Where does Huhtamaki, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Huhtamaki, Inc. ranks #4,044 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 Huhtamaki, Inc. hold?

Huhtamaki, Inc. holds 89 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Huhtamaki, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Huhtamaki, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.5 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Huhtamaki, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Huhtamaki, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -58% 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 Huhtamaki, Inc.'s patents?

Huhtamaki, Inc.'s patents average 4.6 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 Huhtamaki, 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

Huhtamaki, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Huhtamaki, Inc. focus on?

Huhtamaki, 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 25 patents, ranking #128 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 89 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: 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, Huhtamaki ranks #4,044 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 89 patents across 14 technology areas.

#4,044
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.5/100): 4.6
avg claims per patent: -58%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4044 · US Corporation #4,044 · 89 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 89 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,044/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Eizo
CPC-FOCUS B65D · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -58% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eizo Corporation (±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 Huhtamaki’s 33.5 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 15.5 pts (46%) Velocity 2.0 pts (6%) Breadth 13.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 2.7 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Larson Manufacturing… · near

34
Pavillon Data Systems · near

34
World Emergency… · near

34
Huhtamaki · this assignee

33
Uberfan · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Huhtamaki's Innovation Score is 33.5/100 (45th 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 Huhtamaki?

Each dot is one of Huhtamaki’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). Huhtamaki’s own 4.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Huhtamaki's grants concentrate

Huhtamaki, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 28.1% 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 2018 (20 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Huhtamaki sits between Eizo Corporation and L-3 Communications Corporation.

Huhtamaki's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Huhtamaki, Inc. moved from 27 to 8 grants (0.30x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Eizo

89
Faurecia Systemes…

89
First Orion

89
GEA Farm

89
Ineos Styrolution…

89
Innio Jenbacher &…

89
Innogrit

89
L-3 Communications

89
Huhtamaki ◀

89

What this shows Huhtamaki holds 89 patents at rank #4,044, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Huhtamaki

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,044 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Huhtamaki, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials), Huhtamaki ranks #128 of 3,365 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Uberfan, LLC 33 Larson Manufacturing Company of South Dakota, LLC 34 World Emergency Network-Nevada, Ltd. 34 Pavillon Data Systems, Inc. 34

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (4.6 here).

Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC 4.6 avg Griffin Technology, LLC 4.6 avg Puzhen Life Co., Ltd. 4.5 avg Creative Plastic Concepts, LLC 4.6 avg

Huhtamaki's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Huhtamaki, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	9.0%
2016	13	14.6%
2017	8	9.0%
2018	20	22.5%
2019	10	11.2%
2020	10	11.2%
2021	7	7.9%
2022	4	4.5%
2023	3	3.4%
2024	1	1.1%
2025partial year	5	5.6%

Which technologies does Huhtamaki, 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 25

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 9

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 6

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

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

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 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

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Huhtamaki, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Huhtamaki, 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), 28.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #4,044 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Huhtamaki, Inc. against Eizo Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.5/100 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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