Where does Silgan White Cap LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Silgan White Cap LLC ranks #3,983 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 Silgan White Cap LLC hold?

Silgan White Cap LLC holds 91 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Silgan White Cap LLC's Innovation Score?

Silgan White Cap LLC has an Innovation Score of 40.3 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Silgan White Cap LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Silgan White Cap LLC's recent grant velocity is +127% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Silgan White Cap LLC's patents?

Silgan White Cap LLC's patents average 9.8 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 Silgan White Cap LLC 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

Silgan White Cap LLC

Q: What technology areas does Silgan White Cap LLC focus on?

Silgan White Cap LLC'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 44 patents. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 91 granted patents across 13 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: 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, Silgan ranks #3,983 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 91 patents across 13 technology areas.

#3,983
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.3/100): 9.8
avg claims per patent: +127%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3983 · US Corporation #3,983 · 91 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 91 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,983/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sage Therapeutics
CPC-FOCUS B65D · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +127% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sage Therapeutics, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amgen Research… · near

40
Dorco · near

40
Össur Iceland ehf · near

40
Paul Hartmann · near

40
Silgan White Cap · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Silgan's Innovation Score is 40.3/100 (top 36% 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.

Where Silgan's grants concentrate

Silgan White Cap LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 48.4% 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 2023 (14 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Silgan sits between Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd. and Transitions Optical, Ltd..

Silgan's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Silgan White Cap LLC moved from 36 to 33 grants (0.92x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Suzhou Opple Ligh…

91
Synventive Moldin…

91
Sage Therapeutics

91
Saint Louis Unive…

91
Tango Networks

91
Tsmc Nanjing

91
Transdermal Biote…

91
Transitions Optic…

91
Silgan White Cap ◀

91

What this shows Silgan holds 91 patents at rank #3,986, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Silgan

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,986 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Silgan, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Amgen Research (MUNICH) GMBH 40 Dorco Co., Ltd. 40 Össur Iceland ehf 40 Paul Hartmann AG 40

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.8 here).

Tokyo University of Science Foundation 9.8 avg Dong-eui University Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation 9.8 avg Envision Aesc Japan Ltd. 9.8 avg Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. 9.8 avg

Silgan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% 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.

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Silgan White Cap LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	2.2%
2016	5	5.5%
2017	6	6.6%
2018	3	3.3%
2019	10	11.0%
2020	13	14.3%
2021	13	14.3%
2022	8	8.8%
2023	14	15.4%
2024	11	12.1%
2025partial year	6	6.6%

Which technologies does Silgan White Cap LLC 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 44

B67B - Applying Closure Members TO Bottles Jars, OR Similar CONTAINERS; Opening Closed Containers 4

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 3

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

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

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 2

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

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,983

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

40.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Silgan White Cap LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Silgan White Cap LLC'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), 48.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #3,983 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Silgan White Cap LLC against Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.3/100 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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