Analysis of the hottest commodity packaging patent

Analysis of China's commodity packaging patents

the food packaging industry is closely and inseparable from the food industry. It can be said that without the continuous improvement of food packaging, the modernization of the food industry cannot be achieved. Patent documents have a great reference and guiding role for the research in the corresponding field, and a comprehensive analysis of patent documents can more intuitively see the development trend and advantages and disadvantages of this field

in the past 50 years, the sales of food have gradually shifted from retail stores and specialty stores to self selected malls and large department stores. In order to adapt to this situation, the requirements for food packaging have also changed. Studying the patented products of food packaging can not only see the dynamics and development trend of food packaging, but also play a guiding role in further research and exploration in the field of food packaging

patent analysis

10317 food packaging patents have been obtained from the State Intellectual Property Office of the people's Republic of China since 1985, including 57 invention patents, 176 utility model patents and 10084 appearance patents

● analysis of the number of patents from 1995 to 2002, the number of food packaging patents applied for was 40, with the largest number of invention patents applied for in 2000, 10, followed by 1998, and then 1995, with an average of 5 invention patents applied for every year. In general, the number of food packaging invention patents applied for presents a wavy distribution, and has an increasing trend with the continuous development and improvement of packaging equipment

from 1995 to 2002, 142 utility model patents for food packaging were applied, with an average of 16 utility model patents applied every year. The number of utility model patents applied for before 1999 increased year by year, and there was a breakthrough in 1999, nearly twice the number applied for in 1998; The number of utility model patents applied for after 2000 has decreased year by year, but on the whole, it is much higher than that before 1998. In general, the number of applied utility model patents for food packaging shows a peak distribution, and has an increasingly stable trend

from 1995 to 2002, 8340 appearance patents for food packaging were applied, with an average of 1042 appearance patents applied every year. There were many appearance patents applied for before 1996 ~ 1999, which tended to be stable. The largest number of appearance patents applied for food packaging was in 1999, and the number of appearance patents applied for after 2000 has decreased year by year. Overall, the number of applied food packaging appearance patents showed a relatively flat peak distribution, but the downward trend in the number of applications in recent years was more obvious. This may be because with the development of science and technology and the improvement of the overall quality of consumers, people pay more and more attention to the ingredients, nutrition, hygiene and other factors of food, rather than the traditional packaging

● patent type analysis "invention patent, utility model patent, appearance patent"; Specialized and innovative rdquo; Find ldquo; Qian jingrdquo; Among the three types of patents, appearance patents are far more than invention patents and utility model patents in number, and have developed steadily in recent years. Invention patents and appearance patents reached the peak in 1999, and the three kinds of patents were decreasing after 2000. In general, invention patents are the least, fluctuating within 10 every year; Utility model patents have gradually increased in recent years; After a slow rise, appearance patents have a significant downward trend

● analysis of invention patents so far, food packaging invention patents can be roughly divided into five categories according to the content: food packaging equipment, packaging materials, packaging methods, packaging auxiliary materials and packaging containers. The proportion of these five types of patents, and the invention patents of food packaging materials and packaging containers occupy an advantage in food packaging patents. The invention of packaging equipment is the least, which may be due to the large investment, long time-consuming and unstable income of the invention of packaging equipment, so there is less research in this direction

of course, the research hotspots in a certain field may be different in different periods. The application proportion of these five invention patents has not changed significantly in recent years. It has always been that there are many invention patents applied for packaging materials and packaging containers, which has always been a hot spot of invention patents for food packaging. There are fewer invention patents applied for packaging equipment, packaging methods and packaging auxiliary materials. In the past three years, no invention patents have been applied for packaging methods. There are also fewer inventions about the composition of packaging fatigue testing machine and the container of basic management products in ordinary use than in previous years

● analysis of utility model patents and appearance patents the utility model patents of food packaging involve a wide range of contents and fields, but with the continuous development of science and technology, it has attracted more and more attention, and the development prospect is also considerable. The number of appearance patents of food packaging occupies an absolute advantage in food packaging patents. According to the content, utility model patents and appearance patents can be roughly divided into five kinds: packaging bags, packaging boxes, packaging cans, packaging containers and packaging films. Utility model patents and appearance patents of food packaging bags account for the vast majority of the total appearance patents of food packaging, which is inseparable from the overwhelming market share of packaged food. Food packaging film occupies a small proportion of utility model patents and appearance patents, mainly because of the practicality of packaging film and its role in assisting other packaging containers rather than independent packaging. Food packaging cans are also less, because they are mainly aimed at liquid food, so they occupy less market

● comparison with relevant patents for packaging patents, among the invention patents, utility model patents and appearance patents of packaging, the proportion of food packaging patents in packaging patents is relatively small; For food patents, the proportion of food packaging patents in invention patents and utility model patents is small, but the proportion of appearance patents is as high as 87%, which shows that most of the applied appearance patents of food patents are in the form of food packaging patents

results and discussion

this paper only uses the abstract to classify the patents in the field of food packaging, and draws some general conclusions. To confirm the given results, we need to study more data and full text of patents

in this preliminary study, it can be seen that among the currently applied food packaging patents, appearance patents account for the vast majority and invention patents are the least. The number of invention patents is small, which is wavy and uniform with the year. Both utility model patents and appearance patents reached the peak in 1999. Among the food packaging patents, the number of invention patents for food packaging materials and packaging containers is large, and the invention of packaging equipment is the least. The reason may be that the invention of packaging equipment has large investment, long time-consuming and unstable income, so there is less research in this direction. Utility model patents and appearance patents of food packaging bags account for the majority of the total appearance patents of food packaging, while utility model patents and appearance patents of food packaging film are less. This shows that most of the applied appearance patents of food patents are in the form of food packaging patents. It can be seen that the design of packaging is very important in the aspect of food appearance, that is, in the product design process of consumer psychology research

outlook

with the further adjustment of the product structure of the food industry and the upgrading and upgrading of products, new requirements are also put forward for packaging: first, food quality and safety assurance, and stricter requirements for the development process of packaging technology from imitation to independent renovation and packaging materials; Second, the filling and packaging forms, speeds and specifications are more diversified, and the packaging materials and containers are standardized, serialized and generalized; Third, higher requirements for packaging decoration and packaging image; Fourth, there should be new breakthroughs in the anti-counterfeiting of packaging; Fifth, try to reduce packaging costs

modern food packaging is the product of modern food production, circulation and consumption. It is in line with modernization, but in the long run, the food circulation conditions and sales market are developing accordingly. Packaging is becoming increasingly automated, mechanized and environmentally friendly, which is the general development trend of food packaging