B65B 35/30
Arranging and feeding articles in groups
B65B35/30 (Arranging and feeding articles in groups) appears on 1,539 US grants and 1,500 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 1,539
- Published applications
- 1,500
- Assignees
- 823
- Inventors
- 2,766
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 21 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 20 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 9 |
| 2002 | 14 | 26 |
| 2003 | 18 | 24 |
| 2004 | 24 | 33 |
| 2005 | 34 | 30 |
| 2006 | 25 | 24 |
| 2007 | 18 | 28 |
| 2008 | 24 | 39 |
| 2009 | 16 | 36 |
| 2010 | 23 | 40 |
| 2011 | 26 | 38 |
| 2012 | 20 | 40 |
| 2013 | 27 | 61 |
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| 2015 | 31 | 76 |
| 2016 | 55 | 110 |
| 2017 | 58 | 59 |
| 2018 | 67 | 78 |
| 2019 | 81 | 104 |
| 2020 | 75 | 85 |
| 2021 | 75 | 84 |
| 2022 | 82 | 89 |
| 2023 | 75 | 84 |
| 2024 | 92 | 106 |
| 2025 | 98 | 96 |
| 2026 | 65 | 55 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65B 35/50Stacking one article, or group of articles, upon another before packaging482
- B65B 35/44By endless belts or chains390
- B65B 35/36By grippers307
- B65B 35/40By reciprocating or oscillatory pushers277
- B65B 35/54Feeding articles along multiple paths to a single packaging position151
- B65B 35/46By rotary conveyors90
- B65B 35/32By gravity39
- B65B 35/34By agitators or vibrators38
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