A01M 21/04
Apparatus for destruction by steam, chemicals, burning, or electricity
Official title: Apparatus for destruction by steam, chemicals, burning, or electricity {(apparatus for burning A01M15/00)}
A01M21/04 (Apparatus for destruction by steam, chemicals, burning, or electricity) appears on 612 US grants and 675 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01M- Granted patents
- 612
- Published applications
- 675
- Assignees
- 304
- Inventors
- 1,186
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 17 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 2 |
| 2002 | 11 | 10 |
| 2003 | 8 | 7 |
| 2004 | 4 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 12 |
| 2006 | 7 | 9 |
| 2007 | 4 | 13 |
| 2008 | 3 | 7 |
| 2009 | 5 | 11 |
| 2010 | 4 | 10 |
| 2011 | 10 | 14 |
| 2012 | 4 | 10 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 |
| 2014 | 13 | 17 |
| 2015 | 4 | 18 |
| 2016 | 18 | 26 |
| 2017 | 19 | 38 |
| 2018 | 17 | 40 |
| 2019 | 26 | 56 |
| 2020 | 32 | 49 |
| 2021 | 30 | 54 |
| 2022 | 36 | 58 |
| 2023 | 39 | 61 |
| 2024 | 36 | 55 |
| 2025 | 46 | 48 |
| 2026 | 38 | 34 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method and device for controlling plants, pest and weed populations in frozen soil29 Sep 2026US 12,745,765 B2Winterleap AS
- Apparatus and method for electrically killing plants22 Sep 2026US 12,740,555 B2Ubiqutek Ltd.
- Autonomous soil sampling and herbicide application25 Aug 2026US 12,714,089 B1Elemental Agronomy
- Systems and methods for crop health monitoring, assessment and prediction25 Aug 2026US 12,716,879 B2Viscon Group Holding B.V.
- Laser system for agricultural use11 Aug 2026US 12,702,085 B2
- Cultivating methods and apparatuses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305597 A1
- Spot weed detection and treatment within a field of view in accordance with machine learning training24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283140 A1Spraying Systems Co.
- Method, vehicle and system for weed control management10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262561 A1Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
- Safety Device for Monitoring a Treatment Device for Plants3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256059 A1crop.zone GmbH
- Method for detecting and treating plants, and plant treatment device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206737 A1Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Disinfecting light fixture94US 9,439,989 B2Vital Vio, Inc. · 2016
- Determining a weed percentage and agricultural control device77US 10,209,179 B2Continental Automotive GmbH · 2019
- Cleaning device with a trigger-actuated spray canister75US 6,551,001 B2S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. · 2003
- Setup for constructing a weed map75US 8,107,681 B2G & G Növényvédelmi és Kereskedelmi K ft. · 2012
- Digital spectral identifier-controller and related methods57US 6,919,959 B2Masten Opto-Diagnostics Co. · 2005