Where does Tekni-Plex, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tekni-Plex, Inc. ranks #6,290 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 Tekni-Plex, Inc. hold?

Tekni-Plex, Inc. holds 54 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Tekni-Plex, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tekni-Plex, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.6 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Tekni-Plex, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tekni-Plex, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -24% 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 Tekni-Plex, Inc.'s patents?

Tekni-Plex, Inc.'s patents average 12.9 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 Tekni-Plex, 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

Tekni-Plex, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Tekni-Plex, Inc. focus on?

Tekni-Plex, 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 31 patents, ranking #98 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 54 granted patents across 24 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, Tekni-plex ranks #6,290 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 54 patents across 24 technology areas.

#6,290
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.6/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: -24%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6290 · US Corporation #6,290 · 54 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 54 grants
UPPER-Q #6,290/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Takara Bio USA
CPC-FOCUS B65D · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -24% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Takara Bio USA, 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 Tekni-plex’s 42.6 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 13.8 pts (32%) Velocity 3.7 pts (9%) Breadth 17.3 pts (41%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Enel X North America · near

43
Nidec Copal · near

43
OLogN · near

43
Tekni-Plex · this assignee

43
Tris Pharma · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tekni-plex's Innovation Score is 42.6/100 (top 30% 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 Tekni-plex?

Each dot is one of Tekni-plex’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). Tekni-plex’s own 12.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Tekni-plex's grants concentrate

Tekni-Plex, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 57.4% 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 2019 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Tekni-plex sits between Tripwire, Inc. and Venus Medtech (HANGZHOU), Inc..

Tekni-plex's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Tekni-Plex, Inc. moved from 20 to 11 grants (0.55x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Tripwire

54
Takara Bio USA

54
Tecpharma Licensi…

54
Technology Partne…

54
The Secretary of…

54
Thor Tech

54
Upwing Energy

54
Venus Medtech (Ha…

54
Tekni-plex ◀

54

What this shows Tekni-Plex holds 54 patents at rank #6,293, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tekni-Plex

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,293 in granted patent volume.

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

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Tekni-Plex's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tekni-Plex, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials), Tekni-Plex ranks #98 of 3,365 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

OLogN Technologies AG 43 Enel X North America, Inc. 43 Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation 43 Tris Pharma Inc 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.9 here).

ALI Group S.R.L.—CARPIGIANI 12.9 avg Thales DIS France SAS 12.9 avg SMS group GmbH 12.9 avg TS Tech Co., Ltd. 12.9 avg

Tekni-plex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% 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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Tekni-Plex, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	3.7%
2016	5	9.3%
2017	7	13.0%
2018	6	11.1%
2019	9	16.7%
2020	6	11.1%
2021	5	9.3%
2022	4	7.4%
2023	4	7.4%
2024	3	5.6%
2025partial year	3	5.6%

Which technologies does Tekni-Plex, 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 31

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 13

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 11

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 10

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 9

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 3

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 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 1

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 1

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

Top 15 of 24 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

Tekni-Plex, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tekni-Plex, 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), 57.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #6,290 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tekni-Plex, Inc. against Tripwire, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.6/100 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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