A01D HARVESTING; MOWING
Description
A01D encompasses machinery and methods for harvesting crops and mowing vegetation. This subclass covers mechanical devices for cutting, gathering, and collecting agricultural products such as grain, hay, grass, and other field crops, including combines, reapers, balers, and forage equipment. It includes both the design of harvesting machines and operational techniques, as well as related auxiliary components for crop processing during harvest. Adjacent classes A01C (planting, sowing) and A01F (processing of harvested produce) represent earlier and later stages of crop production respectively.
Filing statistics
CPC subclass A01D recorded 61,753 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 2,707 in 2013 to 5,477 in 2023 (+102%), peaking at 8,409 applications in 2018. The most active applicants in class A01 are JOHN DEERE (6,949 applications), MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY (6,297 applications) and DOW AGROSCIENCES (5,458 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
48 direct subcodes
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- A01D 1/00 Hand-cutting implements for harvesting (hedge trimming means A01G3/04; )
- A01D 11/00 Other hand implements
- A01D 13/00 Diggers, e.g. potato ploughs
- A01D 15/00 Digging machines with sieve graters but without conveying mechanisms
- A01D 17/00 Digging machines with sieving and conveying mechanisms
- A01D 19/00 Digging machines with centrifugal wheels, drums or spinners
- A01D 21/00 Digging machines with potato-picking implements
- A01D 2101/00 Lawn-mowers
- A01D 23/00 Topping machines
- A01D 25/00 Lifters for beet or like crops
- A01D 27/00 Machines with both topping and lifting mechanisms
- A01D 29/00 Harvesters for peanuts
- A01D 3/00 Non-abrasive sharpening devices for scythes, sickles or the like
- A01D 31/00 Other digging harvesters
- A01D 33/00 Accessories for digging harvesters
- A01D 34/00 Mowers (combined with apparatus performing additional operations while mowing A01D37/00 - A01D41/00, A01D43/00; convertible to apparatus for purposes other than mowing or capable of performing operations other than mowing A01D42/00); Mowing apparatus of harvesters
- A01D 37/00 Reaper-binders (equipment thereon for binding harvested produce, e.g. knotters, A01D59/00)
- A01D 39/00 Independent binders, e.g. for hay; Binders attachable to mowers (equipment thereon for binding harvested produce, e.g. knotters, A01D59/00; stationary apparatus or hand tools for forming or binding hay or straw into bundles A01F1/00; )
- A01D 41/00 Combines, i.e. harvesters or mowers combined with threshing devices
- A01D 42/00 Mowers convertible to apparatus for purposes other than mowing; Mowers capable of performing operations other than mowing (mowers combined with apparatus performing additional operations while mowing A01D43/00)
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- JOHN DEERE US 6,949
- MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY US 6,297
- DOW AGROSCIENCES US 5,458
- BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 5,296
- BAYER CROPSCIENCE DE 4,654
- PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL US 4,631
- SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS CH 4,410
- CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA US 4,128
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 3,805
- BAYER DE 3,607