IPC Subgroup
B65D 41/02 Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper > Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- Subclass:
- CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B65D 41/04 Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
- B65D 41/1 Caps or cap-like covers adapted to be secured in position by permanent deformation of the wall-engaging parts
- B65D 41/16 Snap-on caps or cap-like covers
- B65D 41/2 Caps or cap-like covers with membranes, e.g. arranged to be pierced
- B65D 41/22 Caps or cap-like covers with elastic parts adapted to be stretched over the container
- B65D 41/24 Caps or cap-like covers made of shrinkable material or formed by dipping, e.g. using gelatine or celluloid
- B65D 41/26 Caps or cap-like covers serving as, or incorporating, drinking or measuring vessels
- B65D 41/28 Caps combined with stoppers
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