A01G 20/30
Apparatus for treating the lawn or grass surface
Official title: Apparatus for treating the lawn or grass surface (machines for aerating lawns A01B45/02)
A01G20/30 (Apparatus for treating the lawn or grass surface) appears on 88 US grants and 93 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01G- Granted patents
- 88
- Published applications
- 93
- Assignees
- 57
- Inventors
- 169
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 4 | 9 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021 | 6 | 12 |
| 2022 | 1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 9 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 | 13 |
| 2025 | 4 | 9 |
| 2026 | 5 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Mechanical device to selectively defoliate lawn weeds8 Sep 2026US 12,727,594 B2
- Systems and methods for drone-based golf course maintenance2 Jun 2026US 12,642,196 B2EVZ Golf Group, LLC
- Methods and apparatus for aerating turf19 May 2026US 12,628,719 B2Deere & Company
- Autonomous robotic system and method for controlling disease incidence in a target C4 turf grass area24 Mar 2026US 12,582,026 B2SS Turf Technologies, LLC
- Turf roller24 Mar 2026US 12,582,055 B2The Toro Company
- Systems and methods for drone-based golf course maintenance10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262584 A1EVZ Golf Group, LLC
- Tiller assembly for treating the surface soil29 May 2025US 2025/0169386 A1
- Systems and methods for drone-based golf course maintenance29 May 2025US 2025/0169405 A1EVZ Golf Group, LLC
- Autonomous ground surface treatment systems, vehicles, and methods15 May 2025US 2025/0151673 A1The Toro Company
- Lawn care apparatus8 May 2025US 2025/0143235 A1Ai-Weeder GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hand carried portable weeder convertible to a cultivator apparatus50US 4,501,332 AEvolution Enterprises, Inc. · 1985
- Divot anchoring process37US 5,211,722 A1993
- Turf anchor36US 5,058,315 A1991
- Spiker blade32US 3,939,917 AThe Toro Company · 1976
- Device and method for preserving putting green on a golf course25US 5,306,317 ARyokuei-Kensetsu Co., Ltd. · 1994