B65G 2201/0226
Cigarettes
B65G2201/0226 (Cigarettes) appears on 97 US grants and 72 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 97
- Published applications
- 72
- Assignees
- 32
- Inventors
- 162
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 5 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 4 | 10 |
| 2021 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Cone loading machine23 Jun 2026US 12,662,337 B1Sesh Technologies Manufacturing Inc.
- Method for forming pairs of packs24 Mar 2026US 12,583,642 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Aerosol-generating article collation forming with increased number of hoppers6 Jan 2026US 12,515,835 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Diagnostic method for analyzing the operation of an automatic machine which processes products in the tobacco industry24 Jun 2025US 12,336,559 B2G. D S.p.A.
- Filling apparatus and method for automatically filling containers3 Jun 2025US 12,319,455 B2I,M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
- Variable-capacity store24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283223 A1G. D S.p.A.
- Apparatus, member and method for transferring products and method for setting up the apparatus13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233942 A1I,M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
- Method for forming pairs of packs9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192958 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Aerosol-generating article collation forming with increased number of hoppers3 Jul 2025US 2025/0214727 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Bead feed unit and method27 Mar 2025US 2025/0098734 A1Altria Client Services LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for the formation of cigarette groups23US 4,306,648 ACir S.p.A. Divisione Sasib · 1981
- Method of feeding groups of tobacco items, in particular cigarettes, to a continuous packing machine22US 5,548,941 AG. D. Societa per Azioni · 1996
- Packing cigarettes17US 4,079,575 AFocke & Pfuhl · 1978
- Packaging apparatus17US 5,996,310 AMolins Limited · 1999
- Cigarette packing machines16US 4,607,477 AMolins Limited · 1986