B65D 47/08
Having articulated or hinged closures
Official title: having articulated or hinged closures {(B65D55/16 takes precedence)}
B65D47/08 (Having articulated or hinged closures) appears on 1,774 US grants and 1,783 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65D- Granted patents
- 1,774
- Published applications
- 1,783
- Assignees
- 776
- Inventors
- 2,813
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 15 | 0 |
| 1985 | 18 | 0 |
| 1986 | 18 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 32 | 0 |
| 1989 | 27 | 0 |
| 1990 | 24 | 0 |
| 1991 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | 24 | 0 |
| 1993 | 22 | 0 |
| 1994 | 27 | 0 |
| 1995 | 25 | 0 |
| 1996 | 32 | 0 |
| 1997 | 28 | 0 |
| 1998 | 36 | 0 |
| 1999 | 46 | 0 |
| 2000 | 35 | 0 |
| 2001 | 32 | 10 |
| 2002 | 44 | 31 |
| 2003 | 25 | 36 |
| 2004 | 20 | 51 |
| 2005 | 23 | 47 |
| 2006 | 24 | 53 |
| 2007 | 25 | 70 |
| 2008 | 16 | 62 |
| 2009 | 16 | 51 |
| 2010 | 32 | 57 |
| 2011 | 41 | 57 |
| 2012 | 44 | 55 |
| 2013 | 53 | 67 |
| 2014 | 53 | 55 |
| 2015 | 43 | 83 |
| 2016 | 64 | 82 |
| 2017 | 46 | 74 |
| 2018 | 50 | 96 |
| 2019 | 85 | 93 |
| 2020 | 83 | 97 |
| 2021 | 82 | 95 |
| 2022 | 68 | 94 |
| 2023 | 80 | 101 |
| 2024 | 73 | 92 |
| 2025 | 86 | 101 |
| 2026 | 55 | 73 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Dispensing lid6 Oct 2026US 12,752,975 B2Zak Designs, Inc.
- Dispensing lid6 Oct 2026US 12,752,976 B2Zak Designs, Inc.
- Dispensing lid6 Oct 2026US 12,752,977 B2Zak Designs, Inc.
- Dispensing lid6 Oct 2026US 12,752,978 B2Zak Designs, Inc.
- Tamper-evident closure with tamper-evident strip and holding chamber for tamper-evident strip6 Oct 2026US 12,752,979 B2Silgan Dispensing Systems Group B.V.
- Flavor enhancing condiment dispenser1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296728 A1Seriously Spicy Foods LLC
- Opening device for a packaging for pourable products, package therewith and methods for evaluating if an opening device has already been opened at least once1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296737 A1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Dispensing device for containers1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296739 A1Torrent Innova, S.L.
- Container, closure, and methods for manufacture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296740 A1H. J. Heinz Company Brands LLC
- Sip and pour drinking system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296741 A1Hydrojug, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Closure for a container1,032US 8,066,158 B2Gateway Plastics, Inc. · 2011
- Container cover and safety closure190US 4,022,352 A1977
- Two-flap closure182US 4,693,399 AWeatherchem Corporation · 1987
- Bistable hinge with reduced stress regions163US 6,321,923 B1Seaquist Closures Foreign, Inc. · 2001
- Dispensing closure with pressure-actuated flexible valve159US 5,271,531 ASeaquist Closures, a division of Pittway Corporation · 1993