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Packaging and storage Patent Leaders in 2024 2024

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 Trond Austrheim 21 Autostore Technology As
2 Joseph Romano 20 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
3 Christopher Geyer 19 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#4 Benjamin Cohen 18 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#5 John G. Lert, Jr. 18 Symbotic
#6 Matthew T. Mason 18 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#7 Thomas Allen 18 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#8 Joshua D. Rocholl 17 Oshkosh
#9 Prasanna Velagapudi 17 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#10 Thomas Wagner 17 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#11 John Richard Amend, Jr. 16 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#12 Thomas Koletschka 16 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#13 Andrew John INGRAM-TEDD 15 Ocado Innovation Limited
#14 Daniel Smith 15 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#15 Gene Temple Price 15 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#16 Greg Sollie 15 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
#17 Kevin Ahearn 15 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#18 Kyle Maroney 15 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#19 Michael Dawson-Haggerty 15 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#20 Siddhartha Srinivasa 15 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#21 Zachary L. Klein 15 Oshkosh
#22 Clinton T. Weckwerth 14 Oshkosh
#23 Lars Sverker Ture LINDBO 14 —
#24 Shifeng Chen 14 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
#25 Vincent Hoover 13 Oshkosh
#26 Derek A. Wente 12 Oshkosh
#27 Harald Johannes Schroepf 12 Tgw Logistics Gmbh
#28 Jamie Waltermire 12 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
#29 Jennifer Eileen King 12 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#30 Skylar A. Wachter 12 Oshkosh
#31 William Hartman Fort 12 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#32 William Chu-Hyon McMahan 12 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#33 Jerrod Kappers 11 Oshkosh
#34 Michael Cap Koval 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#35 William J. Fosnight 10 Brooks Automation Gmbh
#36 Joseph Valinsky 9 Opex
#37 Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu 9 Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#38 Andrew Kotloski 8 Oshkosh
#39 Hirotaka Komura 8 Toyota
#40 Kunihiro Iwamoto 8 Toyota
#41 Martin Schimke 8 Oshkosh
#42 Matthew E. Zacherle 8 Westrock Packaging Systems
#43 Wallace Buege 8 Oshkosh
#44 Yuta Itozawa 8 Toyota
#45 Yutaro TAKAGI 8 Toyota
#46 Alexander Stevens 7 Opex
#47 Cody D. Clifton 7 Oshkosh
#48 Emily Davis 7 Oshkosh
#49 Jeffrey Koga 7 Oshkosh
#50 Paul Clarke 7 Ocado Innovation Limited
#51 Robert Sullivan 7 —
#52 Scott William Huffer 7 Sonoco Development
#53 Stephen Bellamah 7 Altria Client Services
#54 Stephen C. Toebes 7 Symbotic
#55 Vince Schad 7 Oshkosh
#56 Brendan Chan 6 Oshkosh
#57 Caleb Binder 6 Oshkosh
#58 Christopher K. Yakes 6 Oshkosh
#59 Craig Austin 6 Papeltec Overseas
#60 David Paul Goodrich 6 Hexcelpack
#61 Dandan Zhang 6 Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#62 Edward B. Tucker 6 The Glad Products
#63 In-Soo Jung 6 Hyundai Motor
#64 Javier E. Alayon Rivera 6 Coopervision International Limited
#65 Jacob Wallin 6 Oshkosh
#66 Jean-Christophe Bonnain 6 Westrock Packaging Systems
#67 Jesus Javier Rivera Velez 6 Coopervision International Limited
#68 John Beck 6 Oshkosh
#69 John T. Kellander 6 Oshkosh
#70 Kazuharu Yoshinaga 6 Daifuku Co.
#71 Logan Gary 6 Oshkosh
#72 Luca Federici 6 G.D Societa' Per Azioni
#73 Lucas Sievens Figueroa 6 Coopervision International Limited
#74 Lvhai Hu 6 Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#75 Michael Becker 6 Jungheinrich Ag
#76 Paulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte 6 The Procter & Gamble
#77 Patrick R. Lancaster, III 6 Lantech.Com
#78 Peter A. Rodriguez 6 Sandar Industries
#79 Robert S. Messina 6 Oshkosh
#80 Robert Stadie 6 Ocado Innovation Limited
#81 Saravanan Sadasivan 6 Intel
#82 Timothy Lindley 6 Tgw Logistics Gmbh
#83 Yuqi Chen 6 Hai Robotics Co.
#84 An (Joshua) Yang 5 Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#85 Bong Yong Sung 5 Cj Cheiljedang
#86 Brian Smalley 5 Graphic Packaging International
#87 Chad Smith 5 Oshkosh
#88 Clara Sophie Lea Ng Pak Leung 5 The Procter & Gamble
#89 Dae Hwa Kim 5 Cj Cheiljedang
#90 Dale Matsumoto 5 Oshkosh
#91 Dietmar Gross 5 Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany Gmbh
#92 Edward A. MacDonald 5 Symbotic
#93 Eric Gaillard 5 Lindal France Sas
#94 Fabrice Avril 5 Westrock Packaging Systems
#95 Fengchun Xie 5 Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#96 Gerald KETTLGRUBER 5 Tgw Logistics Gmbh
#97 Georg Schulte 5 Sig Technology Ag
#98 Hak-Dong Kim 5 Dongbu Electronics, Co.
#99 Hee Dong Son 5 Cj Cheiljedang
#100 Ivar Fjeldheim 5 Autostore Technology As

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Canon 80
2 Unknown 44
3 Daifuku Co. 32
#4 Seiko Epson 32
#5 The Procter & Gamble 31
#6 Intel 31
#7 Fujifilm Business Innovation 30
#8 Amazon 27
#9 Altria Client Services 27
#10 Kyocera Document Solutions 27
#11 Sonoco Development 27
#12 Westrock Packaging Systems 27
#13 Ricoh Company 26
#14 Walmart Apollo 26
#15 Graphic Packaging International 25
#16 Oshkosh 25
#17 Autostore Technology As 24
#18 Ocado Innovation Limited 24
#19 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. 24
#20 Berkshire Grey Operating Company 22
#21 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 21
#22 Brother Kogyo 20
#23 Illinois Tool Works 19
#24 Laitram, L.L.C. 18
#25 Murata Machinery 17
#26 Symbotic 17
#27 Toyota 17
#28 Pfu Limited 16
#29 Pratt Corrugated Holdings 15
#30 Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. 15
#31 Khs Gmbh 14
#32 Krones Ag 14
#33 Fameccanica.Data S.P.A. 13
#34 Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany Gmbh 12
#35 Tgw Logistics Gmbh 12
#36 Samsung 12
#37 Berry Global 11
#38 G.D S.P.A. 11
#39 Ishida Co. 11
#40 Opex 11
#41 Toyo Seikan Co. 11
#42 Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. 11
#43 Panasonic 11
#44 Te Connectivity Co. 10
#45 UPS 10
#46 Yeti Coolers 10
#47 Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co. 9
#48 Cryovac 9
#49 Hai Robotics Co. 9
#50 Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa 9
#51 HP 9
#52 I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. 9
#53 Signode Industrial Group 9
#54 Westrock Shared Services 9
#55 Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner 8
#56 Beijing Geekplus Technology Co. 8
#57 Max Co. 8
#58 Riso Kagaku 8
#59 The Glad Products 8
#60 Yoshino Kogyosho Co. 8
#61 Bobst Mex Sa 7
#62 Coopervision International Limited 7
#63 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co. Kg) 7
#64 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 7
#65 Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller Se & Co. Kg 7
#66 Philip Morris Products S.A. 7
#67 Rehrig Pacific 7
#68 The Boeing 7
#69 The Heil 7
#70 Amcor Flexibles North America 6
#71 Aptar Freyung Gmbh 6
#72 Cj Cheiljedang 6
#73 Closure Systems International 6
#74 Co2Pac Limited 6
#75 Encore Wire 6
#76 Express Scripts Strategic Development 6
#77 Fujitsu Frontech Limited 6
#78 Halliburton Energy Services 6
#79 Lantech.Com 6
#80 Niagara Bottling 6
#81 Pratt Retail Specialties 6
#82 Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa 6
#83 Schoeller Allibert Gmbh 6
#84 Sealed Air Corporation (Us) 6
#85 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 6
#86 Sig Technology Ag 6
#87 Vanrx Pharmasystems 6
#88 PepsiCo 6
#89 Apple 5
#90 Ameriglobe 5
#91 B&R Industrial Automation Gmbh 5
#92 Cold Chain Technologies 5
#93 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited 5
#94 Corning Incorporated 5
#95 Dematic 5
#96 Flexible Steel Lacing 5
#97 Foxlink Image Technology Co. 5
#98 G.D Societa' Per Azioni 5
#99 Haver & Boecker Ohg 5
#100 Hyosung Tns 5