B65B 21/24
Enclosing bottles in wrappers
B65B21/24 (Enclosing bottles in wrappers) appears on 247 US grants and 257 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 247
- Published applications
- 257
- Assignees
- 103
- Inventors
- 344
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 6 | 5 |
| 2004 | 6 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 7 |
| 2006 | 4 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 6 |
| 2008 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 10 |
| 2011 | 1 | 11 |
| 2012 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 6 | 13 |
| 2014 | 5 | 19 |
| 2015 | 10 | 17 |
| 2016 | 17 | 24 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10 |
| 2018 | 11 | 14 |
| 2019 | 19 | 22 |
| 2020 | 12 | 9 |
| 2021 | 14 | 11 |
| 2022 | 7 | 17 |
| 2023 | 5 | 8 |
| 2024 | 15 | 14 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Strapping device and method for producing strapped packages1 Sep 2026US 12,722,821 B2Krones AG
- Container and packaging system16 Jun 2026US 12,654,900 B2Ring Container Technologies, LLC
- Carrier for containers31 Mar 2026US 12,589,930 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Smooth handoff of containers using multiple grippers23 Dec 2025US 12,503,319 B2WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
- Method and apparatus loading of cases with items18 Nov 2025US 12,473,111 B2Afa Systems Ltd.
- Packaging system and method for operating a packaging machine8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307839 A1Krones AG
- Carrier for containers9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193004 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Method and system for forming a package7 May 2026US 2026/0125169 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Method and system for forming a package7 May 2026US 2026/0125170 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Perforated panel for bottle packaging5 Mar 2026US 2026/0062190 A1Niagara Bottling, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Package for containers79US 8,602,209 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc. · 2013
- Package for containers71US 9,446,891 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc. · 2016
- Carton folding mechanism for wraparound cartons57US 5,664,401 AThe Mead Corporation · 1997
- Bottle packaging machine55US 3,940,907 AFederal Paper Board Company, Inc. · 1976
- Spiral bundler54US 4,050,220 A1977