Overall rank by patents
#2,907
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 132 granted patents across 7 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. 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).
The verdict
Westrock holds 132 US patents across 7 technology areas, rank #2,907 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
Westrock Packaging Systems, Llc has been granted 132 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Westrock Packaging Systems, Llc at rank #2,907 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 7 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 17.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in 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). As a US Corporation, Westrock Packaging Systems, Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Westrock sits between Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (132 patents, rank #2,903) and Diversey, Inc. (131 patents, rank #2,911) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 48.3/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 96 grants, compared with 36 in the 2015–2019 window, a +167% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Westrock Packaging Systems, Llc's 17.3 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while concentration in 7 subclasses points to a focused technical program. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Westrock Packaging Systems, Llc against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
132 patents
TRANSLATE BIO, INC.
132 patents
Trinity Bay Equipment Holdings, LLC
132 patents
Werner Co.
132 patents
WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
132 patents
Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC
131 patents
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
131 patents
Broan-NuTone LLC
131 patents
Diversey, Inc.
131 patents
What this shows Westrock holds 132 patents at rank #2,907, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #2,907 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Westrock's primary technology class.
Westrock's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 1.5% |
| 2016 | 9 | 6.8% |
| 2017 | 6 | 4.5% |
| 2018 | 5 | 3.8% |
| 2019 | 14 | 10.6% |
| 2020 | 12 | 9.1% |
| 2021 | 9 | 6.8% |
| 2022 | 17 | 12.9% |
| 2023 | 16 | 12.1% |
| 2024 | 28 | 21.2% |
| 2025 | 14 | 10.6% |
Top 7 of 7 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#2,907
Across all tracked assignees
48.3 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Westrock's 132 grants land it in the top 17% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
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.