B65B 19/02
Packaging cigarettes
B65B19/02 (Packaging cigarettes) appears on 616 US grants and 339 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 616
- Published applications
- 339
- Assignees
- 112
- Inventors
- 612
- Latest grant
- 24 Mar 2026
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| 2002 | 19 | 21 |
| 2003 | 22 | 9 |
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| 2022 | 9 | 14 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for forming pairs of packs24 Mar 2026US 12,583,642 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Machine and method to manufacture tubular elements with the shape of a truncated cone, in particular, of the tobacco industry17 Mar 2026US 12,577,005 B2Sasib S.p.A.
- Apparatus and method for packaging packets of smoking articles27 Jan 2026US 12,534,251 B2I,M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
- Aerosol-generating article collation forming with increased number of hoppers6 Jan 2026US 12,515,835 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Multi-pack for packs for products of the cigarette industry, and method and device for producing said multi-pack6 Jan 2026US 12,515,872 B2Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
- Method to control a hopper for a packaging machine for smoking articles30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217402 A1G. D S.p.A.
- Method for forming pairs of packs9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192958 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Double-track rotary manipulator cigarette pack mixing device and a cigarette pack mixing method18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167368 A1China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd
- Stackable arrangement of product containers and related method of stacking7 May 2026US 2026/0125175 A1R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Method for controlling a packaging machine24 Jul 2025US 2025/0236424 A1Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flip-top cartons111US 5,044,550 ATobacco Research and Development Institute Limited · 1991
- Flask-shaped cigarette container and method of packaging cigarettes111US 6,726,006 B12004
- Apparatus for transporting mass flows of articles64US 5,413,213 AKorber AG · 1995
- Hinge-lid pack for cigarettes or the like62US 4,753,384 AFocke & Co. (GmbH & Co.) · 1988
- Cigarette package with spacer50US 4,771,882 ABrown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation · 1988