B65B 5/00
Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles
Official title: Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
B65B5/00 (Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles) appears on 3,484 US grants and 3,905 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 3,484
- Published applications
- 3,905
- Assignees
- 1,820
- Inventors
- 6,516
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 25 | 0 |
| 1977 | 26 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | 15 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 20 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
| 1985 | 19 | 0 |
| 1986 | 15 | 0 |
| 1987 | 31 | 0 |
| 1988 | 19 | 0 |
| 1989 | 33 | 0 |
| 1990 | 26 | 0 |
| 1991 | 33 | 0 |
| 1992 | 33 | 0 |
| 1993 | 35 | 0 |
| 1994 | 24 | 0 |
| 1995 | 29 | 0 |
| 1996 | 29 | 0 |
| 1997 | 33 | 0 |
| 1998 | 47 | 0 |
| 1999 | 29 | 0 |
| 2000 | 28 | 0 |
| 2001 | 37 | 14 |
| 2002 | 30 | 48 |
| 2003 | 46 | 55 |
| 2004 | 46 | 81 |
| 2005 | 59 | 57 |
| 2006 | 56 | 78 |
| 2007 | 32 | 72 |
| 2008 | 48 | 92 |
| 2009 | 43 | 112 |
| 2010 | 68 | 104 |
| 2011 | 78 | 126 |
| 2012 | 65 | 131 |
| 2013 | 92 | 259 |
| 2014 | 100 | 208 |
| 2015 | 142 | 237 |
| 2016 | 152 | 204 |
| 2017 | 149 | 161 |
| 2018 | 141 | 195 |
| 2019 | 175 | 231 |
| 2020 | 196 | 232 |
| 2021 | 193 | 215 |
| 2022 | 188 | 223 |
| 2023 | 198 | 219 |
| 2024 | 206 | 228 |
| 2025 | 186 | 208 |
| 2026 | 139 | 115 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65B 5/10Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles1,407
- B65B 5/06Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles970
- B65B 5/04Packaging single articles800
- B65B 5/02Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles613
- B65B 5/08Packaging groups of articles, the articles being individually gripped or guided for287
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