B65D 41/46
Snap-on caps or cap-like covers
B65D41/46 (Snap-on caps or cap-like covers) appears on 375 US grants and 203 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65D- Granted patents
- 375
- Published applications
- 203
- Assignees
- 185
- Inventors
- 478
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 6 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 1 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 7 |
| 2007 | 4 | 9 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 10 |
| 2011 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012 | 5 | 2 |
| 2013 | 10 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 9 |
| 2016 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 8 | 5 |
| 2018 | 9 | 7 |
| 2019 | 5 | 11 |
| 2020 | 9 | 12 |
| 2021 | 15 | 21 |
| 2022 | 8 | 13 |
| 2023 | 16 | 12 |
| 2024 | 13 | 14 |
| 2025 | 11 | 10 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Food container with resealable cap11 Aug 2026US 12,703,544 B2General Mills, Inc.
- Closure26 May 2026US 12,637,259 B2Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
- Package closure and a method for producing a package closure26 May 2026US 12,637,266 B2Petro-Pack AB
- Container closure26 May 2026US 12,637,270 B2Alpla Werke Alwin GmbH & Co.
- Closure with hinge10 Mar 2026US 12,570,449 B2Silgan White Cap LLC
- Container closure overcap30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217431 A1Greif International Holding BV
- Tamper-evident cap18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167390 A1
- Closure with Hinge18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167399 A1Silgan White Cap LLC
- Closure with Sequentially Breaking Connections19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077914 A1Silgan White Cap LLC
- Container cap and container having same coupled thereto8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008598 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Interrupted thread cap structure78US 5,967,352 APortola Packaging, Inc. · 1999
- Lug closure for press-on application to, and rotational removal from, a threaded neck container73US 6,056,136 AWhite Cap, Inc. · 2000
- Closure assembly for a container71US 4,782,964 ADuma Packaging A/S · 1988
- Child resistant container-closure assembly66US 4,071,156 AWest Corporation · 1978
- Plastic cap and container construction66US 4,166,552 AThree Sisters Ranch Enterprises · 1979