IPC Main Group
B67C 3/00 Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- OPENING OR CLOSING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
- Subclass:
- FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
Filing statistics
IPC B67C 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass B67C, which recorded 39,942 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,540 in 2013 to 5,435 in 2023 (+253%), peaking at 5,589 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B67 are KRONES (1,255 applications), KHS (781 applications) and LG ELECTRONICS (687 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
Related Keywords
bottling BEVERAGE(S)filling BOTTLE(S); bottlingfilling CAN(S) with liquids or semiliquidsFILLING of bottles, cans or barrelsfilling JARSbottling LIQUID(S)filling containers with LIQUID(S)PRESERVING by bottlingfilling TINS with liquids or with semi-liquids
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Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B67, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- KRONES DE 1,255
- KHS DE 781
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 687
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV BE 472
- COCA-COLA COMPANY US 461
- PEPSICO US 408
- TRUKING TECHNOLOGY 401
- HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN NL 390
- COWAY COMPANY KR 332
- KRONES 321