A01G 31/042
With containers travelling on a belt or the like, or conveyed by
Official title: {with containers travelling on a belt or the like, or conveyed by chains}
A01G31/042 (With containers travelling on a belt or the like, or conveyed by) appears on 137 US grants and 221 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01G- Granted patents
- 137
- Published applications
- 221
- Assignees
- 89
- Inventors
- 306
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 6 |
| 2016 | 1 | 9 |
| 2017 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 5 | 60 |
| 2019 | 10 | 20 |
| 2020 | 17 | 19 |
| 2021 | 32 | 11 |
| 2022 | 8 | 18 |
| 2023 | 4 | 15 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12 |
| 2025 | 16 | 18 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for producing plants84US 4,028,847 AGeneral Mills, Inc. · 1977
- Method and apparatus for the improvement of storage of biochemical energy in plants71US 4,255,897 A1981
- Apparatus and method for transporting growing plants51US 4,476,651 A1984
- Automatic food plant production48US 4,068,405 A1978
- Plant cultivating apparatus41US 5,323,567 AMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1994