Sealed Air Patents – Key Insights and Stats

Sealed Air has a total of 5903 patents globally, out of which 3382 have been granted. Of these 5903 patents, more than 38% patents are active. United States of America is where Sealed Air has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and Germany. Parallelly, USA seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of Sealed Air.

Sealed Air was founded in 1960 by Alfred W. Fielding and Marc Chavannes. Sealed Air manufactures packaging and performance-based materials and equipment systems that serve food, industrial, medical, and consumer applications. As of March 2022, Sealed Air has a market cap of $10.16 Billion.

Do read about some of the most popular patents of Sealed Air which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Sealed Air patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Sealed Air patent portfolio.

How many patents does the CEO of Sealed Air have?

The CEO, Edward L. Doheny II have 9 patents.

How many patents does Sealed Air have?

Sealed Air has a total of 5903 patents globally. These patents belong to 1669 unique patent families. Out of 5903 patents, 2260 patents are active.

How Many Patents did Sealed Air File Every Year?

Sealed Air Patents Filing Trend

Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.

Year of Patents Filing or GrantSealed Air Applications FiledSealed Air Patents Granted
2011216167
2012203142
2013170146
2014272124
2015176113
2016264147
2017337158
2018275161
2019150142
202082150
202145209
202226

How many Sealed Air patents are Alive/Dead?

Worldwide Patents

Sealed Air Patents Portfolio

Patent Families

Sealed Air Patents

How Many Patents did Sealed Air File in Different Countries?

Sealed Air Worldwide Patents

Countries in which Sealed Air Filed Patents

CountryPatents
United States Of America1026
Europe816
Germany477
Australia442
New Zealand312
Canada272
Spain267
China266
Austria238
Mexico234
Brazil221
Japan179
Korea (South)96
Russia71
Argentina53
Denmark45
India44
Poland35
United Kingdom25
Portugal20
Chile19
Italy19
Malaysia17
Taiwan14
Hungary12
Hong Kong (S.A.R.)10
Dominican Republic7
South Africa7
Czech Republic6
Singapore5
Finland4
France4
Colombia3
Israel2
Philippines1
Costa Rica1
Switzerland1

Where are Research Centers of Sealed Air Patents Located?

Research Centers of Sealed Air Patents

10 Best Sealed Air Patents

US6859672B2 is the most popular patent in the Sealed Air portfolio. It has received 160 citations so far from companies like American Express, Elwha Llc and Xatra Fund Mx Llc.

Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Sealed Air:

Publication NumberCitation Count
US6859672B2160
US7585528B2140
US6550229B2126
US6406763B1122
US6689438B2119
US6800162B2110
US6899229B2104
WO2013124201A1104
US6534137B1103
US20090179541A1102

Which Companies are using Sealed Air Patents to Advance their Research?

If patents or patents from a particular technology area of a company receive a lot of citations, it implies that the technology is being followed and incrementally innovated by the citing companies. It also indicates that citing companies are working on similar and closely related technologies.

The top citing companies in the Sealed Air patent portfolio are Bemis Company, Pregis Innovative Packaging and Dow Global Technologies.

List of the top forward citing Companies –

CompanyNumber of Patents
Bemis Company25
Pregis Innovative Packaging20
Dow Global Technologies Inc20
Pregis Sharp Systems Llc17
Pregis Intellipack Llc17
Free Flow Packaging International Inc17
Procter & Gamble15
Automated Packaging Systems Inc12
3M Innovative Properties Company10
Avery Dennison10

Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Sealed Air Patents

Top Sealed Air Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications

Patent NumberCount of Rejected Applications
US9143843B219
US7585528B216
US7063882B214
US6406763B113
US6630237B213
US7935401B212
US6627273B211
US7681732B210
US7386968B210
US8815360B210
US20060219578A110
US8152367B29
US20050281997A19
US20120204516A19
US6889483B28

What Percentage of Sealed Air US Patent Applications were Granted?

Sealed Air (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 386 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 290 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 76.92%.

Below are the key stats of Sealed Air patent prosecution at the USPTO.

Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Sealed Air?

Law FirmTotal ApplicationSuccess Rate
Sealed Air Corporation17582.53%
Alston & Bird6066.67%
Delio Peterson & Curcio12100.00%
Thomas C Lagaly1060.00%
St Onge Steward Johnston & Reens80.00%
Lerner David Littenberg742.86%
Bell Seltzer Park & Gibson6100.00%
Lerner David Littenberg & Samuel6100.00%
Cryovac Inc540.00%
The Dow Chemical Company5100.00%

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What are Sealed Air‘s key innovation segments?

What Technologies are Covered by Sealed Air?

The chart below distributes patents filed by Sealed Air in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Sealed Air thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.

R&D Focus: How Sealed Air search focus changed over the years?

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