B65B 55/04
Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging
Official title: Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging {(sterilising bottles B67C7/00)}
B65B55/04 (Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging) appears on 973 US grants and 1,100 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 973
- Published applications
- 1,100
- Assignees
- 474
- Inventors
- 1,951
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 8 |
| 2002 | 11 | 21 |
| 2003 | 21 | 8 |
| 2004 | 21 | 30 |
| 2005 | 11 | 27 |
| 2006 | 12 | 22 |
| 2007 | 6 | 23 |
| 2008 | 12 | 26 |
| 2009 | 19 | 31 |
| 2010 | 17 | 50 |
| 2011 | 13 | 39 |
| 2012 | 26 | 41 |
| 2013 | 33 | 50 |
| 2014 | 25 | 43 |
| 2015 | 46 | 63 |
| 2016 | 38 | 79 |
| 2017 | 43 | 73 |
| 2018 | 57 | 58 |
| 2019 | 54 | 78 |
| 2020 | 53 | 51 |
| 2021 | 48 | 52 |
| 2022 | 52 | 65 |
| 2023 | 44 | 49 |
| 2024 | 45 | 48 |
| 2025 | 47 | 40 |
| 2026 | 26 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Aseptic conveying system29 Sep 2026US 12,747,055 B2Shibuya Corporation
- Drug cartridge, drug delivery devices, and methods for preparing thereof25 Aug 2026US 12,714,778 B2Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Device for reducing presence of microorganisms on web material25 Aug 2026US 12,715,641 B2Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Apparatus and method for treating and in particular sterilizing containers18 Aug 2026US 12,709,491 B2Krones AG
- Grafted polymer and use thereof16 Jun 2026US 12,655,286 B2Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
- Modular multiplatform system for mrna drug production8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306407 A1BioNTech SE
- Creating virtual pouch in reusable packaging methods and systems24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285518 A1Rz Circular Ltd
- A packaging apparatus for forming a plurality of sealed packages filled with a pourable product24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285520 A1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- A packaging apparatus for forming a plurality of sealed packages filled with a pourable product17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274477 A1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Content-filling system and sterilizing method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250116 A1Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flexible container material217US 4,479,989 ACutter Laboratories, Inc. · 1984
- Dual chamber prefillable syringe and a method for the assembly and filling of same171US 5,788,670 ASchott Glas · 1998
- Method and apparatus for assembling and packaging medical devices154US 6,164,044 ABecton, Dickinson and Company · 2000
- Method for improving wear resistance of polymeric bioimplantable components132US 5,577,368 AJohnson & Johnson Professional, Inc. · 1996
- Method and apparatus for manufacturing, filling and packaging medical devices and medical containers126US 6,189,292 B1Becton, Dickinson and Company · 2001