Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 89 granted patents across 22 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: B31D (Making Articles OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper, NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses B31b OR B31c).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Pregis ranks #4,057 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 89 patents across 22 technology areas.
- #4,057
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 7%
- by Innovation Score (54.8/100)
- 23.1
- avg claims per patent
- +152%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R4057 · US Corporation #4,057 · 89 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-SMALL 89 grants
- TOP-DECILE #4,057/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Nalco
- CPC-FOCUS B31D · 22 areas
- INNOV-PAR 54.8/100
- CLAIMS-DENSE 23.1 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-SURGE +152% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Nalco Company LLC (±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 Pregis’s 54.8 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 Pregis
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- ABB Research · near
ABB Research · near
55 score
- DuPont Teijin Films… · near
DuPont Teijin Films… · near
55 score
- Pregis Innovative… · this assignee
Pregis Innovative… · this assignee
55 score
- Dublin City University · near
Dublin City University · near
55 score
- NxStage Medical · near
NxStage Medical · near
55 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Pregis's Innovation Score is 54.8/100 (top 7% 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 Pregis?
Each dot is one of Pregis’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). Pregis’s own 23.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Pregis's grants concentrate
Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 83.1% of grants classified under B31D (Making Articles OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper, NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses B31b OR B31c). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (17 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Pregis sits between Nalco Company LLC and Sony Electronics Inc..
Pregis's three-year grant acceleration
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC moved from 31 to 41 grants (1.32x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.
Who files at Pregis's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Nalco
Nalco Company LLC
89 patents
- National Universi…
National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University
89 patents
- Nippon Chemi-con
Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation
89 patents
- Nthdegree Worldwi…
NthDegree Technologies Worldwide Inc
89 patents
- RAB Lighting
RAB Lighting Inc.
89 patents
- Reald
RealD Inc.
89 patents
- Sanford Burnham P…
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
89 patents
- Sony
Sony Electronics Inc.
89 patents
- Pregis Innovative… ◀
Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC
89 patents
What this shows Pregis holds 89 patents at rank #4,057, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Pregis
By rank, the assignees closest to #4,057 in granted patent volume.
- Nalco Company LLC #4,053 · 89 patents
- National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University #4,054 · 89 patents
- Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation #4,055 · 89 patents
- NthDegree Technologies Worldwide Inc #4,056 · 89 patents
- RAB Lighting Inc. #4,058 · 89 patents
- RealD Inc. #4,059 · 89 patents
- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute #4,060 · 89 patents
- Sony Electronics Inc. #4,061 · 89 patents
Leaders in B31D (Making Articles OF Paper)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Pregis's primary technology class.
- Ranpak Corp. 62 in class
- Sealed Air Corporation (US) 38 in class
- Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier-und Wellpappenwerke & Co. 18 in class
- Automated Packaging Systems, LLC 14 in class
- Electronic Imaging Services, Inc. 14 in class
- Storopack Hans Reichenecker GmbH 13 in class
- HexcelPack, LLC 13 in class
- Vanguard Packaging, LLC 9 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pregis, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B31D (Making Articles OF Paper), Pregis ranks #1 of 102 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).
Similar claim depth
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (23.1 here).
Pregis's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 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
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 2.2% |
| 2016 | 5 | 5.6% |
| 2017 | 3 | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 6 | 6.7% |
| 2019 | 9 | 10.1% |
| 2020 | 9 | 10.1% |
| 2021 | 13 | 14.6% |
| 2022 | 17 | 19.1% |
| 2023 | 13 | 14.6% |
| 2024 | 11 | 12.4% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 1.1% |
Which technologies does Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC patent most?
Top 15 of 22 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC's lead technology class is B31D (Making Articles OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper, NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses B31b OR B31c), 83.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B31D
- Ranked #4,057 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC against Nalco Company LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 54.8/100 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.
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.