Where does Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc. ranks #38,857 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 Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc. hold?

Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2022, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc. has an Innovation Score of 21.2 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc.'s patents?

Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc.'s patents average 4.7 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 Ardagh Metal Beverage USA 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

Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc. focus on?

Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc.'s top technology area is B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal) with 1 patents, ranking #462 of 818 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2022. 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: B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ardagh ranks #38,857 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 2 technology areas.

#38,857
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.2/100): 4.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38857 · US Corporation #38,857 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,857/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ARC Management &…
CPC-NARROW B21D · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2022 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ARC Management & Services (±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 Ardagh’s 21.2 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 (32%) Velocity 6.7 pts (32%) Breadth 5.0 pts (24%) Claim depth 2.8 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shenzhen Airsmart… · near

21
Busch Systems… · near

21
Ardagh Metal… · this assignee

21
Kiwi Technology · near

21
Exterior Wall Systems · near

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ardagh's Innovation Score is 21.2/100 (8th 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 Ardagh?

Each dot is one of Ardagh’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). Ardagh’s own 4.7 claims/patent is at or below the 13.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ardagh's grants concentrate

Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 16.7% of grants classified under B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal). By volume, Ardagh sits between ARC Management & Services and Arima Lasers Corp..

Ardagh's three-year grant acceleration

Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

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What this shows Ardagh holds 6 patents at rank #38,679, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ardagh

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,679 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ardagh, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes), Ardagh ranks #462 of 818 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (21 here).

Kiwi Technology Inc. 21 Busch Systems International Inc. 21 Exterior Wall Systems Limited 21 Shenzhen Airsmart Technology Co., Ltd 21

Ardagh's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2022

Grants by year

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

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Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	3	50.0%
2022	3	50.0%

Which technologies does Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc. patent most?

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

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 1

Top 2 of 2 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

Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc.'s lead technology class is B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal), 16.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B21D
Ranked #38,857 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc. against ARC Management & Services, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.2/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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