The global packaging industry experienced a 13% decline in patent filings in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter. The total number of grants rose by 21%, resulting in overall patent publications decreasing by 13.4%, according to GlobalData’s Patent Analytics. GlobalData’s databook Packaging: Patents Trends Q2 2024 offers comprehensive insights into patenting trends, major players’ strategies, and geographical focus in the sector over the last three years. Buy the databook here.
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Notably, the number of patent applications in the packaging industry was 10,597 in Q2 2024, versus 12,239 in the prior quarter. Filings were down 27% year-on-year and decrease 13% quarter-on-quarter. This compares to a 27% year-on-year decrease in patent grants and 13% decline in quarter-on-quarter.
Most patenting activity has been in the Packaging sector, where the number of patents filed Q1 2024 was 8347, a drop of 13% versus the previous quarter. The second-largest patent count was in Packaging Material (1133, down 14%) and then Packaging Automation and Control in third (748, down 7%).
The top five companies accounted for 5% of patenting activity
Analysis of patenting activity by companies shows that the largest number of patents filed over the last quarter was by Tetra Laval International with 133, followed by Krones with 109 and Procter & Gamble with 102.
Patenting activity was driven by China with a 41% share of total patent filings
The largest share of patent filings in the packaging industry in Q2 2024 was in China with 41%, followed by the US (12%) and Japan (10%). The share represented by China was 2% higher than the 39% share it accounted for in Q1 2024.
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