Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans or jars

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
Subclass:: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING

Filing statistics

IPC B65B 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass B65B, which recorded 334,731 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 13,632 in 2013 to 41,539 in 2023 (+205%), peaking at 45,273 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B65 are CANON (3,755 applications), SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) (3,721 applications) and YOSHINO KOGYOSHO COMPANY (3,659 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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Child Classifications

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B65B 1/02 Machines characterised by the incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
B65B 1/04 Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
B65B 1/2 Reducing volume of filled material
B65B 1/28 Controlling escape of air or dust from containers or receptacles during filling
B65B 1/3 Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality of the material fed or filled

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B65, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

CANON 3,755
SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 3,721
YOSHINO KOGYOSHO COMPANY 3,659
DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 3,573
KRONES DE 3,114
P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 2,777
TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY 2,720
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,574
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 2,371
RICOH COMPANY 2,349