B65D 47/40
Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices: with drip catchers
Official title: with drip catchers or drip-preventing means
B65D47/40 (Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices: with drip catchers) appears on 139 US grants and 129 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65D- Granted patents
- 139
- Published applications
- 129
- Assignees
- 97
- Inventors
- 295
- Latest grant
- 21 Oct 2025
Filings by year
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| 2011 | 2 | 6 |
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| 2020 | 10 | 7 |
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| 2022 | 6 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Containers having tamper evident features and methods related thereto10 Jun 2025US 12,325,560 B2Pi Industries Ltd.
- Plastic container comprising a pouring element13 May 2025US 12,297,012 B2Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG
- Liquid dispenser for an inverted container17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274526 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- No spill device25 Dec 2025US 2025/0388374 A1
- water feeder stopper for preventing inverted water leakage28 Aug 2025US 2025/0270009 A1Netvue Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Pour Spout12 Jun 2025US 2025/0187790 A1Phoenix Closure, Inc.
- Drip Ring Device15 May 2025US 2025/0153908 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Liquid product pouring and measuring package with self draining feature184US 4,550,862 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1985
- Pour spout and dispenser closure with drainage feature87US 5,251,788 APhoenix Closures, Inc. · 1993
- Synthetic-resin pouring cap with hinged cover76US 5,141,138 AAstra Plastique · 1992
- Dripless pouring spout and closure cap therefor72US 4,078,700 A1978
- Container cap having integral pour spout69US 6,367,670 B1Nestec S. A. · 2002