B65B 51/144
Closing paperboard containers
Official title: {Closing paperboard containers}
B65B51/144 (Closing paperboard containers) appears on 80 US grants and 65 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 80
- Published applications
- 65
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 171
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 9 | 7 |
| 2026 | 6 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Systems and methods for the application and sealing of end closures on containers22 May 2025US 2025/0162752 A1Sonoco Development, Inc.
- Systems and methods for the application and sealing of end closures on containers6 Feb 2025US 2025/0042584 A1Sonoco Development, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flexible, stackable container including a lid and package body folded from a single sheet of film77US 8,066,137 B2Clear Lam Packaging, Inc. · 2011
- Flexible, stackable container used for storing a quantity of product and method for manufacturing same52US 8,602,242 B2Clear Lam Packaging, Inc. · 2013
- Control system for a packaging machine39US 5,706,627 ATetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A. · 1998
- Method and device for closing and sealing gable shaped folding cartons34US 4,403,465 ANimco Corporation · 1983
- Top sealing and creasing apparatus and method for a gable top carton33US 6,430,899 B1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A. · 2002