Where does International Paper Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), International Paper Company ranks #2,120 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 International Paper Company hold?

International Paper Company holds 186 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 82 technology areas.

What is International Paper Company's Innovation Score?

International Paper Company has an Innovation Score of 57.7 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is International Paper Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

International Paper Company's recent grant velocity is -27% 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 International Paper Company's patents?

International Paper Company's patents average 17.2 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 International Paper Company 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

International Paper Company

Q: What technology areas does International Paper Company focus on?

International Paper Company's top technology area is D21H (Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 56 patents, ranking #9 of 361 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 82 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 186 granted patents across 82 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: D21H (Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherw).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, International ranks #2,120 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 186 patents across 82 technology areas.

#2,120
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.7/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: -27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2120 · US Corporation #2,120 · 186 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 186 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,120/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Avary Holding…
CPC-WIDE D21H · 82 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited. (±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 International’s 57.7 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 18.1 pts (31%) Velocity 4.4 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Clarios Germany & KG · near

58
Koninklijke Douwe… · near

58
Zoetis Services · near

58
AR & NS Investment · near

58
International Paper · this assignee

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows International's Innovation Score is 57.7/100 (top 5% 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 International?

Each dot is one of International’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). International’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How International's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, International Paper Company received 77 grants versus 105 in 2015–2019 (-27% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 29 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 11. Lead class D21H accounts for 30.1% of the portfolio across 82 subclasses. Volume neighbours: UNIVERSITÉ DE Bordeaux (#2,116) and University of Hong Kong (#2,124).

International's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, International Paper Company moved from 64 to 42 grants (0.66x 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 #2,289. See the growth leaderboard.

UniversitÉ DE Bor…

187
Avary Holding (Sh…

186
Barco

186
GE Lighting Solut…

186
Ishida

186
Tanaka Kikinzoku…

186
The Chamberlain G…

186
University of Hon…

186
International Pap… ◀

186

What this shows International holds 186 patents at rank #2,120, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near International

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,120 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D21H (Pulp Compositions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for International, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In D21H (Pulp Compositions), International ranks #9 of 361 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

AR & NS Investment, LLC 58 Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V. 58 Zoetis Services LLC 58 Clarios Germany GmbH & Co. KG 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

Allscripts Software, LLC 17.2 avg Sling Media L.L.C. 17.2 avg Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. 17.2 avg Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP 17.2 avg

International's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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.

View data table

International Paper Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	22	11.8%
2016	15	8.1%
2017	22	11.8%
2018	17	9.1%
2019	29	15.6%
2020	12	6.5%
2021	23	12.4%
2022	20	10.8%
2023	11	5.9%
2024	11	5.9%
2025partial year	4	2.2%

Which technologies does International Paper Company patent most?

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 56

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 52

D21C - Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor 31

D21F - Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon 22

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 17

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 15

D21G - CALENDERS; Accessories FOR Paper-making Machines 14

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 12

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 12

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 9

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 9

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 9

D21D - Treatment OF THE Materials Before Passing TO THE Paper-making Machine 8

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 8

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 8

Top 15 of 82 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

International Paper Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

International Paper Company's lead technology class is D21H (Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherw), 30.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D21H
Ranked #2,120 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare International Paper Company against UNIVERSITÉ DE Bordeaux, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.7/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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