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B65D 85/00

Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials (bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport B65D71/00)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials

CPC: Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials (bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport B65D71/00)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials

CPC:

Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials (bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport B65D71/00)

Additional Content IPC

Limiting references

Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport

Application references

Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents Hand implements or travelling equipment Cosmetic or toiletry equipment Packages for surgical knives, scalpels or blades therefor Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes Paint cans Oil cans Containers for carrying smallarms Packaging of ammunition or explosive charges Containers for record carriers, specially adapted for cooperation with the recording or reproducing apparatus

Of 18 combined children, 13 exist in both systems.

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

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B65D 85/57 for recording discs since 1980 IPC only IPC only
  • B65D 85/575 for recording-tape cassettes since 1990 IPC only IPC only
  • B65D 85/58 for ball bearings, washers, buttons or like spherical or disc-shaped articles IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65D 85/60 for sweets or like confectionery products IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65D 85/62 for stacks of articles; for special arrangements of groups of articles IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65D 85/64 for bulky articles IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65D 85/66 for jumbo rolls; for rolls of floor covering IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B65D 85/68 for machines, engines or vehicles in assembled or dismantled form 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