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Meadwestvaco Calmar GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Meadwestvaco ranks #17,886 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 7 technology areas.

#17,886
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
13th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.8/100)
7.8
avg claims per patent
-100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17886 · Foreign Corporation #17,886 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
  • MID-PACK #17,886/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Matthews Resources
  • CPC-NARROW B05B · 7 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 23.8/100
  • CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.8 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-DROP -100% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Matthews Resources, Inc. (±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 Meadwestvaco’s 23.8 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Meadwestvaco

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Meadwestvaco's Innovation Score is 23.8/100 (13th 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Meadwestvaco?

Each dot is one of Meadwestvaco’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). Meadwestvaco’s own 7.8 claims/patent is at or below the 9.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Meadwestvaco vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 15.915.91616.1 51015202530 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Matthews Resources, Inc. - 16, 13.5Matthews ResourcesMaxim Defense Industries, LLC - 16, 8.06Maxim Defense Ind…McGill University - 16, 17Mcgill UniversityMcNeil AB - 16, 12.5Mcneil ABMedical Depot, Inc. - 16, 9.25Medical DepotMenlo Security, Inc. - 16, 25.94Menlo SecurityMetabowerke GmbH - 16, 9.88MetabowerkeMicro Matic USA, Inc. - 16, 8Micro Matic USAMeadwestvaco Calmar GMBH - 16, 7.75Meadwestvaco Calm…
Meadwestvaco vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Meadwestvaco's grants concentrate

Meadwestvaco Calmar GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 56.3% of grants classified under B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (14 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Meadwestvaco sits between Matthews Resources, Inc. and Micro Matic USA, Inc..

Who files at Meadwestvaco's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Meadwestvaco holds 16 patents at rank #17,903, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Meadwestvaco

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,903 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05B (Spraying Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Meadwestvaco, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B05B (Spraying Apparatus), Meadwestvaco ranks #139 of 1,384 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (24 here).

Shenzhen Ouli Technology Co., Ltd. 24 DG International Holdings Limited 24 Nisshin Foods Inc. 24 Beta-Calco, Inc. 24

Meadwestvaco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Meadwestvaco Calmar GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2015 14 87.5%
2016 1 6.3%
2017 1 6.3%

Which technologies does Meadwestvaco Calmar GMBH patent most?

Top 7 of 7 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

Meadwestvaco Calmar GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Meadwestvaco Calmar GMBH's lead technology class is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles), 56.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05B
  • Ranked #17,886 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Meadwestvaco Calmar GMBH against Matthews Resources, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 23.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.