Where does Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc. ranks #25,951 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.7 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc.'s patents?

Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc.'s patents average 21.8 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc.

Q: How many patents does Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc. hold?

Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc. focus on?

Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc.'s top technology area is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration) with 8 patents, ranking #107 of 892 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, 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 - 10 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Caraustar ranks #25,951 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 6 technology areas.

#25,951
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.7/100): 21.8
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25951 · US Corporation #25,951 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,951/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Calyxo
CPC-NARROW F16F · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Calyxo, 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 Caraustar’s 36.7 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 8.3 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 8.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 13.1 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Caraustar Industrial… · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Caraustar's Innovation Score is 36.7/100 (top 46% 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 Caraustar?

Each dot is one of Caraustar’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). Caraustar’s own 21.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Caraustar's grants concentrate

Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Caraustar sits between Calyxo, Inc. and Cassy Holdings LLC.

Caraustar's three-year grant acceleration

Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Calyxo

10
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10
Capnia

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Carbon Capture

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Carewear

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Carrier IQ

10
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10
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10

What this shows Caraustar holds 10 patents at rank #25,944, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Caraustar

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,944 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16F (Springs)

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

Caraustar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2023	2	20.0%
2024	2	20.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc. patent most?

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 8

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 8

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 4

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

D21F - Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon 2

Top 6 of 6 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

Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16F
Ranked #25,951 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Caraustar Industrial AND Consumer Products Group, Inc. against Calyxo, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.7/100 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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