A01C 7/0443
Seed singulators
Official title: {Seed singulators}
A01C7/0443 (Seed singulators) appears on 248 US grants and 232 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01C- Granted patents
- 248
- Published applications
- 232
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 278
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 |
| 2003 | 6 | 7 |
| 2004 | 7 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 | 11 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 7 | 5 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14 |
| 2015 | 7 | 19 |
| 2016 | 18 | 14 |
| 2017 | 14 | 17 |
| 2018 | 19 | 13 |
| 2019 | 10 | 19 |
| 2020 | 20 | 16 |
| 2021 | 4 | 19 |
| 2022 | 11 | 12 |
| 2023 | 14 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 |
| 2025 | 16 | 8 |
| 2026 | 3 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Grain-singulating apparatus with separating device, and seeder with grain-singulating apparatus2 Jun 2026US 12,642,162 B2Amazonen-Werke H. Dreyer SE & Co. KG
- Seed meter with vacuum producing device and controlled outlet pressure21 Apr 2026US 12,604,792 B2Deere & Company
- Singulating arrangement and extraction from singulating meter21 Apr 2026US 12,604,794 B2Bourgault Industries Ltd.
- Adjustable seed meter and related systems and methods25 Nov 2025US 12,477,972 B2Ag Leader Technology
- Systems and methods for selective material placement, sensing, and control18 Nov 2025US 12,471,518 B2Deere & Company
- Seed Discs For Use With Seed Meters And Planters10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262560 A1Monsanto Technology LLC
- Agricultural seed meter and related devices, systems, and methods13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231850 A1Ag Leader Technology
- Seed meter with vacuum producing device and controlled outlet pressure13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231851 A1Deere & Company
- Volumetric seed meter and retro-fit volumetric seed meter for agricultural planting implement6 Aug 2026US 2026/0223765 A1Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
- Singulating arrangement and extraction from singulating meter30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215359 A1Bourgault Industries Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vacuum seed meter180US 5,170,909 ADeere & Company · 1992
- Vacuum seed meter and dispensing apparatus118US 6,516,733 B1Precision Planting LLC · 2003
- Vacuum seed meter and dispensing apparatus86US 6,748,885 B2Precision Planting LLC · 2004
- Seed meter for row crop planter unit85US 5,058,766 AKinze Manufacturing, Inc. · 1991
- Vacuum seed metering apparatus having housing openings70US 5,842,428 ACase Corporation · 1998