Storing bulk material or loose, i.e. disorderly, articles (filling or emptying storage spaces or containers, spreading-out or piling-up bulk material or loose articles B65G65/28, B65G65/30, B65G69/04)

Filing statistics

CPC B65G 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass B65G, which recorded 259,953 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 10,147 in 2013 to 27,457 in 2023 (+171%), peaking at 33,933 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B65 are P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) (3,369 applications), KRONES (3,304 applications) and TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE (2,227 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings