A01B 73/02
Folding frames
A01B73/02 (Folding frames) appears on 783 US grants and 639 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01B- Granted patents
- 783
- Published applications
- 639
- Assignees
- 216
- Inventors
- 1,020
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 16 | 0 |
| 1979 | 14 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 19 | 0 |
| 1983 | 12 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 21 | 7 |
| 2002 | 13 | 4 |
| 2003 | 7 | 10 |
| 2004 | 6 | 8 |
| 2005 | 7 | 8 |
| 2006 | 10 | 9 |
| 2007 | 4 | 12 |
| 2008 | 6 | 7 |
| 2009 | 9 | 11 |
| 2010 | 18 | 24 |
| 2011 | 8 | 17 |
| 2012 | 15 | 12 |
| 2013 | 15 | 21 |
| 2014 | 29 | 29 |
| 2015 | 15 | 57 |
| 2016 | 21 | 35 |
| 2017 | 41 | 51 |
| 2018 | 52 | 52 |
| 2019 | 50 | 43 |
| 2020 | 40 | 55 |
| 2021 | 24 | 30 |
| 2022 | 32 | 27 |
| 2023 | 28 | 32 |
| 2024 | 17 | 24 |
| 2025 | 19 | 36 |
| 2026 | 17 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Agricultural implements having foldable marker assemblies6 Oct 2026US 12,751,344 B2AGCO Corporation
- Agricultural toolbar with working and transport positioning15 Sep 2026US 12,733,562 B2WMH Leasing, LLC
- Furrow opener linkage and transport orientation25 Aug 2026US 12,714,006 B2K-Hart Industries Ltd.
- Concurrent field and transport cylinder actuation for mowing device transport14 Jul 2026US 12,677,723 B2CNH Industrial America LLC
- Tillage apparatuses and related methods23 Jun 2026US 12,660,726 B2Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd.
- Multi-member agricultural machine for processing the ground1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293793 A1
- Towed agricultural implement with winged frame and controller to assist operation of the implement1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293794 A1
- Folding pick-up attachment for a harvesting machine1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293807 A1Carl Geringhoff GmbH & Co. KG
- Tillage apparatuses and related methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271817 A1Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd.
- Folding pick-up attachment for a harvesting machine3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256039 A1Carl Geringhoff GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
Most cited
By later US patents
- Grain Drill118US 5,398,771 ACrustBuster/Speed King, Inc. · 1995
- Folding header assembly110US 4,409,780 AKansas State University Research Foundation · 1983
- Self leveling towed implement93US 7,063,167 B1Case Corporation · 2006
- Folding row marker88US 4,986,367 AKinze Manufacturing, Inc. · 1991
- Forward-folding, winged, implement frame72US 5,488,996 AKinze Manufacturing, Inc. · 1996