Compostable Film Extrusion Scale-Up Patent Snapshot 2026
The compostable film extrusion scale-up patent corpus is small and highly concentrated, with Danimer IPCO LLC holding a commanding share and nearly all substantive activity emerging only from 2023 onward. The field is nascent rather than mature, signaling early-mover opportunity but limited prior-art depth to build on.
Danimer IPCO leads a tightly held, early-stage field
Danimer IPCO LLC sits at the top of the applicant ranking and is the single largest filer in this space, followed by Procter & Gamble Co and Organix Solutions LLC. The top five filers together account for 71% of the ranked applicants visible in this query’ combined total, underscoring how few organizations have staked out IP positions so far.
The tier gap between Danimer IPCO and the remainder of the field is pronounced. No second-tier cluster has yet formed; challengers such as KG Ecoplast Pte Ltd and H. B. Fuller are present but at markedly lower activity levels, leaving the visible assignee structure unusually lopsided for a manufacturing-process domain.
| # | Applicant | Patent records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danimer IPCO LLC | 7 | |
| 2 | PROCTER & GAMBLE CO | 5 | |
| 3 | Organix Solutions LLC | 4 | |
| 4 | KG Ecoplast Pte Ltd | 2 | |
| 5 | Yeboa Kodie Peter | 2 | |
| 6 | HB Fuller Co | 2 |
| # | Applicant | Patent records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | H B FULLER LICENSING & FINANCING INC | 2 | |
| 8 | Earth Vision Amylex | 1 | |
| 9 | Autran Jean Philippe Marie | 1 | |
| 10 | Toray Plastics (America) Inc | 1 | |
| 11 | Guala Pack S.p.A. | 1 |
Danimer IPCO’s lead suggests it is defining the extrusion process architecture that others will eventually design around or license. For entrants, understanding Danimer’s claim scope in shaping (B29C) and layered-product (B32B) classes is a prerequisite before committing to a development path.
The most recent 18–24 months of filings are subject to publication lag and will appear undercounted in current data; the true activity level for 2024–2025 is likely higher than recorded here. Longer-window growth, applicant concentration, and technology-route coverage are therefore more reliable signals than the latest-year bar alone.
Activity surged in 2023; process and polymer classes dominate the technology mix
The annual filing trend reveals a field that was essentially dormant through 2022 and then generated almost all of its recorded volume in 2023. The technology composition shows that shaping-of-plastics (B29C), polymer compositions (C08L), and polymer processing (C08J) are the visible branches, reflecting a focus on process engineering rather than end-product applications.
Annual filing trend
Virtually no filings appear before 2023, when a sharp spike accounts for the large majority of total records. The 2024 and 2025 counts are modest, but those years remain subject to publication lag and should not be read as a retreat from the 2023 pace.
↗ Hover for values · click a bar to ask EurekaTechnology composition
B29C (shaping of plastics) leads the branch count, closely followed by C08L (polymer compositions) and C08J (polymer processing). Downstream branches — B32B (layered products), B65D (containers), and B65B (packaging and wrapping) — appear at lower but meaningful levels, indicating that some filers are extending process patents into product-level claims.
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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.
Films containing nutrients or components for use b…
Polymer films containing nutrients and/or components for use by soil, plants and/or animals are biodegradable and compostable. Film compositions may include bio-based and fossil-based polymers along with nutrients and other components that can be utilized by soil, plants, animals, as well as pigments and additives. The films may be configured as three-layer… (excerpt from the patent abstract)
| # | Patent | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plastic products comprising biodegradable polyeste… | 42 |
| 2 | Resilient biodegradable packaging materials | 41 |
| 3 | Plastic products comprising biodegradable polyeste… | 17 |
| 4 | A method of packaging an adhesive composition and … | 15 |
| 5 | Films containing nutrients or components for use b… | 6 |
| 6 | Biaxially-oriented biodegradable film | 3 |
| 7 | A method of packaging an adhesive composition and … | 3 |
| 8 | Cap layers of compostable multi-layer film | 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.
Danimer IPCO LLC
Danimer IPCO leads with 7 patent records and is a new entrant in the momentum data, with 6 recent filings indicating that virtually all of its activity is concentrated in the current period. Its technology emphasis spans B29C 48 and B29C 55 (extrusion and stretching of plastics) and B32B 27 (layered polymer laminates), positioning it squarely at the process-architecture layer of compostable film manufacturing. This breadth of process-plus-structure coverage makes it the de-facto reference point for freedom-to-operate analysis.
patent records: 7H.B. Fuller
H.B. Fuller’s combined entity presence (HB Fuller Co and H B Fuller Licensing & Financing Inc, each with 2 patent records) is amplified by its co-inventor network with Yeboa Kodie Peter, Rouyer Alain, and Pariente Emmanuelle, all of whom share 4 co-filed records focused on B65B 63 (packaging and wrapping) and B65D 65 (containers and packaging). The trajectory is that of a new entrant. Its adhesive-composition angle (C08L 101) differentiates it from Danimer IPCO’s process-centric approach and targets the seal-integrity challenge that compostable films face at scale.
patent records: 4 (combined entities)Frequently asked questions
The current evidence covers 12 patent families in scope. The corpus is small, reflecting that this specific intersection of compostable materials and industrial-scale extrusion process engineering has only recently attracted dedicated IP filing activity.
Danimer IPCO LLC is the top filer with 7 patent records, placing it well ahead of Procter & Gamble Co (5 records) and Organix Solutions LLC (4 records) in the applicant ranking.
The trend data shows zero filings from 2017 through 2022, with the large majority of recorded activity appearing in 2023. The 2024 and 2025 data points remain subject to publication lag and should not be interpreted as a decline from the 2023 level.
B29C (shaping of plastics) leads with 14 patent records, followed by C08L (polymer compositions) with 13 and C08J (polymer processing and solutions) with 11. Downstream packaging branches B32B and B65D each carry 9 records, indicating that filers are extending upstream process claims into end-product structures.
The United States and WIPO (PCT) each have 5 patent records, making them the primary filing offices. India follows with 4 records, and Europe (EPO) and Canada each have 3, indicating a multi-market strategy among the visible assignees.
Yes, but only one cluster is evident. H.B. Fuller co-filed 4 records each with three named inventors — Yeboa Kodie Peter, Rouyer Alain, and Pariente Emmanuelle — all focused on packaging and wrapping applications. No other multi-party collaboration network is visible in the current evidence.
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