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DIFF Subgroup
B67B 7/48

punch type, i.e. the cutting element including at least one sharp cutting edge adapted to pierce through the container wall in, ordinarily, a single operating stroke

Introduced: January 1985

Full Title

Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers > Cutting devices, i.e. devices including at least one cutting element having one or more cutting edges for piercing through the wall of a closed container, e.g. can openers > punch type, i.e. the cutting element including at least one sharp cutting edge adapted to pierce through the container wall in, ordinarily, a single operating stroke

Of 2 combined children, 0 exist in both systems.

2 codes exist only in IPC.

IPC defines codes here since 1985.

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