A01C 1/02
Germinating apparatus
Official title: Germinating apparatus; Determining germination capacity of seeds or the like
A01C1/02 (Germinating apparatus) appears on 193 US grants and 237 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01C- Granted patents
- 193
- Published applications
- 237
- Assignees
- 153
- Inventors
- 591
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 5 |
| 2006 | 0 | 9 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 7 |
| 2009 | 6 | 8 |
| 2010 | 6 | 10 |
| 2011 | 8 | 13 |
| 2012 | 6 | 8 |
| 2013 | 10 | 9 |
| 2014 | 4 | 8 |
| 2015 | 6 | 14 |
| 2016 | 7 | 14 |
| 2017 | 7 | 11 |
| 2018 | 7 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6 | 12 |
| 2020 | 10 | 17 |
| 2021 | 12 | 10 |
| 2022 | 7 | 13 |
| 2023 | 4 | 15 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12 |
| 2025 | 14 | 9 |
| 2026 | 9 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Convection interactions to allow fast higher efficacity irradiation processes for reducing viability of weed seeds6 Oct 2026US 12,751,351 B2Global Neighbor, Inc.
- Kit for the treatment of seeds21 Jul 2026US 12,685,310 B2Institut Des Sciences Et Industries Du Vivant Et De L'environnment
- Radiative cooling-driven system for automated water collection and seed germination enhancement in desert regions16 Jun 2026US 12,653,089 B1Nanjing University
- Seed quality analysis using computed tomography26 May 2026US 12,635,595 B1Lumafield, Inc.
- Seed germination rotating cylinder and seed germination machine19 May 2026US 12,628,725 B2T. F. Electrical Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- Automated systems for removing tissue samples from seeds, and related methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276663 A1Monsanto Technology LLC
- Method to establish an efficient tissue culture system for rapid aquilaria sinensis propagation30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215375 A1EDGENE Biotechnology ( Wuhan ) Co., Ltd.
- Integrated sprouter device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206673 A1
- Sprouter device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206674 A1
- Multispecies cultivation kit23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206691 A1Kn-Kontakto Natura Srl
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated high-throughput seed sample processing system and method81US 6,706,989 B2Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. · 2004
- Automated seed sampler and methods of sampling, testing and bulking seeds75US 7,502,113 B2Monsanto Technology LLC · 2009
- System and method for measuring seedlot vigor64US 5,864,984 AParadigm Research Corporation · 1999
- Controlled atmosphere enclosure62US 4,572,427 AMallinckrodt Inc. · 1986
- Automated seed sampler and methods of sampling, testing and bulking seeds62US 7,591,101 B2Monsanto Technology LLC · 2009