B65B 55/02
Sterilising
Official title: Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
B65B55/02 (Sterilising) appears on 1,858 US grants and 2,083 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 1,858
- Published applications
- 2,083
- Assignees
- 983
- Inventors
- 3,834
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
| 1985 | 24 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 21 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 31 | 0 |
| 1992 | 16 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 22 | 0 |
| 1996 | 20 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 26 | 0 |
| 1999 | 30 | 0 |
| 2000 | 38 | 0 |
| 2001 | 33 | 12 |
| 2002 | 25 | 33 |
| 2003 | 32 | 21 |
| 2004 | 27 | 48 |
| 2005 | 19 | 53 |
| 2006 | 19 | 40 |
| 2007 | 11 | 42 |
| 2008 | 19 | 46 |
| 2009 | 24 | 53 |
| 2010 | 33 | 75 |
| 2011 | 27 | 72 |
| 2012 | 38 | 66 |
| 2013 | 54 | 95 |
| 2014 | 46 | 93 |
| 2015 | 74 | 115 |
| 2016 | 81 | 135 |
| 2017 | 71 | 135 |
| 2018 | 94 | 113 |
| 2019 | 99 | 141 |
| 2020 | 95 | 100 |
| 2021 | 85 | 113 |
| 2022 | 91 | 126 |
| 2023 | 84 | 101 |
| 2024 | 97 | 103 |
| 2025 | 86 | 91 |
| 2026 | 59 | 61 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65B 55/04Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging973
- B65B 55/12Sterilising contents prior to, or during, packaging497
- B65B 55/027Packaging in aseptic chambers248
- B65B 55/025Packaging in aseptic tunnels95
- B65B 55/022Of flexible containers having a filling and dispensing spout71
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
- Heat and shock resistant transparent membrane22 Sep 2026US 12,741,452 B2Kuraray Co., Ltd.
- 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.
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- 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