Capsule Filling Machines Patents: Leaders & Filing Trends 2026
Capsule Filling Machine Patents: Who Leads and Where Filing Is Heading
One filer dominates the ranked field. the leading assignee holds 37 records against a fifth-place count of 5 and a tenth-place count of just 2, across 23 ranked companies. Filings rose from 4 in 2017 to a peak of 18 in 2019, then eased off. The last complete year-over-year comparison available, 2021 to 2024, shows filings falling from 4 to 1 — a -75% change. 2025 and 2026 figures are still incomplete because publication trails filing by roughly 18 months, so those final bars should be read as a floor, not a verdict on where the field is heading.
- 1SCITECH CENT37
- 2ACG PAM PHARMA TECH PVT LTD30
- 3SYNTEGON TECHNOLOGY GMBH6
- 4SEJONG PHARMATECH5
- 5SICHUAN PHARMA5
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Common questions about capsule filling machine patents
Who holds the most patents on capsule filling machines?
Within this 78-record dataset, one assignee leads clearly with 37 records, well ahead of the fifth-ranked company at 5 and the tenth-ranked company at 2, across a ranked field of 23 companies. That gap indicates a sustained, multi-year patenting programme rather than a single burst of filings. Anyone evaluating freedom to operate in dosator or dosing-disc mechanisms should treat that leader’s portfolio as the first thing to check, since its scale dwarfs every other filer in the ranking.
Is capsule filling machine patent activity growing or slowing down?
Filing peaked in 2019 at 18 records and the most recent reliable comparison, 2021 to 2024, shows a -75% drop from 4 filings to 1. That is a real, complete-year decline, not an artefact of missing data. However, 2025 and 2026 figures are still incomplete because publication typically lags actual filing by about 18 months, so it is too early to say whether the slowdown continues, stabilises, or reverses once those years finish publishing.
What technology areas do capsule filling machine patents cover most?
The overwhelming majority, 91.0% of the 78 records, fall under IPC class A61J, containers for medicine, confirming that claims centre on capsule-handling and dosing hardware. Packaging and wrapping claims under B65B appear on 37.2% of records, often alongside A61J claims in the same filing. Smaller classes such as presses, electrical measurement, food shaping and filters each cover only a handful of records, suggesting occasional cross-filing from adjacent industries rather than distinct competing technology streams.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Capsule Filling Machines covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.