DIFF Main Group
B67B 3/00 Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps (caps per se B65D41/00)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Closing bottles, jars, or similar containers by applying caps
CPC: Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps (caps per se B65D41/00)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Closing bottles, jars, or similar containers by applying caps
CPC:
Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps (caps per se B65D41/00)
Of 8 combined children, 6 exist in both systems.
2 codes are CPC-only extensions.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
Navigate with arrow keys, Enter to open
- B67B 3/02 by applying flanged caps, e.g. crown caps, and securing by deformation of flanges +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B67B 3/20 by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps (forming threads in situ by resilient deforming means B67B3/16, by rotary capping heads B67B3/18) +6 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B67B 3/24 Special measures for applying and securing caps under vacuum IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B67B 3/26 Applications of control, warning, or safety devices in capping machinery +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B67B 3/28 Mechanisms for causing relative movement between bottle or jar and capping head since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B67,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- KRONES DE 1,255
- KHS DE 781
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 687
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV BE 472
- COCA-COLA COMPANY US 461
- PEPSICO US 408
- TRUKING TECHNOLOGY 401
- HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN NL 390
- COWAY COMPANY KR 332
- KRONES 321
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B67,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- KRONES DE 1,493
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 869
- KHS DE 843
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV BE 515
- COCA-COLA COMPANY US 488
- PEPSICO US 477
- KRONES 417
- HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN NL 398
- COWAY COMPANY KR 339
- FREEZIO CH 322