B67B 1/00
Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers
Official title: Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers (stoppers per se B65D39/00)
B67B1/00 (Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers) appears on 140 US grants and 132 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B67B- Granted patents
- 140
- Published applications
- 132
- Assignees
- 105
- Inventors
- 276
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 6 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 9 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 6 |
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| 2013 | 1 | 5 |
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| 2015 | 5 | 7 |
| 2016 | 5 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6 | 12 |
| 2018 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3 |
| 2020 | 10 | 11 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 | 2 |
| 2023 | 10 | 12 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B67B 1/04Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers: by inserting threadless72
- B67B 1/03Pretreatment of stoppers22
- B67B 1/005Feeding stoppers14
- B67B 1/06Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers: by inserting and13
- B67B 1/10Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers: by inserting disc4
- B67B 1/08Securing stoppers2
Recent patents
- Device and method for the force-controlled closure of pharmaceutical containers1 Sep 2026US 12,722,819 B2Syntegon Technology GmbH
- Device for closing pharmaceutical containers9 Jun 2026US 12,649,596 B2Syntegon Technology GmbH
- System and method for automatic closure of sample vessels6 Jan 2026US 12,517,147 B2Abbott Automation Solutions GmbH
- Packaging system for small-volume aseptic filling28 Oct 2025US 12,454,378 B2West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
- Systems, apparatus and methods for rotating a container in a container manipulation system12 Aug 2025US 12,384,574 B1Specialty Equipment Fabrication Company
- Machine for sealing containers by concentric compression of the stopper8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307970 A1Pep Technologies
- System and method for automatic closure of sample vessels16 Apr 2026US 2026/0104435 A1Abbott Automation Solutions GmbH
- Septum-and-bodkin kit for resealing a partially depleted bottle of wine19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077988 A1
- Packaging system for small-volume aseptic filling22 Jan 2026US 2026/0021916 A1West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
- Bottle adapter press and related system and method20 Nov 2025US 2025/0353719 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Container with sealable lid77US 10,538,366 B2Helen of Troy Limited · 2020
- Closed loop dispensing system75US 5,988,456 A1999
- Evacuation and closure device in linear construction56US 6,199,350 B1Robert Bosch GmbH · 2001
- Methods for packaging a pressure or vacuum sensitive product53US 5,519,984 AMallinckrodt Medical, Inc. · 1996
- Stopper for a bottle and sealing element for said stopper45US 9,493,274 B2Patent Room P5 S.A.R.L. · 2016