 David G. Couture 6 Westrock Shared Services
#40 Darrell Jobe 6 Vericool
#41 Fabio Perini 6 Futura S.P.A.
#42 Gang Hou 6 The Yokohama Rubber Co.
#43 Jon P. Hassell 6 Rehrig Pacific
#44 Joshua Oren 6 Oren Technologies
#45 John L. Rhoads 6 Encore Wire
#46 Makoto Hidaka 6 Ricoh Company
#47 Matthew R. Wicks 6 Intel
#48 Michitaka Suzuki 6 Ricoh Company
#49 Steven S. Schuver 6 Sbh
#50 Tomohiro Furuhashi 6 Ricoh Company
#51 Tomomichi Hoshino 6 Ricoh Company
#52 Yohsuke Haraguchi 6 Ricoh Company
#53 Yuji Yokota 6 Ishida Co.
#54 Alexander Stevens 5 Opex
#55 Benjamin L. Weatherford 5 Encore Wire
#56 Bryan L. Ackerman 5 S. C. Johnson & Son
#57 Brandon Michael D'Emidio 5 Chep Technology Pty Limited
#58 Bryant G. Ragan 5 Laitram, L.L.C.
#59 Christopher B. Jennerjahn 5 Jennerjahn Machine
#60 Christina J. Korinda 5 S. C. Johnson & Son
#61 Clifton S. Thompson 5 Encore Wire
#62 Darius Scott 5 Intel
#63 Domenick Iellimo 5 Frazier Industrial
#64 Elmar Ehrmann 5 Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller
#65 Francisco Javier Soria 5 Clear Lam Packaging
#66 Fumiharu Yoneyama 5 Ricoh Company
#67 Gregory S. Garmann 5 Crown Equipment
#68 Hisashi Beppu 5 Azbil
#69 Jacobo Bazbaz 5 Polytex Fibers
#70 James J. Sanfilippo 5 Clear Lam Packaging
#71 Jamie Waltermire 5 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
#72 Jean-Pierre Giraud 5 Csp Technologies
#73 Jon Stuart Battles 5 Amazon
#74 John E. Sanfilippo 5 Clear Lam Packaging
#75 Lafe Grimm 5 Superior Industries
#76 Lawrence C. Stanos 5 S. C. Johnson & Son
#77 Larry M. Sweet 5 Symbotic
#78 Martin Peter Aalund 5 Amazon
#79 Mark E. Addison 5 Crown Equipment
#80 Matthew T. Campbell 5 Camcal Enterprises
#81 Matthew J. Otto 5 Crown Equipment
#82 Martin J. Roberge 5 Cnh Industrial Canada
#83 Martyn Sydney Wilford 5 Meta4Sys Limited
#84 Paul Kelley 5 Graham Packaging Company
#85 Robert R. Turvey 5 S. C. Johnson & Son
#86 Roger W. Vogel 5 Jennerjahn Machine
#87 Shinji Asami 5 Ricoh Company
#88 Thomas D. Wetsch 5 Pregis Innovative Packaging
#89 Alberto Zaroli 4 Polytex Fibers
#90 Arjen Hamilcar Slooff 4 Philip Morris Products S.A.
#91 Ben Tseng 4 Inteplast Group
#92 Brent A. Daboub 4 National Presort
#93 Bruce Leardi 4 Amazon
#94 Bryan Chapman Lucas 4 Halliburton Energy Services
#95 Christopher M. Keller 4 Yeti Coolers
#96 Clarence C. Allen, Jr. 4 A. G. Stacker
#97 Colin P. Ford 4 Graphic Packaging International
#98 Daniel J. Lantz 4 Chep Technology Pty Limited
#99 David Murray Melrose 4 Co2Pac Limited
#100 Denys Kanunikov 4 Mujin

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Canon 98
2 Amazon 44
3 The Procter & Gamble 44
#4 Unknown 38
#5 Daifuku Co. 29
#6 Ricoh Company 29
#7 Kyocera Document Solutions 25
#8 Seiko Epson 25
#9 Sonoco Development 23
#10 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. 23
#11 Intel 23
#12 Graphic Packaging International 21
#13 Brother Kogyo 20
#14 Krones Ag 20
#15 HP 19
#16 Walmart Apollo 19
#17 Altria Client Services 17
#18 Laitram, L.L.C. 17
#19 Symbotic 17
#20 Ishida Co. 16
#21 Konica Minolta 16
#22 BOE 16
#23 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 15
#24 Khs Gmbh 14
#25 Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller Se & Co. Kg 14
#26 Westrock Shared Services 14
#27 Berry Plastics 13
#28 Encore Wire 13
#29 Sig Technology Ag 13
#30 Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. 13
#31 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 13
#32 Ocado Innovation Limited 12
#33 Toppan Printing Co. 12
#34 S. C. Johnson & Son 11
#35 Toyo Jidoki Co. 11
#36 Westrock Packaging Systems 11
#37 Yoshino Kogyosho Co. 11
#38 Berkshire Grey 10
#39 Illinois Tool Works 10
#40 Rehrig Pacific 10
#41 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 10
#42 Toyo Seikan Co. 10
#43 Yeti Coolers 10
#44 IBM 10
#45 Toyota 10
#46 Bobst Mex Sa 9
#47 Colgate-Palmolive 9
#48 Interroll Holding Ag 9
#49 Philip Morris Products S.A. 9
#50 Signode Industrial Group 9
#51 Wincor Nixdorf International Gmbh 9
#52 PepsiCo 9
#53 Chep Technology Pty Limited 8
#54 Cnh Industrial Canada 8
#55 Cryovac 8
#56 Fujifilm Business Innovation 8
#57 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 8
#58 Superior Industries 8
#59 The Boeing 8
#60 The Yokohama Rubber Co. 8
#61 Apple 7
#62 Bizerba Se & Co. Kg 7
#63 Crown Packaging Technology 7
#64 Csp Technologies 7
#65 Dematic 7
#66 Fanuc 7
#67 Ferag Ag 7
#68 Glory 7
#69 Graham Packaging Company 7
#70 Inteplast Group 7
#71 Intercontinental Great Brands 7
#72 Kyoraku Co. 7
#73 Max Co. 7
#74 Medline Industries, Lp 7
#75 Opex 7
#76 Oren Technologies 7
#77 Pratt Corrugated Holdings 7
#78 United States Postal Service 7
#79 Ball 6
#80 Bemis Associates 6
#81 Fuji Seal International 6
#82 Futura S.P.A. 6
#83 Pfu Limited 6
#84 Protechna S.A. 6
#85 Schlumberger Technology 6
#86 Siemens Logistics Gmbh 6
#87 The Heil 6
#88 Vericool 6
#89 Yuyama Mfg. Co. 6
#90 Amcor Rigid Plastics Usa 5
#91 Azbil 5
#92 Berlin Packaging 5
#93 Camcal Enterprises 5
#94 Crown Equipment 5
#95 Douglas Machine 5
#96 Dow Global Technologies 5
#97 Express Scripts Strategic Development 5
#98 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co. Kg) 5
#99 Frazier Industrial 5
#100 General Mills 5