B65B 7/2842
Securing closures on containers
Official title: {Securing closures on containers (in general B65B51/00)}
B65B7/2842 (Securing closures on containers) appears on 863 US grants and 949 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 863
- Published applications
- 949
- Assignees
- 597
- Inventors
- 1,867
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 18 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 7 |
| 2002 | 8 | 7 |
| 2003 | 10 | 13 |
| 2004 | 11 | 13 |
| 2005 | 7 | 12 |
| 2006 | 4 | 12 |
| 2007 | 5 | 20 |
| 2008 | 6 | 12 |
| 2009 | 7 | 19 |
| 2010 | 12 | 17 |
| 2011 | 11 | 25 |
| 2012 | 12 | 32 |
| 2013 | 13 | 27 |
| 2014 | 17 | 32 |
| 2015 | 34 | 70 |
| 2016 | 21 | 48 |
| 2017 | 29 | 48 |
| 2018 | 43 | 47 |
| 2019 | 47 | 63 |
| 2020 | 44 | 55 |
| 2021 | 50 | 55 |
| 2022 | 48 | 82 |
| 2023 | 51 | 72 |
| 2024 | 52 | 56 |
| 2025 | 57 | 63 |
| 2026 | 36 | 42 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Flip-top coffee capsule sealer6 Oct 2026US 12,752,944 B2
- Tamper-indicating device installation tools and related tamper-indicating devices, assemblies, systems, and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,747,048 B2Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC
- Resealable lidding for rigid thermoformed tubs29 Sep 2026US 12,747,081 B2TOPPAN Packaging Americas Holdings, Inc.
- Method for making a package in sheet material8 Sep 2026US 12,728,613 B2Soremartec S.A.
- Method and apparatus for manufacturing a consumable unit for an inhalation device, and a consumable unit for an inhalation device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,379 B2British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Modular multiplatform system for mrna drug production8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306407 A1BioNTech SE
- Heat-sealing machine1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296696 A1Ulma Packaging, S. Coop.
- Packaging method and machine for closing a rectangular parallelepiped box that is open at the top with a lid24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285517 A1Durrenberg
- Apparatus and method for sealing cans17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273611 A1Krones AG
- Container for irrigation application comprising a precisely defined opening and a production process thereof3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256651 A1B. Braun Melsungen AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for sealing a container147US 4,338,765 AHonshu Paper Co., Ltd. · 1982
- Hot filled container140US 4,542,029 AAmerican Can Company · 1985
- Precise portion packaging machine137US 4,703,765 AUnited States Tobacco Company · 1987
- Method of filling a packaging container106US 5,819,507 ATetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A. · 1998
- Method and apparatus for producing sealed and filled containers104US 5,090,180 AA/S Haustrup Plastic · 1992