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B67B 1/00

Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers (stoppers per se B65D39/00)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Closing bottles, jars, or similar containers by applying stoppers

CPC: Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers (stoppers per se B65D39/00)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Closing bottles, jars, or similar containers by applying stoppers

CPC:

Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers (stoppers per se B65D39/00)

Of 6 combined children, 5 exist in both systems.

1 codes are CPC-only extensions.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B67B 1/005 CPC only CPC only
  • B67B 1/03 Pretreatment of stoppers, e.g. cleaning, steaming, heating, impregnating or coating; Applying resilient rings to stoppers (mechanical working of cork B27J5/00) since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B67B 1/06 by inserting and rotating screw stoppers IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B67B 1/08 Securing stoppers, e.g. swing stoppers, which are held in position by associated pressure-applying means coacting with the bottle neck IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B67B 1/10 by inserting disc closures since 1995 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B67,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. KRONES DE 1,255
  2. KHS DE 781
  3. LG ELECTRONICS KR 687
  4. ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV BE 472
  5. COCA-COLA COMPANY US 461
  6. PEPSICO US 408
  7. TRUKING TECHNOLOGY 401
  8. HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN NL 390
  9. COWAY COMPANY KR 332
  10. KRONES 321

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B67,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. KRONES DE 1,493
  2. LG ELECTRONICS KR 869
  3. KHS DE 843
  4. ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV BE 515
  5. COCA-COLA COMPANY US 488
  6. PEPSICO US 477
  7. KRONES 417
  8. HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN NL 398
  9. COWAY COMPANY KR 339
  10. FREEZIO CH 322