B65D 71/40
Comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements
Official title: comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank {or several blanks}
B65D71/40 (Comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements) appears on 344 US grants and 333 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65D- Granted patents
- 344
- Published applications
- 333
- Assignees
- 118
- Inventors
- 438
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 4 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 8 |
| 2010 | 7 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 | 7 |
| 2012 | 5 | 8 |
| 2013 | 9 | 10 |
| 2014 | 5 | 15 |
| 2015 | 9 | 12 |
| 2016 | 10 | 17 |
| 2017 | 8 | 7 |
| 2018 | 10 | 14 |
| 2019 | 8 | 6 |
| 2020 | 5 | 14 |
| 2021 | 6 | 23 |
| 2022 | 21 | 27 |
| 2023 | 11 | 36 |
| 2024 | 20 | 28 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 |
| 2026 | 16 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Article carrier and blank therefor6 Oct 2026US 12,752,993 B2WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
- Article carrier and blank therefor29 Sep 2026US 12,747,079 B2WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
- Article carrier and blank therefor11 Aug 2026US 12,703,553 B2WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
- Article carrier and blank therefor21 Jul 2026US 12,686,545 B2WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
- Blank for forming an article carrier14 Jul 2026US 12,679,615 B2WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
- Holder for a Liquid Container for use in a UAV Delivery Package17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274416 A1Wing Aviation LLC
- Carrier for containers17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274538 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Article carrier and blank therefor17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274539 A1WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
- Carrier for containers10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264952 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Carrier for containers27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250055 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bottle carrier146US 5,323,895 ARiverwood International Corporation · 1994
- Can clip carrier140US 5,551,566 ARiverwood International Corporation · 1996
- Clip-type can carrier136US 5,415,278 ARiverwood International Corporation · 1995
- Tuckable carrier means for handling portable container134US 5,267,644 A1993
- Neck clip bottle carrier for two rows of bottles134US 5,351,815 ARiverwood International Corporation · 1994