Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers > Details > Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture

CPC:

Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers (bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles, or bales of material B65D71/00) > Details > Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture

Of 12 combined children, 2 exist in both systems.

7 codes are CPC-only extensions, 3 exist only in IPC.

Child Classifications

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B65D 75/5805 +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
B65D 75/5816 +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
B65D 75/5827 +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
B65D 75/5855 CPC only CPC only
B65D 75/5861 +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
B65D 75/5888 CPC only CPC only
B65D 75/5894 CPC only CPC only
B65D 75/6 Weakened closure seams IPC only IPC only
B65D 75/62 Cuts or perforations, e.g. in closure seams IPC only IPC only
B65D 75/64 Tabs formed by unsecured portion of wrapper IPC only IPC only
B65D 75/66 Inserted or applied tearing-strings or like flexible elements IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
B65D 75/70 Rigid cutting or tearing devices IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

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

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

Top Applicants (CPC)

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