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B65B 9/20

the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles

Introduced: January 1980

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: the webs being formed into tubes around the filling nozzles

CPC: the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages > Enclosing successive articles or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs > the webs being formed into tubes around the filling nozzles

CPC:

Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages > Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs > the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles

CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 6 additional codes.

6 codes are CPC-only extensions.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 1980.

Child Classifications

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  • B65B 9/2007 CPC only CPC only
  • B65B 9/2035 CPC only CPC only
  • B65B 9/2042 CPC only CPC only
  • B65B 9/2049 CPC only CPC only
  • B65B 9/207 the web advancing continuously (B65B9/22 takes precedence) since 2012 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65B 9/213 the web having intermittent motion (B65B9/22 takes precedence) since 2012 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65B 9/22 Forming shoulders; Tube formers since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B65,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CANON 3,755
  2. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 3,721
  3. YOSHINO KOGYOSHO COMPANY 3,659
  4. DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 3,573
  5. KRONES DE 3,114
  6. P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 2,777
  7. TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY 2,720
  8. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,574
  9. KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 2,371
  10. RICOH COMPANY 2,349

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B65,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 3,369
  2. KRONES DE 3,304
  3. TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE CH 2,227
  4. CANON JP 2,051
  5. AUTOSTORE TECHNOLOGY NO 1,731
  6. GPI (GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL) US 1,707
  7. CANON 1,693
  8. G.D IT 1,678
  9. MURATA MACHINERY JP 1,664
  10. DAIFUKU COMPANY JP 1,654