Where does Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc. ranks #38,673 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc. hold?

Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 15.6 out of 100 (3rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc.'s patents average 4.5 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc. focus on?

Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages) with 2 patents, ranking #1,501 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Akro-mils ranks #38,673 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 3 technology areas.

#38,673
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 3rd percentile
by Innovation Score (15.6/100): 4.5
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38673 · US Corporation #38,673 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,673/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aizen Global
CPC-NARROW B65D · 3 areas
INNOV-LOW 15.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aizen Global Co., Inc. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Akro-mils’s 15.6 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 6.7 pts (43%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (39%) Claim depth 2.7 pts (17%)

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What this shows Akro-mils's Innovation Score is 15.6/100 (3rd percentile of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Akro-mils?

Each dot is one of Akro-mils’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Akro-mils’s own 4.5 claims/patent is at or below the 9.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Akro-mils vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Akro-mils's grants concentrate

Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Akro-mils sits between Aizen Global Co., Inc. and Alco System Sweden AB.

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What this shows Akro-mils holds 6 patents at rank #38,597, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Akro-mils

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,597 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Akro-mils's primary technology class.

Akro-mils's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

16 3rd percentile higher than 3% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2017	4	66.7%
2020	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc. patent most?

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #38,673 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Akro-mils, a division of Myers Industries, Inc. against Aizen Global Co., Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 15.6/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

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