B67B 7/16
Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers: for removing flanged caps
Official title: for removing flanged caps, e.g. crown caps
B67B7/16 (Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers: for removing flanged caps) appears on 305 US grants and 357 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B67B- Granted patents
- 305
- Published applications
- 357
- Assignees
- 143
- Inventors
- 673
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 12 | 17 |
| 2024 | 9 | 16 |
| 2025 | 11 | 10 |
| 2026 | 6 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Container for human consumables20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242200 A1Wolfpack Partners LLC
- Multi-purpose sharpener23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208322 A1Mighty Dreams LLC
- Handheld bottle opener for airline flight attendants and a method therefor2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184553 A1
- Multifunctional bottle opener11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159369 A1Shenzhen Yingxiang Technology Co., Ltd.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Service transaction monitoring system, method, and device85US 6,504,481 B22003
- Service transaction monitoring system, method, and device61US 7,196,624 B2Beverage Metrics Holding Ltd. · 2007
- Automated drug vial safety cap removal55US 6,604,903 B2ForHealth Technologies, Inc. · 2003
- Combination pop-top can and bottle opener53US 4,864,898 A1989
- Apparatus for opening and closing reagent containers52US 5,628,962 ABoehringer Mannheim GmbH · 1997