Where does Summit Packaging Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Summit Packaging Systems, Inc. ranks #25,306 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 Summit Packaging Systems, Inc. hold?

Summit Packaging Systems, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Summit Packaging Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Summit Packaging Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.2 out of 100 (17th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Summit Packaging Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Summit Packaging Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -78% 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 Summit Packaging Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Summit Packaging Systems, Inc.'s patents average 13.1 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 Summit Packaging Systems, 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

Summit Packaging Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Summit Packaging Systems, Inc. focus on?

Summit Packaging Systems, 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 8 patents, ranking #446 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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, Summit ranks #25,306 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 4 technology areas.

#25,306
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.2/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: -78%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25306 · US Corporation #25,306 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,306/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Storm Pneumatic Tool
CPC-NARROW B65D · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -78% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Storm Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd. (±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 Summit’s 25.2 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 8.6 pts (34%) Velocity 1.7 pts (7%) Breadth 7.1 pts (28%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Summit Packaging… · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Summit's Innovation Score is 25.2/100 (17th 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 Summit?

Each dot is one of Summit’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). Summit’s own 13.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Summit's grants concentrate

Summit Packaging Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 72.7% 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 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Summit sits between Storm Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd. and Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd..

Summit's three-year grant acceleration

Summit Packaging Systems, Inc. shows 1 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.

Storm Pneumatic T…

11
Stratus Ireland

11
Subpac

11
Sumitomo Electric…

11
SUN Medical

11
Sunoptic

11
Sunshine Kaidi NE…

11
Sunwave Communica…

11
Summit Packaging… ◀

11

What this shows Summit holds 11 patents at rank #25,196, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Summit

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,196 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Summit's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Summit Packaging Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2016	3	27.3%
2017	1	9.1%
2018	1	9.1%
2019	3	27.3%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Summit Packaging Systems, 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 8

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 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

Summit Packaging Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Summit Packaging Systems, 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), 72.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #25,306 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Summit Packaging Systems, Inc. against Storm Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.2/100 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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