Packaging other articles presenting special problems

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 25/00 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 25/02 Packaging agricultural or horticultural products
B65B 25/06 Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
B65B 25/14 Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
B65B 25/16 Packaging bread or like bakery products, e.g. unsliced loaves
B65B 25/2 Packaging garments, e.g. socks, stockings, shirts
B65B 25/22 Packaging articles of food, e.g. fish fillets, intended to be cooked in the package
B65B 25/24 Packaging annular articles, e.g. tyres

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