IPC Main Group
B65B 61/00 Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
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
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B65B 61/02 for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
- B65B 61/04 for severing webs, or for separating joined packages
- B65B 61/14 for incorporating, or forming and incorporating, handles or suspension means in packages
- B65B 61/18 for applying or incorporating package-opening or unpacking elements, e.g. tear-strips
- B65B 61/2 for adding cards, coupons or other inserts to package contents
- B65B 61/24 for shaping or reshaping completed packages
- B65B 61/26 for marking or coding completed packages
- B65B 61/28 for discharging completed packages from machines
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