Where does ICA S.p.a. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ICA S.p.a. ranks #22,748 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does ICA S.p.a. hold?

ICA S.p.a. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is ICA S.p.a.'s Innovation Score?

ICA S.p.a. has an Innovation Score of 44.1 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ICA S.p.a.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ICA S.p.a.'s recent grant velocity is +1000% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for ICA S.p.a.'s patents?

ICA S.p.a.'s patents average 11.5 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 ICA S.p.a. 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

ICA S.p.a.

Q: What technology areas does ICA S.p.a. focus on?

ICA S.p.a.'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 10 patents. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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, ICA ranks #22,748 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 9 technology areas.

#22,748
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.1/100): 11.5
avg claims per patent: +1000%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22748 · Foreign Corporation #22,748 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,748/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH IBS FILTRAN KUNSTSTO…
CPC-NARROW B65D · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1000% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: IBS Filtran Kunststoff-/metallerzeugnisse Gmbh (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ICA S p a · this assignee

44
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows ICA's Innovation Score is 44.1/100 (top 26% 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.

Where ICA's grants concentrate

ICA S.p.a. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 83.3% 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 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, ICA sits between I.m.a. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.a IN Sigla IMA S.p.a. and Ifetch, Llc.

I M A Industria M…

12
I V A R S P A

12
IBS Filtran Kunst…

12
IBT

12
Iceye OY

12
Ideaya Biosciences

12
Idomoo

12
Ifetch

12
ICA S P A ◀

12

What this shows ICA holds 12 patents at rank #22,745, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ICA

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,745 in granted patent volume.

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

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

ICA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ICA S.p.a. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	8.3%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	2	16.7%
2022	2	16.7%
2023	4	33.3%
2024	2	16.7%

Which technologies does ICA S.p.a. 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 10

B65B - MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING 9

B31B - MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER 7

B65G - TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS 3

B29L - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES 1

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 1

B31D - MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C 1

Y02W - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT 1

B01D - SEPARATION 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,748

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

44.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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