B31B 50/84
Forming or attaching means for filling or dispensing contents
Official title: Forming or attaching means for filling or dispensing contents, e.g. valves or spouts
B31B50/84 (Forming or attaching means for filling or dispensing contents) appears on 161 US grants and 125 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B31B- Granted patents
- 161
- Published applications
- 125
- Assignees
- 72
- Inventors
- 290
- Latest grant
- 23 Sep 2025
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 9 |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
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| 2013 | 2 | 7 |
| 2014 | 2 | 9 |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 |
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| 2017 | 4 | 10 |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 9 | 11 |
| 2020 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus for manufacturing a container23 Sep 2025US 12,420,512 B2Frugalpac Limited
- Paper-based composite container for off-gassing products, and method for making same18 Feb 2025US 12,227,335 B2Sonoco Development, Inc.
- Carton with dispenser15 Oct 2024US 12,116,186 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Unit and method for applying opening devices to a web of packaging material1 Oct 2024US 12,103,262 B2Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Anvil and spigot arrangement for cap applicator unit16 Jul 2024US 12,036,744 B2Elopak AS
- Container, Method of Making a Container, and Apparatus for Manufacturing a Container25 Dec 2025US 2025/0387993 A1Frugalpac Limited
- Carton With Insert25 Sep 2025US 2025/0296726 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Carton With Locking Features25 Sep 2025US 2025/0296727 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Packaging blank, method for molding a lid-spout assembly onto a packaging blank, lid spout assembly, package having a lid-spout assembly and method and apparatus for forming a packaging blank28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269996 A1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Container element with inclined side walls for dimensionally stable foodstuff container19 Jun 2025US 2025/0197056 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flat-top container with an opening fitment59US 5,704,541 ATetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A. · 1998
- Self sealing drinking dispenser55US 6,164,488 AFlip Cup Company, LLC · 2000
- Apparatus for continuous feeding and synchronized application of fitments to carton blanks and related method54US 5,102,485 AInternational Paper Company · 1992
- Method and apparatus for attaching a spout to a container49US 5,484,374 ANimco Corporation · 1996
- Process and apparatus for assembling and liquor-charging of packages of paper and the like47US 4,788,811 ADai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha · 1988