B65B 43/00
Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
Official title: Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging (forming pockets in sheets, blanks or webs, by pressing the material into forming dies or moving it through folding dies B65B47/00)
B65B43/00 (Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging) appears on 3,437 US grants and 3,122 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 3,437
- Published applications
- 3,122
- Assignees
- 1,601
- Inventors
- 5,935
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 78 | 0 |
| 1977 | 52 | 0 |
| 1978 | 35 | 0 |
| 1979 | 35 | 0 |
| 1980 | 34 | 0 |
| 1981 | 39 | 0 |
| 1982 | 30 | 0 |
| 1983 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | 23 | 0 |
| 1985 | 43 | 0 |
| 1986 | 36 | 0 |
| 1987 | 44 | 0 |
| 1988 | 30 | 0 |
| 1989 | 46 | 0 |
| 1990 | 35 | 0 |
| 1991 | 52 | 0 |
| 1992 | 45 | 0 |
| 1993 | 33 | 0 |
| 1994 | 39 | 0 |
| 1995 | 52 | 0 |
| 1996 | 57 | 0 |
| 1997 | 50 | 0 |
| 1998 | 64 | 0 |
| 1999 | 55 | 0 |
| 2000 | 51 | 0 |
| 2001 | 50 | 22 |
| 2002 | 57 | 55 |
| 2003 | 62 | 62 |
| 2004 | 54 | 71 |
| 2005 | 40 | 64 |
| 2006 | 38 | 58 |
| 2007 | 30 | 72 |
| 2008 | 44 | 81 |
| 2009 | 35 | 76 |
| 2010 | 50 | 68 |
| 2011 | 37 | 69 |
| 2012 | 48 | 86 |
| 2013 | 56 | 115 |
| 2014 | 68 | 127 |
| 2015 | 70 | 146 |
| 2016 | 88 | 144 |
| 2017 | 103 | 167 |
| 2018 | 103 | 167 |
| 2019 | 133 | 205 |
| 2020 | 185 | 207 |
| 2021 | 176 | 169 |
| 2022 | 171 | 205 |
| 2023 | 146 | 194 |
| 2024 | 183 | 213 |
| 2025 | 190 | 172 |
| 2026 | 143 | 107 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65B 43/42Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or1,851
- B65B 43/26Opening or distending bags1,011
- B65B 43/12Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed state859
- B65B 43/08Forming three-dimensional [3d] containers from sheet material292
- B65B 43/04Forming flat bags from webs87
- B65B 43/38Opening hinged lids82
- B65B 43/24Breaking creases to facilitate setting-up cartons39
- B65B 43/40Removing separate lids21
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- Systems, Methods, and Apparatuses for Producing and Packaging Medical Fluids8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307835 A1
- Packaging machine and method for feeding a packaging bag to a conveying device of a packaging machine1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296702 A1HDG-Verpackungsmaschinen GMBH
- Portion optimized dispensing system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296703 A1Pinto Inc.
- A container rotating unit and a machine for handling containers including such unit24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285524 A1Tirelli S.r.l.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for holding article221US 5,687,874 AKao Corporation · 1997
- Method of forming and inserting filter elements in cup-shaped containers213US 6,440,256 B1Keurig, Incorporated · 2002
- Calibratable automatic fluid dispenser153US 4,331,262 ANew Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc. · 1982
- Collapsible foam shipping cooler for perishables and method of making149US 8,919,082 B1Iowa E. P. S. Products, Inc. · 2014
- Precise portion packaging machine137US 4,703,765 AUnited States Tobacco Company · 1987