Where does DS Smith Plastics, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DS Smith Plastics, Ltd. ranks #26,164 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 DS Smith Plastics, Ltd. hold?

DS Smith Plastics, Ltd. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is DS Smith Plastics, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

DS Smith Plastics, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 29.2 out of 100 (30th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does DS Smith Plastics, Ltd. focus on?

DS Smith Plastics, Ltd.'s top technology area is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 7 patents, ranking #76 of 469 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is DS Smith Plastics, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DS Smith Plastics, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 DS Smith Plastics, Ltd.'s patents?

DS Smith Plastics, Ltd.'s patents average 18.2 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 DS Smith Plastics, Ltd. 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

DS Smith Plastics, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DS ranks #26,164 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 8 technology areas.

#26,164
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.2/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26164 · Foreign Corporation #26,164 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,164/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DRS Power & Control
CPC-NARROW B67D · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DRS Power & Control Technologies, 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 DS’s 29.2 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 8.3 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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DS Smith Plastics · this assignee

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What this shows DS's Innovation Score is 29.2/100 (30th 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 DS?

Each dot is one of DS’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). DS’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where DS's grants concentrate

DS Smith Plastics, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 70% of grants classified under B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, DS sits between DRS Power & Control Technologies, Inc. and Dyve Biosciences, Inc..

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What this shows DS holds 10 patents at rank #26,125, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DS

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,125 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B67D (Dispensing)

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

DS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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DS Smith Plastics, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	30.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	3	30.0%
2020	2	20.0%

Which technologies does DS Smith Plastics, Ltd. patent most?

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

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 5

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

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

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

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

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 1

Top 8 of 8 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

DS Smith Plastics, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DS Smith Plastics, Ltd.'s lead technology class is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 70% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B67D
Ranked #26,164 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DS Smith Plastics, Ltd. against DRS Power & Control Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.2/100 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

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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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