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B67C 3/3

Filling of barrels or casks

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 > Filling of barrels or casks

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 3/3 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

filling CASKS with liquids or semiliquids

2 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • B67C 3/32 using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure
  • B67C 3/34 Devices for engaging filling-heads with filling-apertures

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B67, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. KRONES DE 1,255
  2. KHS DE 781
  3. LG ELECTRONICS KR 687
  4. ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV BE 472
  5. COCA-COLA COMPANY US 461
  6. PEPSICO US 408
  7. TRUKING TECHNOLOGY 401
  8. HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN NL 390
  9. COWAY COMPANY KR 332
  10. KRONES 321