B67D 1/0004
The beverage being stored in a container
Official title: {the beverage being stored in a container, e.g. bottle, cartridge, bag-in-box, bowl}
B67D1/0004 (The beverage being stored in a container) appears on 504 US grants and 617 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B67D- Granted patents
- 504
- Published applications
- 617
- Assignees
- 254
- Inventors
- 941
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 25 | 17 |
| 2025 | 22 | 21 |
| 2026 | 10 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Scalable modular system and method for valve control and selectively dispensing beverages22 Sep 2026US 12,741,858 B2Versabev, Inc.
- System, disposable cartridge, and method for the preparation of a liquid product8 Sep 2026US 12,727,707 B2Apiqe Holdings, LLC
- Cold water tank for direct water purifier28 Jul 2026US 12,692,145 B2Coway Co., Ltd.
- Scalable modular system and method for temperature control and selectively dispensing beverages28 Jul 2026US 12,692,146 B2Versabev, Inc.
- Unattended beverage dispensing systems and methods26 May 2026US 12,637,346 B2PepsiCo, Inc.
- Device for extracting and dispensing liquids1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296869 A1
- Unattended beverage dispensing systems and methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285667 A1PepsiCo, Inc.
- Water dispensing device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217519 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Beverage dispensing device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200718 A1Hubei Midea Refrigerator Co., Ltd.
- Dual-channel liquid extraction device, liquid extraction system, and liquid extraction method21 May 2026US 2026/0138812 A1Guangzhou Esomme Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic liquid dispenser and refrigerator with the same865US 7,661,448 B2LG Electronics Inc. · 2010
- External refrigerator-mounted liquid dispenser148US 5,542,265 A1996
- Apparatus for the dispensing of heated viscous food product101US 6,003,733 ACompass Worldwide · 1999
- Method and apparatus for dispensing liquid85US 4,484,697 AShasta Beverages, Inc. · 1984
- Wine extraction and preservation device and method84US 8,225,959 B2Wine Mosquito, LLC · 2012