Technology Topic
Packaging Patent Classification
Packaging is one of the quiet giants of the patent system: B65D covers containers for storage or transport, from bottles and closures to crates and flexible pouches.
Sustainability drives current filings: recyclable mono-materials, refill systems and reduced-plastic designs. The material-recovery side of that story classifies under plastics recycling.
The classification codes that matter
CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS,…
Containers and closures: the core packaging subclass, from bottles to industrial drums.
2018 → 2023: 71,487 → 85,439 filings (+20 %)
Who files here: top applicants
- 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
IPC filings 2013–2023, aggregated across the codes above. Source: EPO PATSTAT.
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