B65B 5/101
By gravity
Official title: {by gravity (B65B5/12 and B65B5/108 take precedence)}
B65B5/101 (By gravity) appears on 796 US grants and 830 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 796
- Published applications
- 830
- Assignees
- 328
- Inventors
- 1,069
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 7 |
| 2002 | 15 | 17 |
| 2003 | 20 | 19 |
| 2004 | 18 | 29 |
| 2005 | 15 | 21 |
| 2006 | 27 | 34 |
| 2007 | 15 | 36 |
| 2008 | 29 | 38 |
| 2009 | 19 | 46 |
| 2010 | 29 | 47 |
| 2011 | 38 | 41 |
| 2012 | 34 | 32 |
| 2013 | 36 | 50 |
| 2014 | 33 | 28 |
| 2015 | 34 | 29 |
| 2016 | 25 | 27 |
| 2017 | 21 | 22 |
| 2018 | 16 | 25 |
| 2019 | 34 | 37 |
| 2020 | 26 | 37 |
| 2021 | 29 | 40 |
| 2022 | 33 | 39 |
| 2023 | 39 | 39 |
| 2024 | 37 | 42 |
| 2025 | 30 | 31 |
| 2026 | 28 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Drug discharge device and control method for drug discharge device29 Sep 2026US 12,747,047 B2Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Pill carrier for the intermediate transport of pills in a blister packaging process, filling device for a pill carrier and method for filling a pill carrier25 Aug 2026US 12,714,645 B2Knapp AG
- Tray for system for automatic filling of medication blister cards25 Aug 2026US 12,715,634 B2Synergy Medical BRG Inc.
- Pharmaceutical order processing systems and methods11 Aug 2026US 12,703,572 B2Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
- Hopper for collecting and dispensing discrete medicaments, outlet valve, dispensing device comprising said hopper and method7 Jul 2026US 12,676,047 B2Vmi Holland B .V.
- Pill dispensing system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307836 A1Rapid Script, LLC
- Cleaner assembly for an automated dispensing device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285516 A1Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
- Method, system, automated dispensing device and computer program product for determining compliance of medicament packages10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264912 A1Vmi Holland B .V.
- Sealing system for blister cards23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208895 A1Rxsafe LLC
- Automatic blister card packager23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208896 A1Rxsafe LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of loading a multi-dose blister card using intermediate blister cards590US 7,779,614 B1Walgreen Co. · 2010
- Automatic prescription filling, sorting and packaging system319US 5,771,657 AMerck-Medco Managed Care, LLC · 1998
- Pill dispensing system287US 6,036,812 AAutomated Prescription Systems, Inc. · 2000
- Automated method for dispensing bulk medications with a machine-readable code260US 6,370,841 B1AutoMed Technologies, Inc. · 2002
- Tablet accumulator for an automated prescription vial filling system223US 5,348,061 ABaxter International Inc. · 1994