B65D 2251/0006
Upper closure
B65D2251/0006 (Upper closure) appears on 1,650 US grants and 1,646 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65D- Granted patents
- 1,650
- Published applications
- 1,646
- Assignees
- 910
- Inventors
- 2,985
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 15 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 14 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 22 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 23 | 0 |
| 1988 | 34 | 0 |
| 1989 | 28 | 0 |
| 1990 | 27 | 0 |
| 1991 | 30 | 0 |
| 1992 | 28 | 0 |
| 1993 | 32 | 0 |
| 1994 | 16 | 0 |
| 1995 | 29 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 31 | 0 |
| 1998 | 33 | 0 |
| 1999 | 42 | 0 |
| 2000 | 30 | 0 |
| 2001 | 36 | 4 |
| 2002 | 38 | 27 |
| 2003 | 11 | 24 |
| 2004 | 21 | 41 |
| 2005 | 17 | 43 |
| 2006 | 15 | 39 |
| 2007 | 11 | 44 |
| 2008 | 11 | 60 |
| 2009 | 11 | 53 |
| 2010 | 19 | 38 |
| 2011 | 33 | 52 |
| 2012 | 27 | 40 |
| 2013 | 42 | 47 |
| 2014 | 40 | 42 |
| 2015 | 31 | 84 |
| 2016 | 52 | 108 |
| 2017 | 59 | 117 |
| 2018 | 81 | 103 |
| 2019 | 105 | 101 |
| 2020 | 63 | 98 |
| 2021 | 74 | 100 |
| 2022 | 71 | 104 |
| 2023 | 70 | 81 |
| 2024 | 67 | 85 |
| 2025 | 71 | 64 |
| 2026 | 43 | 47 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Lid assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,752,980 B2King's Flair Marketing Limited
- Lid assembly29 Sep 2026US 12,747,073 B2King's Flair Marketing Limited
- Closure with retaining ring and tamper evidence band29 Sep 2026US 12,747,076 B2Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Container lid having a frustum shaped sidewall enabling nesting8 Sep 2026US D1,146,622 S1Design
- Container cap having frustum shaped sidewall segment enabling nesting8 Sep 2026US D1,146,623 S1Design
- Dispenser unit for aerosol precursor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305730 A1RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
- Opening device for a package, mold for molding an opening device and package having an opening device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296719 A1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Reclosable container1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296722 A1OPTIMA consumer GmbH
- Sip and pour drinking system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296743 A1Hydrojug, Inc.
- Reusable portable shipping container24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285570 A1Ember LifeSciences, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Needleless access stopper216US 5,433,330 AWest Corporation · 1995
- Medicament container stopper with integral spike access means208US 5,902,298 ABracco Research USA · 1999
- Protective safety cap for medicament vial170US 3,977,555 APharmaco, Inc. · 1976
- Closure assembly165US 5,085,332 AGettig Technologies, Inc. · 1992
- Safety cap for medicament vial having puncturable seal164US 3,940,003 APharmaco, Inc. · 1976