Active Packaging Recycling Patent Snapshot 2026
The active packaging recycling space contains only a single patent family on record, filed in 2021 by Lovely Professional University and granted in Australia. Competitive intensity is effectively zero, signalling either a genuine early-stage gap or a topic that has not yet attracted discrete patent classification.
One applicant holds all activity; the field is nascent by any measure
Lovely Professional University is the sole ranked applicant, holding the single patent family currently indexed against active packaging recycling. There is no second-tier filer to benchmark against.
The top-five filers’ share of the ranked applicants visible in this query is 100%, driven entirely by one entity. There is no meaningful tier gap because there is only one tier.
| # | Applicant | Patent families | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lovely Professional University | 1 |
The leader’s position is visible by default rather than by competitive strategy. Any new entrant filing in this area would immediately become a co-leader.
The most recent filing periods should be treated as under-counted due to standard patent publication lag; the single-family corpus may expand as pending applications are published. Longer-window growth, applicant concentration, and technology-route coverage are therefore more reliable signals than the latest-year bar alone.
A single 2021 filing defines all trend and technology structure
The annual filing trend and technology composition charts both resolve to a single data point: one family filed in 2021 spanning food science and waste disposal branches.
Annual filing trend
All filing activity concentrates in 2021; years before and after show zero entries. The field peaked in 2021 and annual volume has since eased, though the sparse corpus means this pattern reflects limited data rather than a mature decline curve. Recent years remain subject to publication lag.
↗ Hover for values · click a bar to ask EurekaTechnology composition
The single family spans four IPC branches: coffee, tea and substitutes (A23F), animal feed (A23K), foods and non-alcoholic beverages (A23L), and solid waste disposal (B09B). This cross-branch coverage reflects the multi-material focus of the underlying invention rather than a diversified applicant portfolio.
↗ Hover for values · click a bar to ask EurekaHighly cited patent families surfaced by the query
Citation-heavy patent families returned by the query. Use this section as citation context, not as a curated list of the most topic-specific patents.
A novel process for recycling tea (camellia sinens…
A NOVEL PROCESS FOR RECYCLING TEA (CAMELLIA SINENSIS) AND COFFEE (COFFEA) WASTE AND ITS USE The said process is a very economical and environment friendly process which includes the recycling of tea (Camellia sinensis)/coffee (Coffea) waste and using them as food ingredients, food packing, animal feed. The process is industrially scalable. 6 Lovely… (excerpt from the patent abstract)
Open this patent in Eureka →| # | Patent | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A novel process for recycling tea (camellia sinens… | 2 |
Ranked by total forward citations. Citation counts favour older and broadly cited patent families, and broad or adjacent patents may appear when they match the search scope. Treat this section as citation context, not as a curated list of the most topic-specific patents. Some patent titles may be shown in their original, non-English language where an accurate translation could not be guaranteed.
Assignee snapshot from the current evidence set
The applicants below are visible in this query result. Because the evidence set is relatively small, read this section as a directional snapshot rather than a full competitive ranking.
Lovely Professional University
Lovely Professional University holds the single indexed patent family, filed in 2021 and granted in Australia. Their technology focus spans coffee/tea processing (A23F), animal feed (A23K), and solid waste disposal (B09B). No momentum data is available in the evidence, as there are no subsequent filings to compare against the prior period.
families: 1No challenger identified
No second-ranked applicant appears in the evidence. The challenger position is entirely open. Any organisation filing in active packaging recycling under a comparable classification strategy would immediately enter the ranking as a co-leader.
families: —Frequently asked questions
The current indexed corpus contains one patent family. This extremely small count means all landscape metrics should be interpreted with caution and may change materially as further applications are published.
Lovely Professional University is the sole ranked applicant, holding the single indexed patent family filed in 2021 and granted in Australia.
The single family spans four IPC branches: coffee, tea and substitutes (A23F), animal feed (A23K), foods and non-alcoholic beverages (A23L), and solid waste disposal (B09B).
Australia is the only jurisdiction on record. No filings in the US, Europe, China, or other major patent offices appear in the current evidence.
The field is classified as Decline based on annual filings easing from the 2021 peak. Given the corpus consists of a single family, this classification reflects the absence of follow-on filings rather than a mature technology curve, and should be treated as an early-stage or pre-commercial signal.
Based on the existing IPC coverage, solid waste disposal applied specifically to active packaging substrates (B09B) and recyclable functional food-contact structures (A23L) are two adjacent branches with plausible technical value and no current competing filers in this corpus. These are observations of relative sparsity, not validated commercial opportunities.
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