Specialized Container Forming & Dispensing

Methods and apparatuses for creating unique package structures, such as recesses in specific materials, blister packages, or single-dose units, and for controlled dispensing of products from storage into these containers.

19,204 US filings from 5,132 companies since 2023 · 2023: 5,821 · 2024: 5,909 · 2025: 5,302 · 2026 YTD: 2,172

Packaging Machines

Top companies

Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	Seiko Epson Corporation	325	101	101	76	47	-24.8%
2	Graphic Packaging International, LLC	212	46	61	62	43	+1.6%
3	The Procter & Gamble Company	204	62	65	61	16	-6.2%
4	Altria Client Services LLC	194	60	53	56	25	+5.7%
5	KRONES AG	186	53	67	50	16	-25.4%
6	CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA	180	61	41	50	28	+22.0%
7	TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.	178	57	54	56	11	+3.7%
8	WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC	161	55	48	44	14	-8.3%
9	SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.	150	41	55	45	9	-18.2%
10	Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.	113	38	23	37	15	+60.9%
11	NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.	112	32	38	26	16	-31.6%
12	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.	104	31	29	31	13	+6.9%
13	Sonoco Development, Inc.	100	37	33	26	4	-21.2%
14	Westrock Shared Services, LLC	94	42	25	22	5	-12.0%
15	THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.	92	12	40	28	12	-30.0%
16	SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.	81	14	27	18	22	-33.3%
17	G.D S.P.A.	79	30	23	23	3	0.0%
18	SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS	74	21	17	27	9	+58.8%
19	Niagara Bottling, LLC	62	20	20	16	6	-20.0%
20	ALPLA WERKE ALWIN LEHNER GMBH & CO. KG	59	14	22	12	11	-45.5%
21	Berry Global, Inc.	56	16	18	15	7	-16.7%
22	I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.	56	7	18	24	7	+33.3%
23	The Boeing Company	56	17	27	8	4	-70.4%
24	Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.	54	21	8	19	6	+137.5%
25	Signode Industrial Group LLC	54	13	15	14	12	-6.7%