A01C 11/02
Transplanting machines: for seedlings
Official title: for seedlings
A01C11/02 (Transplanting machines: for seedlings) appears on 219 US grants and 144 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01C- Granted patents
- 219
- Published applications
- 144
- Assignees
- 118
- Inventors
- 495
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sapling planting unit22 Sep 2026US 12,740,505 B2Deere & Company
- Controlling image capture based on event timing during planting operation19 May 2026US 12,628,729 B2Deere & Company
- Active node control planting mode12 May 2026US 12,622,345 B2Motivo Engineering, LLC
- High precision greenhouse seed and seedling treatment5 May 2026US 12,616,081 B2Syngenta Crop Protection AG
- Automatic seedling taking and separation system for substrate block seedlings5 May 2026US 12,616,103 B2Nanjing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
- Controlling image capture based on event timing during planting operation24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283066 A1Deere & Company
- Dispenser for seedlings17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271823 A1Novelquip Forestry (Pty) Ltd
- Active node control planting mode17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271824 A1Motivo Engineering, LLC
- Intelligent self-sequencing rice seedling throwing machine3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256050 A1Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Work vehicle13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233608 A1Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Seedling planter78US 4,438,710 ATimberland Equipment Limited · 1984
- Self contained fully automated robotic crop production facility55US 6,508,033 B2Organitech Ltd. · 2003
- Computer operated automatic seedling plant transplanting machine37US 4,947,579 AWeirton Steel Corporation · 1990
- Plant transfer mechanism32US 4,869,637 ABud Antle, Inc. · 1989
- Method for transplanting of seedlings30US 4,408,549 AStora Kopparbergs Bergslags Aktiebolag · 1983