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B31B 50/3

the mandrels moving

Introduced: January 2017

Full Title

Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons > Folding sheets, blanks or webs > around mandrels, e.g. for forming bottoms > the mandrels moving

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

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Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B31, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. GPI (GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL) US 356
  2. KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION US 296
  3. RANPAK CORPORATION US 257
  4. P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 228
  5. BOBST MEX CH 218
  6. JIANGSU NANJIANG MACHINERY COMPANY 214
  7. SINOTECHO (WUHAN) INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 209
  8. DONGGUAN HONGMING MACHINERY COMPANY 195
  9. BHS CORRUGATED MASCHINEN- UND ANLAGENBAU DE 192
  10. TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE CH 183