Where does Green Bay Packaging, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Green Bay Packaging, Inc. ranks #26,407 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 Green Bay Packaging, Inc. hold?

Green Bay Packaging, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Green Bay Packaging, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Green Bay Packaging, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.8 out of 100 (25th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Green Bay Packaging, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Green Bay Packaging, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Green Bay Packaging, Inc.'s patents?

Green Bay Packaging, Inc.'s patents average 17.1 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 Green Bay Packaging, 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

Green Bay Packaging, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Green Bay Packaging, Inc. focus on?

Green Bay Packaging, Inc.'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 9 patents, ranking #386 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 5 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, Green ranks #26,407 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 5 technology areas.

#26,407
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 25th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.8/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26407 · US Corporation #26,407 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,407/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gouda-Torgerson…
CPC-NARROW B65D · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gouda-Torgerson Building Systems 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 Green’s 27.8 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 (30%) Velocity 1.3 pts (5%) Breadth 7.9 pts (28%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Green Bay Packaging · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Green's Innovation Score is 27.8/100 (25th 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 Green?

Each dot is one of Green’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). Green’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Green's grants concentrate

Green Bay Packaging, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 90% 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 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Green sits between Gouda-Torgerson Building Systems LLC and Gritstone Bio, Inc..

Green's three-year grant acceleration

Green Bay Packaging, Inc. shows 1 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.

Gouda-torgerson B…

10
Grand General Acc…

10
Grand Valley Stat…

10
Grasslanz Technol…

10
Greenonyx

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Greyfin

10
Grifols Therapeut…

10
Gritstone Bio

10
Green Bay Packagi… ◀

10

What this shows Green holds 10 patents at rank #26,414, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Green

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,414 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Green's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 25th percentile higher than 25% 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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Green Bay Packaging, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	2	20.0%
2019	2	20.0%
2020	3	30.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Green Bay Packaging, Inc. 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 9

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 2

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

D06F - Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Green Bay Packaging, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Green Bay Packaging, Inc.'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), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #26,407 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Green Bay Packaging, Inc. against Gouda-Torgerson Building Systems LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.8/100 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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