B65B 19/22
Wrapping the cigarettes
Official title: Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
B65B19/22 (Wrapping the cigarettes) appears on 376 US grants and 213 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 376
- Published applications
- 213
- Assignees
- 68
- Inventors
- 347
- Latest grant
- 27 Jan 2026
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| 2003 | 17 | 8 |
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| 2006 | 8 | 16 |
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| 2008 | 12 | 9 |
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| 2013 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2020 | 6 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for packaging packets of smoking articles27 Jan 2026US 12,534,251 B2I,M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.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.)
- Packet for cigarette industry products and method and device for producing the same1 Oct 2024US 12,103,744 B2Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
- System and method for printing on a package13 Aug 2024US 12,060,190 B2Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc.
- Packet for cigarette industry products, and method for producing same23 Jan 2024US 11,878,856 B2Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
- Method for controlling a packaging machine24 Jul 2025US 2025/0236424 A1Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
- Grouping unit for a cartoning machine for the production of a package comprising a plurality of packs for smoking articles and an insert, cartoning machine provided with said grouping unit, method for the production of a package comprising a plurality of packs for smoking articles and an insert and package comprising a plurality of packs for smoking articles and an insert24 Apr 2025US 2025/0128841 A1G. D S.p.A.
- Apparatus and method for packaging packets of smoking articles9 Jan 2025US 2025/0011023 A1I,M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
- Multi-pack for packs for products of the cigarette industry, and method and device for producing said multi-pack21 Nov 2024US 2024/0383670 A1Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
- Method to make a container for consumer goods and container for consumer goods28 Sep 2023US 2023/0303311 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flip-top cartons111US 5,044,550 ATobacco Research and Development Institute Limited · 1991
- Cigarette pack and process and device for producing it50US 8,123,030 B2Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.) · 2012
- Rigid container for tobacco items and method of producing such a container45US 7,318,523 B2G. D. Societa per Azioni · 2008
- Rigid, hinged-lid with grippable tab package and relative packing method38US 8,474,612 B2G. D. Societa per Azioni · 2013
- Method of folding a sheet of packing material with an extraction opening about a group of cigarettes, and corresponding package of cigarettes37US 7,827,769 B2G. D. Societa per Azioni · 2010