A01C 7/18
Machines for depositing quantities of seed at intervals
A01C7/18 (Machines for depositing quantities of seed at intervals) appears on 56 US grants and 58 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 58
- Assignees
- 36
- Inventors
- 165
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for applying fluid to groups of seeds dispensed from a planter11 Aug 2026US 12,702,081 B2Capstan Ag Systems, Inc.
- Systems, methods, and/or apparatus for providing a user display and interface for use with an agricultural implement10 Mar 2026US 12,572,143 B2Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
- Seeding robot30 Dec 2025US 12,507,614 B2AGCO International GmbH
- Method for matching the operation of an individualizing device and the operation of a portioning device to each other9 Dec 2025US 12,490,667 B2Amazonen-Werke H. Dreyer SE & Co. KG
- Granule portioning device for an agricultural dispensing machine19 Aug 2025US 12,389,821 B2Amazonen-Werke H. Dreyer SE & Co. KG
- Technique for afforestation by aerial seeding of pelleted plant seed under normal precipitation conditions16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198404 A1Sinoway Forest Technology Co., Ltd
- Granulate portioning means28 Aug 2025US 2025/0268126 A1Amazonen-Werke H. Dreyer SE & Co. KG
- Seed metering device16 Jan 2025US 2025/0017134 A1Deere & Company
- A method for placing seeds inside a growth substrate, a seed insertion device and a growth substrate22 Aug 2024US 2024/0276905 A1Click & Grow Oü
- Agricultural machine speed optimization monitor8 Aug 2024US 2024/0260502 A1Deere & Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Liquid distribution apparatus for distributing liquid into a seed furrow83US 6,763,773 B22004
- Seed placement system for use in a seeding machine56US 6,651,570 B1Deere & Company · 2003
- Crop input variety selection systems, methods, and apparatus51US 9,237,687 B2Precision Planting LLC · 2016
- Electromagnetic meter for closed dispensing container48US 5,301,848 A1994
- Apparatus, systems and methods for row unit downforce control44US 9,288,937 B2Precision Planting LLC · 2016