B65B 3/00 Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, 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 3/00 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
Additional Content
Filling bottles or other containers with liquids or semi-liquids by bottling machines Filling of gas bottles at high pressure for storing gases ,
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Child Classifications
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- B65B 3/02 Machines characterised by the incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
- B65B 3/04 Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
- B65B 3/18 Controlling escape of air from containers or receptacles during filling
- B65B 3/22 Defoaming liquids in connection with filling
- B65B 3/24 Topping-up containers or receptacles to ensure complete filling
- B65B 3/26 Methods or devices for controlling the quantity 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