Laser Marking Patents: Top Companies & Filing Trends 2026
Laser Marking and Traceability Patents: Who Leads and Where Filing Is Headed
17.5% of all 2,334 records sit with the top five assignees combined — a concentrated core with a long tail of single-digit filers behind it. Annual filings climbed to a peak of 188 records in 2019, then declined through the early 2020s; the complete-year comparison shows a 20% drop from 101 filings in 2021 to 81 in 2024. Readers should treat 2025 and 2026 figures as still filling in given the usual publication lag.
- 1DEKA PRODUCTS LP6.6%
- 2CROWN PACKAGING TECH INC3.8%
- 3ALLTEC ANGEWANDTE LASER LICHT TECH GMBH2.7%
- 4FREEZIO AG2.7%
- 5CARL ZEISS VISION INTERNATIONAL GMBH1.8%
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- The complete ranking, not just the top five
- Every IPC branch with its share of the corpus
- The most-cited records, and where claim space is still thin
Common questions on laser marking and traceability patents
Who holds the most patents in laser marking and traceability?
The ranked field covers 100 assignees, with the leader holding 154 records and a steep drop to 41 at fifth place and 24 at tenth. The top five combined account for 17.5% of all 2,334 records in scope, and the top ten for 24.0% — a concentrated core followed by a long tail of low-volume filers. This is not a top-50 or top-100 cutoff; it is the entire ranking the dataset returns.
Is laser marking patent filing growing or slowing down?
Filing peaked at 188 records in 2019 and has since cooled, with complete-year data showing a 20% decline from 101 filings in 2021 to 81 in 2024. Because publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, the 2025 and 2026 figures will rise as more records publish, but the 2021-2024 comparison already reflects a real slowdown rather than a lag artefact.
What technology areas dominate laser marking and traceability patents?
Marking process claims (IPC B41M) lead at 24.4% of the 2,334 records, closely followed by welding, soldering and brazing-related beam-material interaction claims (B23K) at 23.8%. Data recognition and presentation (G06K), covering the read-back side such as data matrix decoding, sits at 17.9%. Because a single record can carry multiple IPC classes, these shares add up to more than 100% and should be read as overlapping claim density, not as a breakdown of one whole.
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 Laser Marking and Traceability 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.