B65H 31/04 with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates
Full Title
Pile receivers (carriers used for associating, collating or gathering articles B65H39/00) > with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates
Filing statistics
CPC B65H 31/04 belongs to the parent subclass B65H, which recorded 133,109 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 7,651 in 2013 to 12,565 in 2023 (+64%), peaking at 16,310 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
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B65H 31/06 the articles being piled on edge
- B65H 31/08 the articles being piled one above another
- B65H 31/12 Devices relieving the weight of the pile or permitting or effecting movement of the pile end support during piling
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B65, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 3,369
- KRONES DE 3,304
- TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE CH 2,227
- CANON JP 2,051
- AUTOSTORE TECHNOLOGY NO 1,731
- GPI (GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL) US 1,707
- CANON 1,693
- G.D IT 1,678
- MURATA MACHINERY JP 1,664
- DAIFUKU COMPANY JP 1,654