B65D 41/50
Caps or cap-like covers with membranes
Official title: Caps or cap-like covers with membranes, e.g. arranged to be pierced
B65D41/50 (Caps or cap-like covers with membranes) appears on 32 US grants and 37 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65D- Granted patents
- 32
- Published applications
- 37
- Assignees
- 22
- Inventors
- 67
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Closure assembly for a container and container having a closure assembly10 Feb 2026US 12,545,485 B2Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Closure assembly for a container and container having a closure assembly20 Jan 2026US 12,528,627 B2Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Lid-spout assembly for a package and package having a lid-spout assembly18 Nov 2025US 12,473,123 B2Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Container and opening arrangement for beverage production7 May 2024US 11,975,892 B2Bedford Systems LLC
- Spout cap, spout, and container with spout13 Feb 2024US 11,897,669 B2Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.
- Closure assembly for a container and container having a closure assembly8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008600 A1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Opening device for aseptic carton packaging used for enteral nutrition through closed system5 Sep 2024US 2024/0293285 A1
- Lid-spout assembly for a package and package having a lid-spout assembly21 Dec 2023US 2023/0406578 A1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Closure assembly for a container and container having a closure assembly23 Nov 2023US 2023/0373690 A1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Closure assembly for a container and container having a closure assembly16 Nov 2023US 2023/0365311 A1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Piercing fitment assembly62US 7,980,424 B2Liqui-Box Corporation · 2011
- Post-mix beverage system29US 9,708,109 B2PepsiCo, Inc. · 2017
- Protective tamper-evident label and bottle cap13US 5,904,259 A1999
- Closure cap for receptacles for receiving medical liquids and receptacle for receiving medical liquids7US 8,585,674 B2Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH · 2013
- One piece dispensing closure6US 4,077,537 A1978