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Packaging and storage Patent Leaders in 2025 2025

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 31 Autostore Technology As
2 Greg Sollie 27 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
3 Shifeng Chen 19 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
#4 Jamie Waltermire 16 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
#5 Andrea Biondi 15 G.D Societa' Per Azioni
#6 Luca Cavazza 14 G.D S.P.A.
#7 Antonio Gigante 13 G.D S.P.A.
#8 Enrico Campagnoli 13 G.D S.P.A.
#9 Prasanna Velagapudi 13 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#10 Ivar Fjeldheim 12 Autostore Technology As
#11 Joseph Romano 12 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#12 Umberto Zanetti 12 G.D S.P.A.
#13 Christopher Geyer 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#14 Joshua D. Rocholl 11 Oshkosh
#15 Takuya Nishimura 11 Sumitomo Electric Industries
#16 Thomas Allen 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#17 Jay Clarke Hanan 10 Niagara Bottling
#18 Yasunori Ueno 10 Kyocera Document Solutions
#19 Albert Kleinikkink 9 Ats Automation Tooling Systems
#20 Benjamin Cohen 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#21 Clinton T. Weckwerth 9 Oshkosh
#22 Derek A. Wente 9 Oshkosh
#23 Jerrod Kappers 9 Oshkosh
#24 Keisuke Egawa 9 Kyocera Document Solutions
#25 Seiichi Shirasaki 9 Kyocera Document Solutions
#26 Yusuke Takano 9 Kyocera Document Solutions
#27 Zachary L. Klein 9 Oshkosh
#28 Daniel Smith 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#29 Gene Temple Price 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#30 John Richard Amend, Jr. 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#31 John G. Lert, Jr. 8 Symbotic
#32 Kevin Ahearn 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#33 Kyle Maroney 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#34 Matthew T. Mason 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#35 Matthew E. Zacherle 8 Westrock Packaging Systems
#36 Michael Dawson-Haggerty 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#37 Paul Ott 8 Pratt Retail Specialties
#38 Roger Hogan 8 Ats
#39 Siddhartha Srinivasa 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#40 Takehiko Okada 8 Kyocera Document Solutions
#41 Terumitsu Noso 8 Kyocera Document Solutions
#42 Thomas Koletschka 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#43 Thomas Wagner 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#44 Vincent Hoover 8 Oshkosh
#45 Andrew John INGRAM-TEDD 7 Ocado Innovation Limited
#46 Antonio Vitali 7 G.D S.P.A.
#47 Emily Davis 7 Oshkosh
#48 Jennifer Eileen King 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#49 Jørgen Djuve Heggebø 7 Autostore Technology As
#50 Julien D. Merzeau 7 Westrock Packaging Systems
#51 Michael Cap Koval 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#52 Mirco Neeser 7 Signode Industrial Group
#53 Paulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte 7 The Procter & Gamble
#54 Riccardo BARDINI 7 P.E. Labellers S.P.A.
#55 William Hartman Fort 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#56 William Chu-Hyon McMahan 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#57 Andreas Keller 6 Signode Industrial Group
#58 Anthony Turco 6 Intel
#59 Christopher S. Hoppe 6 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#60 David Paul Goodrich 6 Hexcelpack
#61 Dwight D. Williams 6 Altria Client Services
#62 Ganesh Krishnamoorthy 6 Amazon
#63 Giacomo Noferini 6 G.D S.P.A.
#64 Grant T. Squiers 6 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#65 Jarl Nicholas Sebastian 6 Intel
#66 Kiichiro Shimosaka 6 Pfu Limited
#67 Lars Sverker Ture LINDBO 6 —
#68 Logan Gary 6 Oshkosh
#69 Paolo Zanon 6 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
#70 Rocco De Paola 6 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
#71 Rosen Nikolaev Diankov 6 Mujin
#72 Salvatore Carboni 6 G.D S.P.A.
#73 Skylar A. Wachter 6 Oshkosh
#74 Steven W. Hyma 6 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#75 Atsushi Shinoda 5 Ricoh Company
#76 Bryant G. Ragan 5 Laitram, L.L.C.
#77 Christopher J. Hession 5 Altria Client Services
#78 Christopher M. Stanton 5 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
#79 Christian Zagnoni 5 Tissue Machinery Company S.P.A.
#80 Cody D. Clifton 5 Oshkosh
#81 Craig Austin 5 Papeltec Overseas
#82 Dustin Bullock 5 Yeti Coolers
#83 Edward B. Tucker 5 The Glad Products
#84 Herbert Spindler 5 Krones Ag
#85 Ingvar Fagerland 5 Autostore Technology As
#86 Jacobo Bazbaz 5 Polytex Fibers
#87 Jean-Christophe Bonnain 5 Westrock Packaging Systems
#88 Jeffrey Koga 5 Oshkosh
#89 Kazunari Kimura 5 Daifuku Co.
#90 Leonardo STAMATI 5 —
#91 Masashige Iwata 5 Daifuku Co.
#92 Mark Steven Pettinga 5 Flexible Steel Lacing
#93 Muhammad Asad 5 Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University
#94 Patrick R. Lancaster, III 5 Lantech.Com
#95 Peter A. Rodriguez 5 Sandar Industries
#96 Pietro Martini 5 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
#97 Qingxin Zhan 5 Hai Robotics Co.
#98 Randy Ball 5 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
#99 Robert Sullivan 5 —
#100 Shaun T. Broering 5 The Glad Products

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Canon 73
2 Kyocera Document Solutions 48
3 Ricoh Company 39
#4 Amazon 38
#5 Autostore Technology As 38
#6 Intel 32
#7 Unknown 31
#8 Seiko Epson 30
#9 Daifuku Co. 27
#10 G.D S.P.A. 22
#11 Fujifilm Business Innovation 20
#12 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. 20
#13 Altria Client Services 18
#14 Graphic Packaging International 17
#15 Pratt Corrugated Holdings 17
#16 Samsung 17
#17 Signode Industrial Group 16
#18 Illinois Tool Works 15
#19 The Procter & Gamble 15
#20 Krones Ag 14
#21 Oshkosh 14
#22 Pfu Limited 14
#23 The Heil 14
#24 Berkshire Grey Operating Company 13
#25 Symbotic 13
#26 Westrock Packaging Systems 13
#27 Toyota 13
#28 Brother Kogyo 12
#29 Murata Machinery 12
#30 Ocado Innovation Limited 12
#31 Semes Co. 12
#32 Lg Energy Solution 11
#33 Niagara Bottling 11
#34 Laitram, L.L.C. 10
#35 Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. 10
#36 Sonoco Development 10
#37 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 10
#38 Milwaukee Electric Tool 9
#39 Amcor Flexibles North America 8
#40 Dematic 8
#41 Fameccanica.Data S.P.A. 8
#42 Glory 8
#43 Hai Robotics Co. 8
#44 P.E. Labellers S.P.A. 8
#45 Panasonic 8
#46 Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner 7
#47 Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany Gmbh 7
#48 Daiwa Can 7
#49 Dexterity 7
#50 G.D Societa' Per Azioni 7
#51 Ishida Co. 7
#52 Kawasaki 7
#53 Mujin 7
#54 Pratt Retail Specialties 7
#55 Toppan 7
#56 Toyo Seikan Co. 7
#57 Yeti Coolers 7
#58 Comcast 7
#59 Beijing Geekplus Technology Co. 6
#60 Flexible Steel Lacing 6
#61 Fuji 6
#62 I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. 6
#63 Konica Minolta 6
#64 Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller Se & Co. Kg 6
#65 Rehrig Pacific 6
#66 Tgw Logistics Gmbh 6
#67 Tokyo Electron Limited 6
#68 Yoshino Kogyosho Co. 6
#69 Aptargroup 5
#70 Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co. 5
#71 Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited 5
#72 Hexcelpack 5
#73 Keter Plastic 5
#74 Lamiflex Ab 5
#75 Owens-Brockway Glass Container 5
#76 Philip Morris Products S.A. 5
#77 Polytex Fibers 5
#78 S. C. Johnson & Son 5
#79 Silgan White Cap 5
#80 Syntegon Technology Gmbh 5
#81 Walmart Apollo 5
#82 Westrock Shared Services 5
#83 3M 4
#84 Amgen 4
#85 Assa Abloy Entrance Systems Ab 4
#86 Ats 4
#87 Ball 4
#88 Berry Global 4
#89 Bobst Mex Sa 4
#90 Corning Incorporated 4
#91 Csp Technologies 4
#92 Gpi Systems Ab 4
#93 Haver & Boecker Ohg 4
#94 Hitachi High-Technologies 4
#95 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 4
#96 Kinpo Electronics 4
#97 Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V. 4
#98 Lantech.Com 4
#99 Max Co. 4
#100 Mettler Packaging 4