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Packaging and storage Patent Leaders in 2021 2021

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 Greg Sollie 14 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
2 Lars Sverker Ture LINDBO 13 —
3 Andrew John INGRAM-TEDD 12 Ocado Innovation Limited
#4 Jamie Waltermire 12 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
#5 Benjamin Cohen 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#6 Christopher Geyer 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#7 Daniel Smith 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#8 Gene Temple Price 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#9 Joseph Romano 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#10 Kevin Ahearn 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#11 Kyle Maroney 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#12 Matthew T. Mason 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#13 Matthew Whelan 11 Ocado Innovation Limited
#14 Michael Dawson-Haggerty 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#15 Prasanna Velagapudi 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#16 Roy Joseph Seiders 11 Yeti Coolers
#17 Siddhartha Srinivasa 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#18 Thomas Allen 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#19 Thomas Koletschka 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#20 Thomas Wagner 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#21 Shifeng Chen 10 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
#22 John G. Lert, Jr. 9 Symbotic
#23 Robert Stadie 9 Ocado Innovation Limited
#24 Andrew William Franckhauser 8 The Procter & Gamble
#25 Barry Holt 8 Amphenol
#26 Bryan Chapman Lucas 8 Halliburton Energy Services
#27 Caichun Song 8 Amphenol
#28 Jennifer Eileen King 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#29 John Richard Amend, Jr. 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#30 Luca Federici 8 G.D Societa' Per Azioni
#31 Marvin Bryant 8 Amphenol
#32 Michael Cap Koval 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#33 Michael P. Mitchell 8 Lantech.Com
#34 Paul R. Boucher 8 Amphenol
#35 Patrick R. Lancaster, III 8 Lantech.Com
#36 Phillip S. Bowen 8 Amphenol
#37 Rakesh Thakare 8 Amphenol
#38 William Hartman Fort 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#39 William Chu-Hyon McMahan 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#40 Christopher Brett 7 Ocado Innovation Limited
#41 Detlev Weyrauch 7 Mauser Werke Gmbh
#42 Jordan Robert French 7 Berry Global
#43 Richard L. Johnson 7 Lantech.Com
#44 Scott Edward Smith 7 The Procter & Gamble
#45 Steve Charles Nichols 7 Yeti Coolers
#46 Thomas D. Wetsch 7 Pregis Innovative Packaging
#47 Wesley John Warren 7 Halliburton Energy Services
#48 Alexander Lee Winn 6 Trinity Bay Equipment Holdings
#49 Austin Carl Schaffner 6 Halliburton Energy Services
#50 John L. Rhoads 6 Encore Wire
#51 Michitaka Suzuki 6 Ricoh Company
#52 Scott William Huffer 6 Sonoco Development
#53 Tomohiro Furuhashi 6 Ricoh Company
#54 William J. Fosnight 6 Brooks Automation Gmbh
#55 Yoshihiko Fujio 6 Daifuku Co.
#56 Alex Baires 5 Yeti Coolers
#57 Anthony Turco 5 Intel
#58 Bernard Derek Frutin 5 Rocep Lusol Holdings
#59 Bernd Hartmann 5 Deutsche Post Ag
#60 Bryan L. Ackerman 5 S. C. Johnson & Son
#61 Brad A. Cobler 5 Poly-America
#62 Bradley Wayne Daubenspeck 5 Chep Technology Pty Limited
#63 Brandon Mark Hokanson 5 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide
#64 Chad V. Schuette 5 Dow Global Technologies
#65 Craig Rolland Norman 5 Chep Technology Pty Limited
#66 Daniel Aaron Gorsky 5 Chep Technology Pty Limited
#67 David Todjar Hengami 5 Unknown
#68 Elliott Downing 5 HP
#69 Erik Steven Larson 5 Yeti Coolers
#70 Francesco Peccetti 5 —
#71 Giuseppe Monti 5 Marchesini Group S.P.A.
#72 Herbert Spindler 5 Krones Ag
#73 James D. Evans 5 Khoros
#74 Jean-Pierre Giraud 5 Csp Technologies
#75 Jeremy D. McCray 5 Lantech.Com
#76 John Paul Leger 5 Trinity Bay Equipment Holdings
#77 Jordan Maguire 5 Gizmo Packaging Limited
#78 Joseph C. Walsh 5 Graphic Packaging International
#79 Juergen D. Conrad 5 Symbotic
#80 Kao-Hsiung Liao 5 Kunshan Airbag Packing
#81 Kerry Lloyd Weaver 5 The Procter & Gamble
#82 Marc S. Black 5 Dow Global Technologies
#83 Matthew Allen Hegler 5 Trinity Bay Equipment Holdings
#84 Matthew E. Zacherle 5 Westrock Packaging Systems
#85 Michael Rider 5 Coravin
#86 Paul Ott 5 Pratt Retail Specialties
#87 Pavel Savenok 5 Vertigo Media
#88 Rachel Lynn Tanchak 5 Xerox
#89 Riccardo Palumbo 5 Cryovac
#90 Seth Tempel 5 Berry Global
#91 Thomas Vetten 5 Sig Technology Ag
#92 Tomomichi Hoshino 5 Ricoh Company
#93 Trond Austrheim 5 Autostore Technology As
#94 Vivek S. Narayanan 5 Amazon
#95 William T. Bigbee, Jr. 5 Encore Wire
#96 William Scott Kalm 5 Amazon
#97 Akira Kunieda 4 Ricoh Company
#98 Andrew M. Bosway 4 Yeti Coolers
#99 Andrew S. Sweezey 4 Coravin
#100 Bruce G. Johnson 4 HP

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Canon 74
2 Unknown 52
3 Amazon 46
#4 The Procter & Gamble 42
#5 Kyocera Document Solutions 36
#6 Seiko Epson 35
#7 Intel 27
#8 Graphic Packaging International 26
#9 Ricoh Company 26
#10 HP 24
#11 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. 22
#12 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 22
#13 Krones Ag 21
#14 Ocado Innovation Limited 19
#15 Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller Se & Co. Kg 18
#16 Sonoco Development 17
#17 Yeti Coolers 17
#18 Daifuku Co. 16
#19 Altria Client Services 15
#20 Brother Kogyo 15
#21 Ishida Co. 15
#22 Konica Minolta 15
#23 Westrock Shared Services 14
#24 I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. 13
#25 Laitram, L.L.C. 13
#26 Murata Machinery 13
#27 Signode Industrial Group 13
#28 Fujifilm Business Innovation 12
#29 Berkshire Grey 11
#30 Berry Plastics 11
#31 Cryovac 11
#32 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 11
#33 Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. 11
#34 Trinity Bay Equipment Holdings 11
#35 Berry Global 10
#36 Dematic 10
#37 G.D Societa' Per Azioni 10
#38 Halliburton Energy Services 10
#39 Rehrig Pacific 10
#40 Sig Technology Ag 10
#41 Xerox 10
#42 Yoshino Kogyosho Co. 10
#43 Csp Technologies 9
#44 Illinois Tool Works 9
#45 Lantech.Com 9
#46 Pfu Limited 9
#47 Philip Morris Products S.A. 9
#48 Pratt Corrugated Holdings 9
#49 Pratt Retail Specialties 9
#50 Amphenol 8
#51 Interroll Holding Ag 8
#52 S. C. Johnson & Son 8
#53 Symbotic 8
#54 Target Brands 8
#55 The Boeing 8
#56 Toyota 8
#57 Alert Innovation 7
#58 Autostore Technology As 7
#59 Bobst Mex Sa 7
#60 Deutsche Post Ag 7
#61 Dow Global Technologies 7
#62 Encore Wire 7
#63 Ferag Ag 7
#64 Glory 7
#65 Graham Packaging Company 7
#66 Jt International Sa 7
#67 Khs Gmbh 7
#68 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 7
#69 Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V. 7
#70 Mauser Werke Gmbh 7
#71 Poly-America 7
#72 Toppan Printing Co. 7
#73 Toyo Seikan Co. 7
#74 United States Postal Service 7
#75 BOE 7
#76 IBM 7
#77 PepsiCo 7
#78 Samsung 7
#79 Ar Packaging Systems Ab 6
#80 Chep Technology Pty Limited 6
#81 O&M Halyard 6
#82 Pregis Innovative Packaging 6
#83 Sealed Air Corporation (Us) 6
#84 Westrock Packaging Systems 6
#85 Windmöller & Hölscher Kg 6
#86 Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner 5
#87 Chongqing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 5
#88 Coravin 5
#89 Curt G. Joa 5
#90 Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology Gmbh 5
#91 Hellermanntyton Co. 5
#92 Hosokawa Yoko Co. 5
#93 L'Oreal 5
#94 Marchesini Group S.P.A. 5
#95 Mars, Incorporated 5
#96 Milwaukee Electric Tool 5
#97 Oshkosh 5
#98 Pacific Market International 5
#99 Sakai Display Products 5
#100 Sidel Engineering & Conveying Solutions 5