Details of labelling machines or apparatus

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
Subclass:: LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES

Filing statistics

IPC B65C 9/00 belongs to the parent subclass B65C, which recorded 30,505 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,172 in 2013 to 3,674 in 2023 (+213%), peaking at 4,240 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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B65C 9/02 Devices for moving articles, e.g. containers, past labelling station
B65C 9/06 Devices for presenting articles in predetermined attitude or position at labelling station
B65C 9/08 Label feeding
B65C 9/2 Gluing the labels or articles
B65C 9/26 Devices for applying labels
B65C 9/38 Label cooling or drying
B65C 9/4 Controls; Safety devices
B65C 9/46 Applying date marks, code marks, or the like, to the label during labelling

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