B65D 51/222
The piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to
Official title: {the piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to, the outer closure}
B65D51/222 (The piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to) appears on 236 US grants and 219 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65D- Granted patents
- 236
- Published applications
- 219
- Assignees
- 161
- Inventors
- 474
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | 0 | 7 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 10 |
| 2009 | 3 | 10 |
| 2010 | 2 | 10 |
| 2011 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012 | 5 | 6 |
| 2013 | 7 | 6 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 |
| 2016 | 6 | 16 |
| 2017 | 8 | 14 |
| 2018 | 7 | 5 |
| 2019 | 11 | 26 |
| 2020 | 9 | 9 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8 |
| 2022 | 8 | 15 |
| 2023 | 10 | 8 |
| 2024 | 4 | 11 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7 |
| 2026 | 6 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Closure with retaining ring and tamper evidence band29 Sep 2026US 12,747,076 B2Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Container cap and method of piercing a seal covering an opening of a container12 May 2026US 12,623,820 B2AbbVie Inc.
- Dispensing closure14 Apr 2026US 12,600,537 B2AptarGroup, Inc.
- Dual functioning straw and drink spout24 Mar 2026US 12,583,651 B2Bomber Brands Inc.
- Method of manufacturing pouch container, pouch container, pouch container with cap, and double container with discharge mechanism10 Feb 2026US 12,545,488 B2Shiseido Company, Ltd.
- Dispensing receptacle and bag apparatus21 May 2026US 2026/0138802 A1
- Dispensing assembly29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028164 A1Swimc LLC
- Container cap and container having same coupled thereto8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008598 A1
- Closures for a flowable product13 Nov 2025US 2025/0346413 A1Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
- System for automatic opening containers provided with sealing elements7 Aug 2025US 2025/0250074 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Needleless access stopper216US 5,433,330 AWest Corporation · 1995
- Resealable closure on seamed can end131US 6,206,222 B1Ball Corporation · 2001
- Dispensing structure with an openable member for separating two products130US 6,003,728 AAptarGroup, Inc. · 1999
- Unit dose assembly94US 5,042,690 ACP Packaging, Inc. · 1991
- Nutritive substance delivery container92US 8,523,837 B2Mead Johnson Nutrition Company · 2013