B65C 1/02
Affixing labels to one flat surface of articles
Official title: Affixing labels to one flat surface of articles, e.g. of packages, of flat bands
B65C1/02 (Affixing labels to one flat surface of articles) appears on 442 US grants and 320 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65C- Granted patents
- 442
- Published applications
- 320
- Assignees
- 297
- Inventors
- 793
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method of setting up a position measurement system for a labeler of a price labeling system25 Aug 2026US 12,715,226 B2Bizerba GmbH & Co.KG
- Automatic labeling system28 Jul 2026US 12,691,587 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Sato
- Continuous unloading and packaging system of pharmaceutical additive manufacturing7 Apr 2026US 12,595,084 B2Triastek, Inc.
- Label system and method for labelling pre-identified microscope slides17 Feb 2026US 12,555,498 B213652611 Canada Inc.
- Fully-automatic production line and automatic production method for rubber seal rings23 Dec 2025US 12,502,859 B2Chengdu Holy Aviation Science Technology Co., Ltd.
- Method for operating a labelling system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208909 A1Espera-Werke GmbH
- A system configured to print and apply labels9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192964 A1Videojet Technologies Inc.
- Label system and method for labelling pre-identified microscope slides28 May 2026US 2026/0148663 A113652611 Canada Inc.
- Systems and methods for providing automated application of tray tag labels to mail trays19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048887 A1DMT Solutions Global Corporation
- Item packaging machine5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035124 A1Tension International, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- RF tag application system108US 6,280,544 B1Intermec IP Corp. · 2001
- Pack with opening aid93US 5,096,113 AFocke & Co. (GmbH & Co.) · 1992
- System and method for freeze-drying and packaging82US 9,561,893 B2Vascular Solutions, Inc. · 2017
- Method of transferring a discrete portion of a first web onto a second web79US 6,524,423 B1Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2003
- Index divider label application and alignment kit and method of using same77US 5,947,525 AAvery Dennison Corporation · 1999