Where does Nypro Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nypro Inc. ranks #11,754 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 Nypro Inc. hold?

Nypro Inc. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Nypro Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nypro Inc. has an Innovation Score of 59.7 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Nypro Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +850% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nypro Inc.'s patents?

Nypro Inc.'s patents average 16.1 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 Nypro 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

Nypro Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Nypro Inc. focus on?

Nypro 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 17 patents, ranking #191 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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, Nypro ranks #11,754 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 28 technology areas.

#11,754
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.7/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: +850%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11754 · US Corporation #11,754 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,754/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nanocomp
CPC-FOCUS B65D · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +850% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanocomp Technologies 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 Nypro’s 59.7 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 11.4 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (34%) Breadth 18.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bridgestone · near

60
ENI S P A · near

60
Fitbit · near

60
Nypro · this assignee

60
Academia Sinica · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nypro's Innovation Score is 59.7/100 (top 4% 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 Nypro?

Each dot is one of Nypro’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). Nypro’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nypro's grants concentrate

Nypro Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 65.4% 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 2024 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Nypro sits between Nisshin Foods Inc. and New Pig Corporation.

Nypro's three-year grant acceleration

Nypro Inc. shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Nisshin Foods

26
Northwest Instrum…

26
NS Solutions

26
Michel VAN DE Wie…

26
Nanocomp

26
Napra

26
Nation Wide Produ…

26
New Pig

26
Nypro ◀

26

What this shows Nypro holds 26 patents at rank #11,748, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nypro

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,748 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nypro, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials), Nypro ranks #191 of 3,365 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Fitbit, LLC 60 ENI S.P.A. 60 Bridgestone Corporation 60 Academia Sinica 60

Nypro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Nypro Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	7.7%
2020	1	3.8%
2021	1	3.8%
2022	2	7.7%
2023	4	15.4%
2024	11	42.3%
2025partial year	5	19.2%

Which technologies does Nypro 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 17

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 7

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 3

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 2

D06F - Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles 2

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 2

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 2

B01D - Separation 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

Top 15 of 28 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

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

Nypro 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), 65.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #11,754 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nypro Inc. against Nisshin Foods Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.7/100 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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