A01D 46/24
Devices for picking apples or like fruit
Official title: Devices for picking apples or like fruit (A01D46/28 {and A01D46/005} takes precedence)
A01D46/24 (Devices for picking apples or like fruit) appears on 239 US grants and 194 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01D- Granted patents
- 239
- Published applications
- 194
- Assignees
- 114
- Inventors
- 517
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 4 | 10 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 8 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10 |
| 2017 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9 |
| 2019 | 3 | 11 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11 |
| 2021 | 6 | 18 |
| 2022 | 10 | 19 |
| 2023 | 6 | 16 |
| 2024 | 14 | 15 |
| 2025 | 13 | 23 |
| 2026 | 12 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Greenhouse automatic vine dropping robot and vine dropping method15 Sep 2026US 12,733,599 B2Shandong Agricultural University
- Automated harvesting of crops8 Sep 2026US 12,727,542 B2Harvest CROO, LLC
- Fruit stem removal apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,721,273 B2DAXO Industries, Inc.
- Fruit perception system for robotic harvesting1 Sep 2026US 12,721,275 B2Michigan State University
- Hydraulic mobile cart for produce harvesting18 Aug 2026US 12,709,152 B2
- Autonomous robotic fruit harvesting vehicle9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191142 A1
- Produce harvester18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165246 A1The Regents of the University of California
- Method for generating cut point data, system for generating cut point data, and agricultural machine4 Jun 2026US 2026/0150787 A1Kubota Corporation
- Greenhouse automatic vine dropping robot and vine dropping method16 Apr 2026US 2026/0101855 A1Shandong Agricultural University
- Multi-Arm Robotic Harvesting Apparatus26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083061 A1Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Highly automated agricultural production system352US 4,015,366 AAdvanced Decision Handling, Inc. · 1977
- Robotic fruit harvester85US 4,532,757 AMartin Marietta Corporation · 1985
- Automated machine for detection and grasping of objects77US 4,975,016 AEtablissements Pellenc et Motte, Centre National Du Machinisme Agricole Du Genie Rural, des Eaux et des Forets (csm agrcr) · 1990
- Fruit harvesting apparatus with television camera and monitor73US 4,519,193 AKubota Corporation · 1985
- Fruit harvesting robot hand67US 4,663,925 AKubota Corporation · 1987