B65B 11/32 and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material > Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in defined paths > in a curved path, e.g. on rotary tables or turrets > to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents > and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube
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 11/32 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
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