A01B 39/12
Machines specially adapted for working soil on which crops are growing: for
Official title: for special purposes {, e.g. for special culture}
A01B39/12 (Machines specially adapted for working soil on which crops are growing: for) appears on 195 US grants and 183 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01B- Granted patents
- 195
- Published applications
- 183
- Assignees
- 117
- Inventors
- 422
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2021 | 3 | 23 |
| 2022 | 10 | 17 |
| 2023 | 10 | 29 |
| 2024 | 11 | 23 |
| 2025 | 20 | 18 |
| 2026 | 12 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Automated agriculture implement22 Sep 2026US 12,740,554 B2FarmWise Labs, Inc.
- Obstacle recognition method and apparatus, and device, medium and weeding robot25 Aug 2026US 12,718,568 B2Suzhou Cleva Precision Machinery & Technology Co., Ltd.
- Weed control with an autonomous work device11 Aug 2026US 12,702,127 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Cultivating methods and apparatuses14 Jul 2026US 12,677,822 B2Laudando & Associates LLC
- Obstacle recognition method and apparatus, device, medium and weeding robot21 Apr 2026US 12,608,942 B2Suzhou Cleva Precision Machinery & Technology Co., Ltd.
- Cultivating methods and apparatuses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305597 A1
- Method for detecting and treating plants, and plant treatment device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206737 A1Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
- Dynamic Agricultural Weed Removal System16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198397 A1SeedSpider Ltd
- Crop protection system for an agricultural vehicle and associated protection method9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191126 A1NaïO-Technologies
- Mobile turf instrument apparatus25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177378 A1The Toro Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for precision agriculture operations utilizing real time kinematic global positioning system systems403US 6,199,000 B1Trimble Navigation Limited · 2001
- Methods and apparatus for precision agriculture operations utilizing real time kinematic global positioning system systems208US 6,553,299 B1Trimble Navigation Limited · 2003
- Tool apparatus with control to move tool when object approached129US 4,518,043 A1985
- Cultivator row unit with ridger/bedder implement105US 4,461,355 AHiniker Company · 1984
- Method and apparatus for extracting plant stalks and for reshaping beds86US 4,779,684 A1988