A01D 45/00
Harvesting of standing crops
Official title: Harvesting of standing crops (A01D44/00 takes precedence; threshing machines adapted for special crops, threshing devices for combines adapted for special crops A01F11/00; harvesting of mushrooms A01G18/70)
A01D45/00 (Harvesting of standing crops) appears on 1,326 US grants and 1,132 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01D- Granted patents
- 1,326
- Published applications
- 1,132
- Assignees
- 424
- Inventors
- 2,052
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 33 | 0 |
| 1977 | 33 | 0 |
| 1978 | 27 | 0 |
| 1979 | 30 | 0 |
| 1980 | 28 | 0 |
| 1981 | 34 | 0 |
| 1982 | 15 | 0 |
| 1983 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | 21 | 0 |
| 1985 | 25 | 0 |
| 1986 | 20 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 17 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 25 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 4 |
| 2002 | 19 | 7 |
| 2003 | 8 | 13 |
| 2004 | 8 | 18 |
| 2005 | 9 | 13 |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 |
| 2007 | 7 | 19 |
| 2008 | 13 | 12 |
| 2009 | 12 | 22 |
| 2010 | 15 | 24 |
| 2011 | 26 | 28 |
| 2012 | 21 | 44 |
| 2013 | 22 | 34 |
| 2014 | 30 | 56 |
| 2015 | 34 | 43 |
| 2016 | 33 | 52 |
| 2017 | 49 | 57 |
| 2018 | 65 | 66 |
| 2019 | 58 | 58 |
| 2020 | 45 | 81 |
| 2021 | 50 | 81 |
| 2022 | 51 | 74 |
| 2023 | 55 | 65 |
| 2024 | 58 | 123 |
| 2025 | 74 | 81 |
| 2026 | 65 | 48 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A01D 45/02Harvesting of standing crops: of maize , i.e. kernel harvesting517
- A01D 45/10Harvesting of standing crops: of sugar cane266
- A01D 45/16Harvesting of standing crops: of tobacco101
- A01D 45/006Harvesting of standing crops: of tomatoes82
- A01D 45/26Harvesting of standing crops: of cabbage or lettuce64
- A01D 45/06Harvesting of standing crops: of flax or similar fibrous plants50
- A01D 45/22Harvesting of standing crops: of beans46
- A01D 45/30Harvesting of standing crops: of grass-seeds or like seeds44
All 16 subgroupsShow fewer
- A01D 45/003Harvesting of standing crops: of millet, sorghum25
- A01D 45/007Harvesting of standing crops: of asparagus23
- A01D 45/001Harvesting of standing crops: with arrangements for transport of personnel17
- A01D 45/008Harvesting of standing crops: of cucumbers15
- A01D 45/04Harvesting of standing crops: of rice14
- A01D 45/28Harvesting of standing crops: of spinach12
- A01D 45/24Harvesting of standing crops: of peas11
- A01D 45/002Harvesting of standing crops: of pineapples1
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Sugar cane yield monitor150US 6,272,819 B1Case Corporation · 2001
- Multi-sensor crop yield determination96US 9,578,808 B2Deere & Company · 2017
- System for measuring plant attributes using a priori plant maps92US 10,039,231 B2Deere & Company · 2018
- Yield estimation91US 9,903,979 B2Deere & Company · 2018
- Yield estimation90US 10,295,703 B2Deere & Company · 2019