Where does AptarGroup, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AptarGroup, Inc. ranks #4,452 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 AptarGroup, Inc. hold?

AptarGroup, Inc. holds 79 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is AptarGroup, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

AptarGroup, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.8 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is AptarGroup, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

AptarGroup, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -50% 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 AptarGroup, Inc.'s patents?

AptarGroup, Inc.'s patents average 8.9 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.

How is the AptarGroup, 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

AptarGroup, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does AptarGroup, Inc. focus on?

AptarGroup, 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 52 patents, ranking #43 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 79 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, Aptargroup ranks #4,452 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 79 patents across 18 technology areas.

#4,452
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.8/100): 8.9
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4452 · US Corporation #4,452 · 79 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 79 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,452/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH A123 Systems
CPC-FOCUS B65D · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: A123 Systems LLC (±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 Aptargroup’s 40.8 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 15.1 pts (37%) Velocity 5.3 pts (13%) Breadth 15.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 5.4 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AptarGroup · this assignee

41
ECI Telecom · near

41
Luigi Lavazza S p A · near

41
Lynk Labs · near

41
Shenzhen Xunweijia… · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aptargroup's Innovation Score is 40.8/100 (top 35% 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 Aptargroup?

Each dot is one of Aptargroup’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). Aptargroup’s own 8.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Aptargroup's grants concentrate

AptarGroup, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 65.8% 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 2015 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Aptargroup sits between A123 Systems LLC and Checkpoint Systems, Inc..

Aptargroup's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, AptarGroup, Inc. moved from 20 to 16 grants (0.80x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

A123 Systems

79
Aida Engineering

79
Alpha

79
Aeris Communicati…

79
Audible

79
Biocatch

79
Bioventures

79
Checkpoint Systems

79
Aptargroup ◀

79

What this shows AptarGroup holds 79 patents at rank #4,452, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AptarGroup

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,452 in granted patent volume.

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

Other assignees with the most granted patents in AptarGroup's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for AptarGroup, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials), AptarGroup ranks #43 of 3,365 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. 41 ECI Telecom Ltd. 41 Shenzhen Xunweijia Technology Development Co., Ltd. 41 Lynk Labs, Inc. 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.9 here).

Progress Profiles SPA 8.9 avg Shanghai Jiao Tong University 8.9 avg Nidec Copal Corporation 8.9 avg Toshiba Solutions Corporation 8.9 avg

Aptargroup's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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AptarGroup, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	15.2%
2016	7	8.9%
2017	9	11.4%
2018	8	10.1%
2019	12	15.2%
2020	6	7.6%
2021	2	2.5%
2022	5	6.3%
2023	6	7.6%
2024	5	6.3%
2025partial year	7	8.9%

Which technologies does AptarGroup, 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 52

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 7

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 5

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 4

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 4

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

Top 15 of 18 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

AptarGroup, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AptarGroup, 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), 65.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #4,452 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AptarGroup, Inc. against A123 Systems LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.8/100 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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