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B65D 85/00

Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials

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

Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport

Application references

Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents Hand implements or travelling equipment Cosmetic or toiletry equipment Packages for surgical knives, scalpels or blades therefor Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes Paint cans Oil cans Containers for carrying smallarms Packaging of ammunition or explosive charges Containers for record carriers, specially adapted for cooperation with the recording or reproducing apparatus

20 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • B65D 85/18 for wearing apparel, headwear or footwear
  • B65D 85/57 for recording discs
  • B65D 85/575 for recording-tape cassettes
  • B65D 85/58 for ball bearings, washers, buttons or like spherical or disc-shaped articles
  • B65D 85/6 for sweets or like confectionery products
  • B65D 85/62 for stacks of articles; for special arrangements of groups of articles
  • B65D 85/64 for bulky articles
  • B65D 85/66 for jumbo rolls; for rolls of floor covering
  • B65D 85/68 for machines, engines or vehicles in assembled or dismantled form
  • B65D 85/82 for poisons
  • B65D 85/84 for corrosive chemicals

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