B65B 5/06
Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
B65B5/06 (Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles) appears on 970 US grants and 1,034 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 970
- Published applications
- 1,034
- Assignees
- 646
- Inventors
- 2,121
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 13 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 3 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12 |
| 2003 | 11 | 9 |
| 2004 | 8 | 17 |
| 2005 | 12 | 8 |
| 2006 | 11 | 17 |
| 2007 | 3 | 13 |
| 2008 | 5 | 15 |
| 2009 | 11 | 22 |
| 2010 | 19 | 21 |
| 2011 | 16 | 32 |
| 2012 | 10 | 23 |
| 2013 | 17 | 40 |
| 2014 | 19 | 60 |
| 2015 | 26 | 50 |
| 2016 | 32 | 75 |
| 2017 | 48 | 45 |
| 2018 | 46 | 64 |
| 2019 | 45 | 68 |
| 2020 | 62 | 62 |
| 2021 | 56 | 75 |
| 2022 | 65 | 65 |
| 2023 | 56 | 75 |
| 2024 | 65 | 78 |
| 2025 | 69 | 54 |
| 2026 | 45 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Conveying mechanism for packaging machinery and packaging machinery6 Oct 2026US 12,752,951 B2Chengdu Meijindi Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Process for cooking grains29 Sep 2026US 12,745,787 B2OSI Industries, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for the handling of bags for (hygiene) products22 Sep 2026US 12,741,769 B2Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
- Debris collection component, debris collection assembly, and battery case packaging structure and method22 Sep 2026US 12,741,774 B2Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
- Transfer device, particularly for a packing machine22 Sep 2026US 12,741,828 B2G. D S.p.A.
- Package comprising a bag and a stack of absorbent articles and manufacturing method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306314 A1Drylock Technologies NV
- Integrated blister packaging and boxing machine with isolated and partitioned inner and outer packaging1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296699 A1Zhejiang Hoping Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Method and apparatus loading of cases with items10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264906 A1
- Pusher assembly10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264907 A1Marchesini Group S.p.A.
- Article packaging apparatus, packaging apparatus, and packaging system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242087 A1SoftBank Group Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pharmacy bottle system including label87US 7,311,205 B2Target Brands, Inc. · 2007
- Ice bagger86US 5,109,651 APackaged Ice, Inc. · 1992
- Apparatus for packing84US 7,104,026 B2F. R. Drake Company · 2006
- Container stacking configurations79US 9,315,344 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2016
- High speed variable count mechanical stacker78US 5,176,244 ACurt G. Joa, Inc. · 1993