B65D 3/26
Opening arrangements or devices incorporated in, or attached to, containers
B65D3/26 (Opening arrangements or devices incorporated in, or attached to, containers) appears on 114 US grants and 116 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65D- Granted patents
- 114
- Published applications
- 116
- Assignees
- 66
- Inventors
- 248
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2022 | 0 | 14 |
| 2023 | 5 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 10 | 12 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Lid8 Sep 2026US 12,729,043 B2
- Paperboard packaging container and lid2 Jun 2026US 12,643,707 B2GPI Systems AB
- Storage containers, products, and methods of packing a smokable product9 Dec 2025US 12,490,764 B2Slap N Tickle Ltd.
- Container with removable end11 Nov 2025US 12,466,604 B2Sonoco Development, Inc.
- Paper based container for household products7 Oct 2025US 12,434,877 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Reclosable container1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296722 A1OPTIMA consumer GmbH
- Packaging item and packaged food product13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233886 A1Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
- Storage Containers, Products, and Methods of Packing a Smokable Product2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090581 A1Slap N Tickle Ltd.
- Environmentally friendly fresh-keeping can and method of manufacturing the same5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035126 A1
- Environmentally friendly personal hygiene and beauty product packaging4 Dec 2025US 2025/0368411 A1Human Essentials Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Package with tear-away opening including an inner pull strip and outer guide tape78US 4,773,541 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1988
- Disposable cup with sidewall pop-out73US 4,706,873 AJames River-Norwalk, Inc. · 1987
- Easy-open container for refrigerated dough products and the like67US 5,251,809 ASonoco Products Company · 1993
- Recloseable lid construction for a paperboard container57US 4,930,682 AInternational Paper Company · 1990
- Easy-open container having an improved reinforcing and tear strip55US 5,487,506 ASonoco Products Company · 1996