Where does MeadWestvaco Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MeadWestvaco Corporation ranks #16,184 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 MeadWestvaco Corporation hold?

MeadWestvaco Corporation holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is MeadWestvaco Corporation's Innovation Score?

MeadWestvaco Corporation has an Innovation Score of 23.3 out of 100 (12th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is MeadWestvaco Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MeadWestvaco Corporation's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 MeadWestvaco Corporation's patents?

MeadWestvaco Corporation's patents average 10.1 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 MeadWestvaco Corporation 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

MeadWestvaco Corporation

Q: What technology areas does MeadWestvaco Corporation focus on?

MeadWestvaco Corporation'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 8 patents, ranking #446 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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, Meadwestvaco ranks #16,184 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 4 technology areas.

#16,184
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.3/100): 10.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16184 · US Corporation #16,184 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,184/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mardil
CPC-NARROW B65D · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mardil, 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 23.3 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 10.2 pts (44%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (30%) Claim depth 6.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MeadWestvaco · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Meadwestvaco's Innovation Score is 23.3/100 (12th 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 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 10.1 claims/patent is at or below the 19.0 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.

Where Meadwestvaco's grants concentrate

MeadWestvaco Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 44.4% 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 2015 (16 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Meadwestvaco sits between Mardil, Inc. and Metro International Biotech, LLC.

Mardil

18
Massivit 3D Print…

18
Matrox Graphics

18
Maury Microwave

18
Medivis

18
Metaio

18
Metavention

18
Metro Internation…

18
Meadwestvaco ◀

18

What this shows MeadWestvaco holds 18 patents at rank #16,194, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MeadWestvaco

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,194 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Meadwestvaco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

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 Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	88.9%
2016	2	11.1%

Which technologies does MeadWestvaco Corporation 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 8

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 5

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 1

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

Top 4 of 4 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 Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MeadWestvaco Corporation'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), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #16,184 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MeadWestvaco Corporation against Mardil, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.3/100 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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