B65B 53/02
Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging: by heat
Official title: by heat
B65B53/02 (Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging: by heat) appears on 475 US grants and 463 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 475
- Published applications
- 463
- Assignees
- 288
- Inventors
- 881
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 14 |
| 2003 | 6 | 15 |
| 2004 | 10 | 16 |
| 2005 | 14 | 10 |
| 2006 | 9 | 12 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11 |
| 2008 | 10 | 21 |
| 2009 | 7 | 13 |
| 2010 | 9 | 24 |
| 2011 | 8 | 18 |
| 2012 | 16 | 13 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16 |
| 2014 | 8 | 31 |
| 2015 | 9 | 27 |
| 2016 | 8 | 23 |
| 2017 | 6 | 24 |
| 2018 | 18 | 34 |
| 2019 | 18 | 20 |
| 2020 | 22 | 30 |
| 2021 | 18 | 16 |
| 2022 | 26 | 18 |
| 2023 | 21 | 18 |
| 2024 | 16 | 18 |
| 2025 | 18 | 17 |
| 2026 | 12 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Polymer encased smokeless tobacco products8 Sep 2026US 12,728,440 B2Altria Client Services LLC
- Heat shrink packaging system25 Aug 2026US 12,715,640 B2
- Polypropylene copolymer based linear tear multi-layer film28 Jul 2026US 12,691,665 B2Cryovac, Inc.
- Device for shrinking heat-shrink film placed around palletized stack of goods, and method for shrinking heat-shrink film placed around palletized stack of goods21 Jul 2026US 12,686,520 B2MSK-Verpackungs-Systeme GmbH
- Shrink-wrapping machine25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176010 A1A.C.M.I.-Societa'Per Azioni
- Method and apparatus to prevent the cable from spreading without using binding material11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159263 A1Domeks Makine Anonim Sirketi
- Apparatus for sealing open-topped containers with heat-shrinking film material23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109501 A1Yum Connect, LLC
- Perforated panel for bottle packaging5 Mar 2026US 2026/0062190 A1Niagara Bottling, LLC
- Method and apparatus for decorating objects by means of sublimatic inks25 Dec 2025US 2025/0388038 A1Atiu S.R.L.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Package of nested containers and method and apparatus for producing same78US 4,002,005 AOwens-Illinois, Inc. · 1977
- Automatic high-speed wrapping machine70US 4,219,988 AShanklin Corporation · 1980
- Vacuum-packing method and apparatus62US 4,164,111 A1979
- Machine and method for applying heat shrink labels55US 4,545,832 AB & H Manufacturing Company, Inc. · 1985
- Heat tunnel for film shrinking54US 7,155,876 B2Douglas Machine Inc. · 2007