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B65D 83/00

Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

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

Additional Content

Limiting references

Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging devices

Application references

Casings wherein movement of the lipstick or like solid is a screwing movement Containers with arrangements for dispensing articles for shops, stores, offices, bars or the like Showcases or show cabinets with dispensing arrangements Packages or dispensers of surgical gloves Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical diagnostic appliances or instruments Dispensing containers for dressings or bandages Magazines for feeding screws or nuts in combination with spanners, wrenches or screwdrivers Nail dispensers Handling of thin or filamentary material, e.g. sheets, webs or cables Coin dispensers Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing discrete articles

Related Keywords

containers or packages acting as dispensers

6 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • B65D 83/02 for dispensing rod-shaped articles, e.g. needles
  • B65D 83/04 for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
  • B65D 83/06 for dispensing powdered or granular material

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B65, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CANON 3,755
  2. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 3,721
  3. YOSHINO KOGYOSHO COMPANY 3,659
  4. DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 3,573
  5. KRONES DE 3,114
  6. P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 2,777
  7. TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY 2,720
  8. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,574
  9. KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 2,371
  10. RICOH COMPANY 2,349