B65G 57/16
Stacking of articles of particular shape
B65G57/16 (Stacking of articles of particular shape) appears on 586 US grants and 413 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 586
- Published applications
- 413
- Assignees
- 366
- Inventors
- 980
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 |
| 2003 | 13 | 13 |
| 2004 | 10 | 8 |
| 2005 | 11 | 13 |
| 2006 | 4 | 11 |
| 2007 | 2 | 12 |
| 2008 | 4 | 16 |
| 2009 | 9 | 10 |
| 2010 | 16 | 21 |
| 2011 | 8 | 10 |
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| 2019 | 18 | 31 |
| 2020 | 21 | 14 |
| 2021 | 18 | 25 |
| 2022 | 25 | 19 |
| 2023 | 22 | 20 |
| 2024 | 23 | 26 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 |
| 2026 | 16 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Palletizer system with centralized palletizing patterns1 Sep 2026US 12,722,914 B2Toyota Automated Logistics Americas, LLC
- Automated container stacking stations25 Aug 2026US 12,715,715 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Method and order-picking storage facility for storing and order-picking goods7 Jul 2026US 12,673,823 B2TGW Logistics GmbH
- Device for handling products in containers based on movement by elastic pressure on the top of the containers2 Jun 2026US 12,643,236 B2Máquinas Sanmartin Ltda
- Method for stacking, controller, and material handling equipment2 Jun 2026US 12,643,749 B1VisionNav Robotics USA Inc.
- Chaining of tires by robotic means using three-dimensional viewing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295852 A1Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
- Lumber assembly and finishing system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257394 A1Columbia Insurance Company
- Palletizing system and method6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225832 A1
- Method and apparatus for stacking lumber18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167441 A1Eagle Machinery & Supply, Inc.
- System and method for automatically loading pallet boards18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167442 A1Alliance Automation, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic freight stacking system181US 4,692,876 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1987
- Robotic containerization system96US 6,201,203 B1Northrop Grumman Corporation · 2001
- Automated marine container terminal and system84US 7,972,102 B2Marine Terminals Corporation · 2011
- Container stacking configurations79US 9,315,344 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2016
- Hybrid palletizer54US 8,074,431 B1Top Tier, LLC · 2011