A01B 41/00
Thinning machines
A01B41/00 (Thinning machines) appears on 40 US grants and 44 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01B- Granted patents
- 40
- Published applications
- 44
- Assignees
- 21
- Inventors
- 67
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for automated plant necrosis12 May 2026US 12,626,477 B2Deere & Company
- Residue monitoring and residue-based control31 Mar 2026US 12,588,580 B2Deere & Company
- System and method for automated odometry calibration for precision agriculture systems16 Sep 2025US 12,414,492 B2Deere & Company
- Methods of operating a tillage implement29 Apr 2025US 12,284,933 B2AGCO Corporation
- Residue monitoring and residue-based control19 Nov 2024US 12,144,278 B2
- Thinning elements or scourges for thinning machines and related thinning machine8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305510 A1
- Method and Apparatus for Automated Plant Necrosis27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253364 A1Deere & Company
- System and method for automated odometry calibration for precision agriculture systems26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083040 A1Deere & Company
- Residue monitoring and residue-based control8 May 2025US 2025/0143202 A1Deere & Company
- Method and Apparatus for Automated Plant Necrosis12 Dec 2024US 2024/0412479 A1Blue River Technology Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Residue monitoring and residue-based control72US 9,282,688 B2Deere & Company · 2016
- Method and apparatus for automated plant necrosis67US 9,064,173 B2Blue River Technology Inc. · 2015
- Method and apparatus for automated plant necrosis53US 9,030,549 B2Blue River Technology Inc. · 2015
- Residue monitoring and residue-based control49US 9,554,098 B2Deere & Company · 2017
- Crop thinning apparatus and method41US 7,032,369 B1Arrowhead Center, Inc. · 2006