B65B 3/04
Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or
Official title: Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
B65B3/04 (Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or) appears on 1,338 US grants and 1,661 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 1,338
- Published applications
- 1,661
- Assignees
- 801
- Inventors
- 2,696
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 3 |
| 2002 | 10 | 8 |
| 2003 | 8 | 18 |
| 2004 | 20 | 19 |
| 2005 | 11 | 16 |
| 2006 | 11 | 21 |
| 2007 | 9 | 19 |
| 2008 | 9 | 21 |
| 2009 | 5 | 20 |
| 2010 | 2 | 23 |
| 2011 | 10 | 31 |
| 2012 | 21 | 49 |
| 2013 | 31 | 70 |
| 2014 | 34 | 102 |
| 2015 | 57 | 142 |
| 2016 | 68 | 120 |
| 2017 | 84 | 173 |
| 2018 | 107 | 133 |
| 2019 | 121 | 100 |
| 2020 | 122 | 111 |
| 2021 | 86 | 95 |
| 2022 | 90 | 84 |
| 2023 | 78 | 92 |
| 2024 | 84 | 80 |
| 2025 | 68 | 64 |
| 2026 | 45 | 47 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for making and filling pouches with or without spout for packaging fluid products and related plant6 Oct 2026US 12,752,947 B2
- System for introducing an additive into a container comprising a static microdoser6 Oct 2026US 12,753,059 B2Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
- Hot fill container with wavy groove29 Sep 2026US 12,747,060 B2The Coca-Cola Company
- Consumer product22 Sep 2026US 12,741,453 B2Conopco, Inc.
- Beta component of a transfer system for a sterile isolation region, sterile isolation region, aseptic filling system, and a method of operating such a filling system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,526 B2Syntegon Technology GmbH
- Dispenser unit for aerosol precursor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305730 A1RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
- Filling Process for Pharmaceutical Compositions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307834 A1Amgen Inc.
- Systems, Methods, and Apparatuses for Producing and Packaging Medical Fluids8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307835 A1
- Portion optimized dispensing system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296703 A1Pinto Inc.
- Apparatus and method for automatically filling and capping containers17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274473 A1I,M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- E-cigarette personal vaporizer233US 9,247,773 B2Beyond Twenty Ltd. · 2016
- Method and apparatus for filling cartridges with a liquid223US 6,715,516 B2Novo Nordisk A/S · 2004
- Method and apparatus for filling cartridges with a liquid222US 6,786,246 B2Novo Nordisk A/S · 2004
- E-cigarette personal vaporizer132US 9,668,522 B2Beyond Twenty Ltd. · 2017
- Method and device for metering and dispersing fluid materials103US 3,960,187 AUSM Corporation · 1976