B65D 51/18
Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or
Official title: Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures {(B65D51/247 takes precedence)}
B65D51/18 (Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or) appears on 1,909 US grants and 2,072 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65D- Granted patents
- 1,909
- Published applications
- 2,072
- Assignees
- 1,038
- Inventors
- 3,426
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 18 | 45 |
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| 2023 | 83 | 96 |
| 2024 | 76 | 107 |
| 2025 | 87 | 73 |
| 2026 | 51 | 56 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Lid assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,752,980 B2King's Flair Marketing Limited
- Child resistant container6 Oct 2026US 12,752,985 B2
- Lid assembly29 Sep 2026US 12,747,073 B2King's Flair Marketing Limited
- Closure with retaining ring and tamper evidence band29 Sep 2026US 12,747,076 B2Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Hinge cap1 Sep 2026US 12,722,857 B2Nippon Closures Co., Ltd.
- Dispenser unit for aerosol precursor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305730 A1RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
- Tabbed Seal With Oversized Tab8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307870 A1Selig Sealing Products, Inc.
- Container sealing liner with opening tab1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296723 A1Seal and Pack Co., Ltd
- Sip and pour drinking system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296743 A1Hydrojug, Inc.
- Reusable portable shipping container24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285570 A1Ember LifeSciences, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Needleless access stopper216US 5,433,330 AWest Corporation · 1995
- Medicament container stopper with integral spike access means208US 5,902,298 ABracco Research USA · 1999
- Protective safety cap for medicament vial170US 3,977,555 APharmaco, Inc. · 1976
- Closure assembly165US 5,085,332 AGettig Technologies, Inc. · 1992
- Safety cap for medicament vial having puncturable seal164US 3,940,003 APharmaco, Inc. · 1976