B67B 3/00
Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
Official title: Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps (caps per se B65D41/00)
B67B3/00 (Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps) appears on 825 US grants and 700 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B67B- Granted patents
- 825
- Published applications
- 700
- Assignees
- 416
- Inventors
- 1,349
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 16 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 15 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 18 | 0 |
| 1995 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 4 |
| 2002 | 12 | 10 |
| 2003 | 11 | 12 |
| 2004 | 8 | 20 |
| 2005 | 15 | 18 |
| 2006 | 13 | 17 |
| 2007 | 7 | 17 |
| 2008 | 20 | 14 |
| 2009 | 8 | 20 |
| 2010 | 16 | 39 |
| 2011 | 14 | 43 |
| 2012 | 18 | 46 |
| 2013 | 26 | 27 |
| 2014 | 25 | 21 |
| 2015 | 33 | 29 |
| 2016 | 24 | 16 |
| 2017 | 23 | 38 |
| 2018 | 21 | 32 |
| 2019 | 32 | 36 |
| 2020 | 31 | 42 |
| 2021 | 40 | 26 |
| 2022 | 30 | 37 |
| 2023 | 26 | 29 |
| 2024 | 29 | 52 |
| 2025 | 40 | 36 |
| 2026 | 22 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B67B 3/20Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps: by applying and413
- B67B 3/02Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps: by applying flanged227
- B67B 3/26Applications of control, warning, or safety devices in capping machinery160
- B67B 3/003Pretreatment of caps57
- B67B 3/28Mechanisms for causing relative movement between bottle or jar and capping head38
- B67B 3/22Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps: by applying snap-on33
- B67B 3/24Special measures for applying and securing caps under vacuum25
- B67B 3/006Applying date marks, code marks, or the like, to caps during capping4
Recent patents
- Cap attachment system1 Sep 2026US 12,722,961 B2Opio Connect, Inc.
- Container and method and apparatus for adding a product to a container18 Aug 2026US 12,709,424 B2Colin Mear Engineering Limited
- Apparatuses and systems for the automated retrieval, transport, and processing of articles18 Aug 2026US 12,709,532 B2McKesson Corporation
- Capper head for capper11 Aug 2026US 12,703,619 B2Krones AG
- Container closure indicator system28 Jul 2026US 12,692,054 B2Abbott Rapid Diagnostics International Unlimited Company
- Insulated capping head1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296866 A1Arol S.P.A.
- Capping head provided with axial load and/or torque sensors and capping method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296867 A1Arol S.P.A.
- Hand-Held Capper/Decapper Device and Method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296868 A1Azenta US, Inc.
- Aseptic apparatus and process for filling and closing cans17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274636 A1Gea Procomac S.P.A.
- Cap attachment-detachment device, pre-processing device and cap attachment method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257904 A1Shimadzu Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of applying roll-on closures83US 4,628,669 ASewell Plastics, Inc. · 1986
- Bottle can member, bottle, and thread forming device79US 7,798,357 B2Universal Can Corporation · 2010
- Cap liner and process for using cap liner to seal containers77US 5,057,365 A501 Tri-Seal International, Inc. · 1991
- Device for introducing containers into a treatment space and/or removing them therefrom59US 6,354,427 B1Krones AG · 2002
- Evacuation and closure device in linear construction56US 6,199,350 B1Robert Bosch GmbH · 2001