IPC Subgroup
B67C 3/12 Pressure-control devices
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
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 > Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus > using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure > Pressure-control devices
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
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