Where does Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V. ranks #14,466 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 MP Group Netherlands B.V. hold?

Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V. has an Innovation Score of 33.2 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -46% 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 Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V.'s patents?

Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V.'s patents average 9.8 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 MP Group Netherlands B.V. 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 Foreign Corporation

Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V.

Q: What technology areas does Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V. focus on?

Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V.'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 16 patents, ranking #214 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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, Ardagh ranks #14,466 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 13 technology areas.

#14,466
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.2/100): 9.8
avg claims per patent: -46%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14466 · Foreign Corporation #14,466 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,466/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Anheuser-Busch
CPC-FOCUS B65D · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -46% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Anheuser-Busch, 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 Ardagh’s 33.2 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 10.5 pts (32%) Velocity 4.0 pts (12%) Breadth 12.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 5.9 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ardagh MP Group… · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ardagh's Innovation Score is 33.2/100 (44th 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 9.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 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 MP Group Netherlands B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 80% 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 2018 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Ardagh sits between Anheuser-Busch, LLC and Automotive Research & Test Center.

Ardagh's three-year grant acceleration

Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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 20 patents at rank #14,473, 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 #14,473 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Ardagh's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	10.0%
2016	1	5.0%
2017	3	15.0%
2018	6	30.0%
2019	1	5.0%
2020	3	15.0%
2021	1	5.0%
2022	1	5.0%
2023	2	10.0%

Which technologies does Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V. 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 16

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 4

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 3

C22F - Changing THE Physical Structure OF Non-ferrous Metals AND Non-ferrous Alloys 2

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B44D - Painting OR Artistic Drawing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preserving PAINTINGS; Surface Treatment TO Obtain Special Artistic Surface Effects OR Finishes 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

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

Top 13 of 13 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 MP Group Netherlands B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V.'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), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #14,466 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V. against Anheuser-Busch, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.2/100 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

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