A01B 41/06
Thinning machines: with electric
Official title: with electric, e.g. photo-electric control of thinning operations
A01B41/06 (Thinning machines: with electric) appears on 28 US grants and 32 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01B- Granted patents
- 28
- Published applications
- 32
- Assignees
- 11
- Inventors
- 36
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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
- 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.
- System and method for automated odometry calibration for precision agriculture systems10 Oct 2024US 2024/0334862 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