B65B 9/22
Forming shoulders
Official title: Forming shoulders; Tube formers
B65B9/22 (Forming shoulders) appears on 137 US grants and 143 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
- 137
- Published applications
- 143
- Assignees
- 75
- Inventors
- 226
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 8 |
| 2004 | 7 | 8 |
| 2005 | 5 | 13 |
| 2006 | 8 | 6 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 7 |
| 2012 | 3 | 10 |
| 2013 | 4 | 7 |
| 2014 | 2 | 9 |
| 2015 | 9 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 7 |
| 2017 | 7 | 8 |
| 2018 | 3 | 13 |
| 2019 | 7 | 5 |
| 2020 | 5 | 2 |
| 2021 | 9 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vertical packaging machine and method for packaging products15 Sep 2026US 12,735,215 B2Ilapak Italia S.P.A.
- Former, bagmaking and packaging machine, and method of manufacturing bagmaking and packaging machine1 Sep 2026US 12,722,820 B2Ishida Co., Ltd.
- Bag former washing systems and methods28 Apr 2026US 12,612,207 B2Formers International, Inc.
- Method for operating a flow-wrapping machine30 Dec 2025US 12,509,256 B2Rovema GmbH
- Flat-bottom stand-up bag, vertical form, fill, and seal system and methodology for utilizing the same1 Jul 2025US 12,344,429 B2Kellanova
- Bag former washing systems and methods13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233876 A1Formers International, Inc.
- Vertical packaging machine and method for packaging products23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208899 A1Ilapak Italia S.P.A.
- Vertical bagger using web-alignment score11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159260 A1Pregis LLC
- Bag former washing systems and methods18 Dec 2025US 2025/0382086 A1Formers International, Inc.
- Pouch for a Food Product13 Nov 2025US 2025/0346381 A1Alka Global Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flat sided forming tube for a form-fill-seal machine70US 5,255,497 ATriangle Package Machinery Company · 1993
- Vertical stand-up pouch quick change module67US 6,679,034 B2Recot, Inc. · 2004
- Gussetted packages65US 6,572,267 B1Sealstrip Corporation · 2003
- Tubular bagging machine61US 6,729,112 B2Rovema Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH · 2004
- Quick change module with adjustable former attachments60US 7,299,608 B2Frito-Lay North America, Inc. · 2007