International Paper Co. (IP)
NYSE: IP · Paper Mills · Memphis, TN · filing with the SEC since 1994
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◀ Past 4.8● Present 4.7▶ Future 6.5
Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 20261,291 patents granted to the 21 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to International Paper Co.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
1,291
1,219 utility, 44 design, 18 plant, 10 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
9
Against 13 in 2024 and 11 in 2023
Applications published
490
6 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
21
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Textile and paper machines33
Handling22
Medical technology5
Furniture, games2
Organic fine chemistry2
Macromolecular chemistry, polymers2
Mechanical elements2
Other special machines1
Thermal processes and apparatus1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name21 counted
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
278 published
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
157 published
Lacebark, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 published
DS SMITH PACKAGING LIMITED a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
11 published
INTERSTATE CORRPACK LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
8 published
Waddington and Duval Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
DS SMITH PACKAGING LTD a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
DS SMITH PACKAGING FRANCE S.A.S. a subsidiary
FR, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
DS SMITH PLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
7 published
DS SMITH PACKAGING FRANCE a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in FR
5 published
Corrugated Container Corp. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
DS SMITH PACKAGING DEUTSCHLAND STIFTUNG & CO. KG a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
4 published
Lacebark, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
4 published
Corrugated Products Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
0 published
DS SMITH PACKAGING DEUTSCHLAND STIFTUNG & CO. KG a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
DS SMITH PLC a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
INTERSTATE RESOURCES INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
INTERSTATE RESOURCES, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
2 published
INTERSTATE SOUTHERN PACKAGING LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
NOVA DS SMITH EMBALAGEM SA a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in PT
1 published
RFC CONTAINER COMPANY, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Names not counted (2)
St. Regis Paper Company Limited
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in GB. 33 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Interstate Container Reading LLC
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Textile and paper machines 7 · Handling 6 · Medical technology 1 · Furniture, games 1.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.