A01C 5/02
Hand tools for making holes for sowing, planting or manuring
A01C5/02 (Hand tools for making holes for sowing, planting or manuring) appears on 152 US grants and 95 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01C- Granted patents
- 152
- Published applications
- 95
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 285
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 4 | 9 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4 |
| 2011 | 7 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 7 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Planting system40US 4,031,832 AIllinois Tool Works Inc. · 1977
- Soil coring device with a core ejector mechanism40US 4,884,638 A1989
- Plant hole digger with cylindrical cutter32US 5,133,269 A1992
- Multipurpose garden tool29US 5,765,648 AGarden Works, Inc. · 1998
- Systems and methods of a power tool system with interchangeable functional attachments29US 7,913,345 B2Umagination Labs, L.P. · 2011