IPC Main Group
B31B 50/00 Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
Introduced: January 2017
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- Subclass:
- MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
Related Keywords
making three-dimensional articles by FOLDING paper or plastic sheetmaking MATCH(ES) boxesPLEATING of paper or plastic sheet to make three-dimensional articles
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B31B 50/02 Feeding or positioning sheets, blanks or webs
- B31B 50/14 Cutting, e.g. perforating, punching, slitting or trimming
- B31B 50/25 Surface scoring
- B31B 50/26 Folding sheets, blanks or webs
- B31B 50/59 Shaping sheet material under pressure
- B31B 50/6 Uniting opposed surfaces or edges; Taping
- B31B 50/74 Auxiliary operations
- B31B 50/99 using hand tools
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B31, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GPI (GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL) US 356
- KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION US 296
- RANPAK CORPORATION US 257
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 228
- BOBST MEX CH 218
- JIANGSU NANJIANG MACHINERY COMPANY 214
- SINOTECHO (WUHAN) INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 209
- DONGGUAN HONGMING MACHINERY COMPANY 195
- BHS CORRUGATED MASCHINEN- UND ANLAGENBAU DE 192
- TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE CH 183