Patent Analytics Report on Food and Medicine Packaging

Introduction

In the current market scenario, packaging provides the most important first point of contact by which a company presents its products to consumers. Innovation in packaging designs and colors is taking places brands jostle for shelf appeal and space. Important types of packaging include Active, Intelligent or smart and green etc.

Active, intelligent and green are terms used to describe innovative packaging technologies developed to prolong the shelf life, enhance the quality and safety of food and protect the environment. Conventional passive packaging systems protect the food product only from external environmental hazards. These new technologies are used to modify and monitor the internal and external food environment and provide multiple barriers or hurdles to protect food.

Active packaging materials change the condition of the packaged food product and are designed to extend shelf life, improve safety and/or enhance sensory properties in foods and beverages, while maintaining the quality of the packaged food.

Intelligent or smart packaging systems monitor the internal and/or external conditions of a product through its life cycle and communicate the quality to a particular user

Green packaging initiatives are meeting consumer desires for packaging that is earth friendly, biodegradable and/or compostable and made from renewable resources

With the help of Patent iNSIGHT Pro, we will analyze the patent data around packaging to find answers to the following:
 
• What does the IP publication trend for Packaging look like and how have the filings evolved?
• Who are the top companies in the packaging industry and what are their technology wise trends?
• How is research in packaging spread across different countries?
• Which companies hold the maximum inventions across different types of materials used in packaging?
• What are the different packaging processes used by various companies?
• How are the companies spread across different Packaging types?
• Which packaging materials are used across different food formulations?
 

The illustration below shows the different categories prepared and the number of records in each. The categorization involved defining a search strategy for each topic and then conducting the search using the Advanced Searching capability in Patent iNSIGHT Pro. Details of search strings used for each category are given in Appendix B.

Publication Trend

What has been the IP publication trend for Packaging?

Top Companies

Who have been the top companies within the packaging industry?