B65B 61/26
Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs
Official title: for marking or coding completed packages
B65B61/26 (Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs) appears on 297 US grants and 373 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 297
- Published applications
- 373
- Assignees
- 235
- Inventors
- 737
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8 |
| 2004 | 4 | 11 |
| 2005 | 6 | 7 |
| 2006 | 7 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 11 |
| 2008 | 5 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 13 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8 |
| 2011 | 3 | 8 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10 |
| 2013 | 4 | 8 |
| 2014 | 8 | 16 |
| 2015 | 7 | 25 |
| 2016 | 9 | 16 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10 |
| 2018 | 19 | 22 |
| 2019 | 13 | 23 |
| 2020 | 20 | 19 |
| 2021 | 19 | 25 |
| 2022 | 15 | 19 |
| 2023 | 19 | 24 |
| 2024 | 25 | 26 |
| 2025 | 17 | 28 |
| 2026 | 15 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Bale packing assembly and method22 Sep 2026US 12,741,768 B2Border Valley LLC
- Packaging machine with a system for detecting a packaging element8 Sep 2026US 12,729,027 B2Syntegon Technology GmbH
- Container with mark or markings for tracking and tracing23 Jun 2026US 12,662,279 B2Ball Corporation
- Character-printing vacuum sealer and sealing method using this character-printing vacuum sealer19 May 2026US 12,630,324 B2Ningbo Kedly Appliance Industry Co., Ltd.
- Food assembly and packaging robot12 May 2026US 12,623,802 B2Lab 37 LLC
- Container with mark or markings for tracking and tracing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296707 A1Ball Corporation
- A container rotating unit and a machine for handling containers including such unit24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285524 A1Tirelli S.r.l.
- Packaging apparatus17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274489 A1Takazono Corporation
- Food Assembly And Packaging Robot20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242083 A1Lab 37 LLC
- Marking installation for containers made of thermoplastic material obtained by a stretch-blow moulding process6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225757 A1Sidel Participations
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated method for dispensing bulk medications with a machine-readable code260US 6,370,841 B1AutoMed Technologies, Inc. · 2002
- 3-D printed packaging164US 9,994,339 B22018
- 3-D printed packaging148US 9,248,611 B22016
- 3-D printed packaging118US 10,435,185 B22019
- Drug packaging machine108US 5,839,257 AAutoMed Technologies, Inc. · 1998