Where does WestRock MWV, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), WestRock MWV, LLC ranks #4,071 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 WestRock MWV, LLC hold?

WestRock MWV, LLC holds 89 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is WestRock MWV, LLC's Innovation Score?

WestRock MWV, LLC has an Innovation Score of 55.3 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is WestRock MWV, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

WestRock MWV, LLC's recent grant velocity is -2% 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 WestRock MWV, LLC's patents?

WestRock MWV, LLC's patents average 19.1 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 WestRock MWV, 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

WestRock MWV, LLC

Q: What technology areas does WestRock MWV, LLC focus on?

WestRock MWV, 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 49 patents. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 89 granted patents across 32 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, Westrock ranks #4,071 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 89 patents across 32 technology areas.

#4,071
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.3/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -2%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4071 · US Corporation #4,071 · 89 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 89 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,071/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taipei Medical…
CPC-FOCUS B65D · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -2% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taipei Medical University (±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
Hypertherm · near

55
Erico International · near

55
Finisar · near

55
WestRock MWV · this assignee

55
Xinjiang Goldwind… · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Westrock's Innovation Score is 55.3/100 (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.

Where Westrock's grants concentrate

WestRock MWV, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 55.1% 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 2017 (17 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2019. By volume, Westrock sits between Taipei Medical University and Altman Specialty Plants llc.

Westrock's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, WestRock MWV, LLC moved from 21 to 26 grants (1.24x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Taipei Medical Un…

89
Trumpf Laser- UND…

89
The University of…

89
Vishay-siliconix

89
Westrock MWV ◀

89
Alderbio Holdings

88
Acres Technology

88
Aerohive Networks

88
Altman Specialty…

88

What this shows WestRock holds 89 patents at rank #4,071, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near WestRock

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,071 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Erico International Corporation 55 Finisar Corporation 55 Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 55 Hypertherm, Inc. 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

Sunnybrook Research Institute 19.1 avg Pcms Holdings, Inc. 19.1 avg Omni Medsci, Inc. 19.1 avg Superior Essex International Inc. 19.1 avg

Westrock'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

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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WestRock MWV, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	5.6%
2016	11	12.4%
2017	17	19.1%
2018	7	7.9%
2019	4	4.5%
2020	9	10.1%
2021	8	9.0%
2022	11	12.4%
2023	8	9.0%
2024	7	7.9%
2025partial year	2	2.2%

Which technologies does WestRock MWV, 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 49

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 41

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 10

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 5

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 4

D21J - FIBREBOARD; Manufacture OF Articles From Cellulosic Fibrous Suspensions OR From Papier-mache 4

D21C - Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor 4

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

D21B - Fibrous RAW Materials OR Their Mechanical Treatment 3

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

D21D - Treatment OF THE Materials Before Passing TO THE Paper-making Machine 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

D21G - CALENDERS; Accessories FOR Paper-making Machines 2

Top 15 of 32 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,071

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

55.3 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

WestRock MWV, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

WestRock MWV, 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), 55.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #4,071 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare WestRock MWV, LLC against Taipei Medical University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.3/100 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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