B65B 57/00
Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
Official title: Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices (registering wrapping or container-forming material fed from rolls B65B41/18)
B65B57/00 (Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices) appears on 2,663 US grants and 2,979 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 2,663
- Published applications
- 2,979
- Assignees
- 1,428
- Inventors
- 5,629
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 38 | 0 |
| 1977 | 28 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 20 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 22 | 0 |
| 1990 | 19 | 0 |
| 1991 | 21 | 0 |
| 1992 | 24 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 16 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 28 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 39 | 0 |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 22 | 0 |
| 2001 | 21 | 9 |
| 2002 | 27 | 42 |
| 2003 | 38 | 45 |
| 2004 | 46 | 44 |
| 2005 | 34 | 54 |
| 2006 | 40 | 38 |
| 2007 | 23 | 45 |
| 2008 | 23 | 50 |
| 2009 | 24 | 52 |
| 2010 | 28 | 49 |
| 2011 | 31 | 57 |
| 2012 | 27 | 59 |
| 2013 | 45 | 81 |
| 2014 | 50 | 115 |
| 2015 | 55 | 111 |
| 2016 | 63 | 121 |
| 2017 | 77 | 136 |
| 2018 | 99 | 177 |
| 2019 | 124 | 172 |
| 2020 | 167 | 225 |
| 2021 | 173 | 205 |
| 2022 | 185 | 218 |
| 2023 | 188 | 240 |
| 2024 | 240 | 264 |
| 2025 | 216 | 203 |
| 2026 | 185 | 167 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65B 57/10Responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials1,170
- B65B 57/02Responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping896
- B65B 57/20Applications of counting devices for controlling the feed of articles276
- B65B 57/18Causing operation of audible or visible alarm signals142
- B65B 57/005Safety-devices61
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Pharmaceutical pill recognition and verification system304US 6,535,637 B1Esco Electronics Corporation · 2003
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