B65B 55/00
Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
Official title: Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging (by packaging under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions B65B31/00; devices for placing protecting sheets, plugs, or wads over contents B65B61/22)
B65B55/00 (Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging) appears on 2,489 US grants and 2,826 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 2,489
- Published applications
- 2,826
- Assignees
- 1,336
- Inventors
- 5,119
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 17 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 16 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 13 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
| 1985 | 25 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 22 | 0 |
| 1988 | 15 | 0 |
| 1989 | 27 | 0 |
| 1990 | 26 | 0 |
| 1991 | 40 | 0 |
| 1992 | 24 | 0 |
| 1993 | 19 | 0 |
| 1994 | 16 | 0 |
| 1995 | 24 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 25 | 0 |
| 1998 | 36 | 0 |
| 1999 | 38 | 0 |
| 2000 | 48 | 0 |
| 2001 | 47 | 23 |
| 2002 | 32 | 44 |
| 2003 | 43 | 34 |
| 2004 | 35 | 60 |
| 2005 | 24 | 66 |
| 2006 | 24 | 53 |
| 2007 | 20 | 57 |
| 2008 | 27 | 65 |
| 2009 | 31 | 68 |
| 2010 | 44 | 104 |
| 2011 | 37 | 99 |
| 2012 | 54 | 89 |
| 2013 | 66 | 133 |
| 2014 | 70 | 127 |
| 2015 | 102 | 165 |
| 2016 | 103 | 163 |
| 2017 | 95 | 161 |
| 2018 | 112 | 132 |
| 2019 | 134 | 176 |
| 2020 | 116 | 150 |
| 2021 | 125 | 157 |
| 2022 | 132 | 185 |
| 2023 | 119 | 157 |
| 2024 | 144 | 137 |
| 2025 | 130 | 142 |
| 2026 | 77 | 79 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Isolator system for filling a container with a liquid, transfer station for transferring a container and method therefor6 Oct 2026US 12,752,943 B2Groninger & Co. GmbH
- Endoscope package system, manufacturing method of endoscope, and holding body29 Sep 2026US 12,745,895 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Sterilisation of an analyte sensor component29 Sep 2026US 12,746,300 B2SciLogica Corp.
- Aseptic conveying system29 Sep 2026US 12,747,055 B2Shibuya Corporation
- Product packaging using computer vision and adaptive packaging selection29 Sep 2026US 12,747,057 B2Pregis LLC
- Modular multiplatform system for mrna drug production8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306407 A1BioNTech SE
- Systems, Methods, and Apparatuses for Producing and Packaging Medical Fluids8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307835 A1
- Sterilization wrap system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294574 A1Turbett Surgical, Inc.
- Integrated blister packaging and boxing machine with isolated and partitioned inner and outer packaging1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296699 A1Zhejiang Hoping Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Sterilization packaging1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296704 A1STERIS Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Drive interface for operably coupling a manipulatable surgical tool to a robot2,511US 8,479,969 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Surgical instrument with wireless communication between a control unit of a robotic system and remote sensor2,233US 8,684,253 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Manually driven surgical cutting and fastening instrument1,939US 8,322,455 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2012
- Surgical instrument1,488US 9,320,521 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Surgical instrument system configured to evaluate the load applied to a firing member at the initiation of a firing stroke1,004US 10,433,918 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2019