G01N 21/9081
Inspection especially designed for plastic containers
Official title: {Inspection especially designed for plastic containers, e.g. preforms}
G01N21/9081 (Inspection especially designed for plastic containers) appears on 86 US grants and 101 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 86
- Published applications
- 101
- Assignees
- 70
- Inventors
- 230
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 2025 | 3 | 10 |
| 2026 | 1 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for an automatic inspection of a multiplicity of plate-like plastic carriers2 Jun 2026US 12,644,898 B2VMT Vision Machine Technic Bildverarbeitungssysteme GmbH
- System and method for determining a concentration of a gas in a container22 Jul 2025US 12,366,500 B2GasPorOx AB
- Method for checking a wall thickness of a container made of an at least partially transparent material13 May 2025US 12,298,119 B2Krones AG
- Method and a system for detecting features of a water layer between enclosure layers of single unit dose products14 Jan 2025US 12,196,643 B2Fameccanica, Data S.P A.
- Device for optical inspection of preforms3 Dec 2024US 12,158,433 B2Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa
- Test device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202348 A1Intravis Gesellschaft FüR Lieferungen Und Leistungen Von Bildgebenden Und Bildverarbeitenden Anlagen
- Apparatus and method for producing plastic containers with assignment of production cavities14 May 2026US 2026/0131521 A1Krones AG
- Apparatus and method for inspecting flexible bags19 Mar 2026US 2026/0079117 A1G.F. S.R.L.
- Method for operating a container treatment plant, and control apparatus for a container treatment apparatus26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054939 A1Krones AG
- Method for operating a container treatment plant, container inspection apparatus for a container treatment plant26 Feb 2026US 2026/0056135 A1Krones AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bottle inspection along molder transport path83US 5,591,462 APressco Technology Inc. · 1997
- Integrated leak and vision inspection system55US 6,473,169 B1Air Logic Power Systems, Inc. · 2002
- Inspection method using area of interest (AOI) analysis52US 5,369,713 A1994
- Methods of discriminating between contaminated and uncontaminated containers49US 5,067,616 AThe Coca-Cola Company · 1991
- Process and apparatus for testing bottles40US 6,995,377 B2Plastipak Packaging, Inc. · 2006