A01C
Planting
Official title: PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING (parts, details or accessories of agricultural machines or implements, in general A01B51/00 - A01B75/00)
A01C (Planting) appears on 8,938 US grants and 8,492 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01C- Granted patents
- 8,938
- Published applications
- 8,492
- Assignees
- 2,730
- Inventors
- 12,937
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 90 | 0 |
| 1977 | 93 | 0 |
| 1978 | 111 | 0 |
| 1979 | 78 | 0 |
| 1980 | 99 | 0 |
| 1981 | 107 | 0 |
| 1982 | 77 | 0 |
| 1983 | 74 | 0 |
| 1984 | 101 | 0 |
| 1985 | 84 | 0 |
| 1986 | 108 | 0 |
| 1987 | 98 | 0 |
| 1988 | 113 | 0 |
| 1989 | 76 | 0 |
| 1990 | 87 | 0 |
| 1991 | 95 | 0 |
| 1992 | 85 | 0 |
| 1993 | 74 | 0 |
| 1994 | 96 | 0 |
| 1995 | 92 | 0 |
| 1996 | 114 | 0 |
| 1997 | 101 | 0 |
| 1998 | 123 | 0 |
| 1999 | 152 | 0 |
| 2000 | 151 | 0 |
| 2001 | 148 | 21 |
| 2002 | 106 | 124 |
| 2003 | 133 | 141 |
| 2004 | 114 | 141 |
| 2005 | 96 | 164 |
| 2006 | 104 | 159 |
| 2007 | 93 | 125 |
| 2008 | 97 | 144 |
| 2009 | 106 | 140 |
| 2010 | 141 | 204 |
| 2011 | 137 | 222 |
| 2012 | 126 | 258 |
| 2013 | 180 | 250 |
| 2014 | 224 | 363 |
| 2015 | 236 | 367 |
| 2016 | 285 | 449 |
| 2017 | 382 | 464 |
| 2018 | 374 | 509 |
| 2019 | 436 | 577 |
| 2020 | 493 | 689 |
| 2021 | 376 | 599 |
| 2022 | 412 | 562 |
| 2023 | 405 | 496 |
| 2024 | 444 | 521 |
| 2025 | 468 | 452 |
| 2026 | 343 | 351 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- A01C 7/00Sowing3,939
- A01C 5/00Making or covering furrows or holes for sowing, planting or manuring1,768
- A01C 23/00Distributing devices specially adapted for liquid manure or other fertilising liquid, including1,610
- A01C 21/00Methods of fertilising , sowing or planting1,554
- A01C 15/00Fertiliser distributors1,286
- A01C 1/00Apparatus, or methods of use thereof, for testing or treating seed, roots1,228
- A01C 19/00Arrangements for driving working parts of fertilisers or seeders418
- A01C 17/00Fertilisers or seeders with centrifugal wheels358
Recent patents
- Gauge arm6 Oct 2026US 12,751,349 B2
- Convection interactions to allow fast higher efficacity irradiation processes for reducing viability of weed seeds6 Oct 2026US 12,751,351 B2Global Neighbor, Inc.
- Fertilizer and row cleaner modules for agricultural row planter6 Oct 2026US 12,751,352 B2Harvest International, Inc.
- Supply system for agricultural equipment29 Sep 2026US 12,745,693 B2Smith Fox LLC
- Seed meter with integral mounting method for row crop planter and associated systems and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,745,694 B2Ag Leader Technology
- Agricultural material ejection apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305519 A1Kubota Corporation
- Distribution assembly for a seed drill with an associated clearance adjustment device and associated seed drill8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305520 A1Kuhn S. A.
- Flow Device for at Least Partially Guiding a Conveyed Material Flow, Distributor Head for an Agricultural Spreading Machine and Agricultural Spreading Machine8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305521 A1Amazonen-Werke H. Dreyer SE & Co. KG
- Actuator for setting seed depth for a row unit on a planter8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305522 A1Deere & Company
- Control method and apparatus for load of movable platform, and movable platform and medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305523 A1Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd.
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
- Variable rate agricultural product application implement with multiple inputs and feedback280US 6,070,539 ACase Corporation · 2000
- Depth control device for planting implement228US 6,701,857 B12004
- Dynamic controller of excess downpressure for surface engaging implement217US 6,389,999 B12002
- Method and apparatus for spreading fertilizer208US 4,630,773 ASoil Teq., Inc. · 1986