Where does Graham Packaging Company, L.P. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Graham Packaging Company, L.P. ranks #2,421 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 Graham Packaging Company, L.P. hold?

Graham Packaging Company, L.P. holds 161 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Graham Packaging Company, L.P.'s Innovation Score?

Graham Packaging Company, L.P. has an Innovation Score of 43.3 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Graham Packaging Company, L.P.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Graham Packaging Company, L.P.'s recent grant velocity is -66% 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 Graham Packaging Company, L.P.'s patents?

Graham Packaging Company, L.P.'s patents average 12.7 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 Graham Packaging Company, L.P. 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

Graham Packaging Company, L.P.

Q: What technology areas does Graham Packaging Company, L.P. focus on?

Graham Packaging Company, L.P.'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 79 patents, ranking #27 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 161 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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, Graham ranks #2,421 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 161 patents across 23 technology areas.

#2,421
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.3/100): 12.7
avg claims per patent: -66%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2421 · US Corporation #2,421 · 161 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 161 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,421/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AOl
CPC-FOCUS B65D · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -66% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AOl (±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 Graham’s 43.3 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 17.6 pts (41%) Velocity 1.2 pts (3%) Breadth 17.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Conversant Intellect… · near

43
Draka Comteq B V · near

43
Graham Packaging · this assignee

43
Hong ANN Tool… · near

43
Hood Technology · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Graham's Innovation Score is 43.3/100 (top 28% 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 Graham?

Each dot is one of Graham’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). Graham’s own 12.7 claims/patent is at or below the 14.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Graham's grants concentrate

Graham Packaging Company, L.P. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 49.1% 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 2016 (38 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Graham sits between AOl and Nivarox-FAR S.A..

Graham's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Graham Packaging Company, L.P. moved from 51 to 9 grants (0.18x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,124. See the growth leaderboard.

Aol

161
Astellas Pharma

161
Elenion

161
Equinix

161
HCL

161
ISP Investments

161
Mitsubishi Heavy…

161
Nivarox-far

161
Graham Packaging ◀

161

What this shows Graham holds 161 patents at rank #2,421, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Graham

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,421 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Graham, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials), Graham ranks #27 of 3,365 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. 43 Hong ANN Tool Industries Co., Ltd. 43 Draka Comteq B.V. 43 Hood Technology Corporation 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.7 here).

Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. 12.7 avg Neonode Inc. 12.7 avg Shenzhen Royole Technologies Co., Ltd. 12.6 avg KMW Inc. 12.7 avg

Graham's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Graham Packaging Company, L.P. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	28	17.4%
2016	38	23.6%
2017	19	11.8%
2018	16	9.9%
2019	19	11.8%
2020	18	11.2%
2021	14	8.7%
2022	4	2.5%
2023	4	2.5%
2024	1	0.6%

Which technologies does Graham Packaging Company, L.P. 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 79

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 44

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 31

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 19

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 15

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 5

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 5

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 5

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 3

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

Top 15 of 23 technology areas

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What to do with this data

Graham Packaging Company, L.P.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Graham Packaging Company, L.P.'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), 49.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #2,421 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Graham Packaging Company, L.P. against AOl, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.3/100 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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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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