Y02A 40/10
In agriculture
Official title: in agriculture
Y02A40/10 (In agriculture) appears on 8,194 US grants and 10,039 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y02A- Granted patents
- 8,194
- Published applications
- 10,039
- Assignees
- 3,562
- Inventors
- 16,221
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 51 | 0 |
| 1977 | 52 | 0 |
| 1978 | 63 | 0 |
| 1979 | 67 | 0 |
| 1980 | 69 | 0 |
| 1981 | 72 | 0 |
| 1982 | 58 | 0 |
| 1983 | 46 | 0 |
| 1984 | 45 | 0 |
| 1985 | 48 | 0 |
| 1986 | 64 | 0 |
| 1987 | 48 | 0 |
| 1988 | 51 | 0 |
| 1989 | 49 | 0 |
| 1990 | 39 | 0 |
| 1991 | 65 | 0 |
| 1992 | 44 | 0 |
| 1993 | 75 | 0 |
| 1994 | 83 | 0 |
| 1995 | 80 | 0 |
| 1996 | 97 | 0 |
| 1997 | 106 | 0 |
| 1998 | 128 | 0 |
| 1999 | 137 | 0 |
| 2000 | 141 | 0 |
| 2001 | 164 | 42 |
| 2002 | 162 | 177 |
| 2003 | 152 | 287 |
| 2004 | 141 | 275 |
| 2005 | 110 | 259 |
| 2006 | 144 | 314 |
| 2007 | 166 | 277 |
| 2008 | 122 | 296 |
| 2009 | 163 | 371 |
| 2010 | 203 | 383 |
| 2011 | 218 | 430 |
| 2012 | 219 | 396 |
| 2013 | 248 | 388 |
| 2014 | 251 | 443 |
| 2015 | 241 | 463 |
| 2016 | 261 | 509 |
| 2017 | 269 | 497 |
| 2018 | 329 | 574 |
| 2019 | 436 | 566 |
| 2020 | 450 | 561 |
| 2021 | 416 | 568 |
| 2022 | 338 | 538 |
| 2023 | 389 | 580 |
| 2024 | 353 | 379 |
| 2025 | 320 | 323 |
| 2026 | 151 | 143 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- Y02A 40/146Genetically modified [gmo] plants3,608
- Y02A 40/25Greenhouse technology1,733
- Y02A 40/20Fertilizers of biological origin1,273
- Y02A 40/22Improving land use913
- Y02A 40/28Specially adapted for farming283
- Y02A 40/51Specially adapted for storing agricultural or horticultural products82
- Y02A 40/13Abiotic stress29
Recent patents
- Grow cabinet29 Sep 2026US 12,745,718 B2
- Freeze concentration for urine-based fertilizer production29 Sep 2026US 12,747,194 B2The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Apparatus and method of growing vegetation in an arid environment15 Sep 2026US 12,733,568 B2Viridis Arbor LLC
- Building25 Aug 2026US 12,714,036 B2Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Plastic laminate to cover agricultural crops25 Aug 2026US 12,714,037 B2Reyenvas, S.A.
- Compositions and Methods for Coating of Nitrification Inhibitors with a Solution Containing a High Concentration of Urease Inhibitors and For Improved Retention of the Nitrogen Content of Soil Through the Administration of Liquid Delivery Formulations of (Aminomethylene)Phosphinic Acids and/or their Salts1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296987 A1Soilgenic Technologies, LLC
- Turf management24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283087 A1The Toro Company
- Illumination systems employing multi-layer laminated sheet-form optical structures with embedded tir channels17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276175 A1
- Novel chimeric insecticidal proteins toxic or inhibitory to lepidopteran pests27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250333 A1Monsanto Technology LLC
- Inir12 transgenic maize20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242809 A1Inari Agriculture Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mutant dwarfism gene of petunia5,133US 5,523,520 AGoldsmith Seeds, Inc. · 1996
- Soybean event MON89788 and methods for detection thereof2,074US 7,632,985 B2Monsanto Technology LLC · 2009
- Soybean event MON89788 and methods for detection thereof1,777US 8,053,184 B2Monsanto Technology LLC · 2011
- Plant expression constructs1,417US 6,660,911 B2Monsanto Technology LLC · 2003
- Chimeric figwort mosaic virus-elongation factor 1 α promoters and methods of using them1,389US 6,949,696 B2Monsanto Technology LLC · 2005