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A01N 37/00

Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids (containing cyclopropane carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, e.g. cyclopropane carboxylic acid nitriles, A01N53/00)

Filing statistics

CPC A01N 37/00 belongs to the parent subclass A01N, which recorded 197,518 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 14,248 in 2013 to 13,291 in 2023 (-7%), peaking at 23,478 applications in 2016. 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

13 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • A01N 37/06 Unsaturated carboxylic acids or thio analogues thereof; Derivatives thereof
  • A01N 37/08 containing carboxylic groups or thio analogues thereof, directly attached by the carbon atom to a cycloaliphatic ring; Derivatives thereof
  • A01N 37/10 Aromatic or araliphatic carboxylic acids, or thio analogues thereof; Derivatives thereof
  • A01N 37/12 containing the group [IMAGE cpc-sch-A01N-0932.gif], wherein Cn means a carbon skeleton not containing a ring; Thio analogues thereof
  • A01N 37/14 containing the group [IMAGE cpc-sch-A01N-0933.gif]; Thio analogues thereof
  • A01N 37/16 containing the group [IMAGE cpc-sch-A01N-0934.gif]; Thio analogues thereof
  • A01N 37/34 Nitriles
  • A01N 37/42 containing within the same carbon skeleton a carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a carbon atom having only two bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. keto-carboxylic acids
  • A01N 37/52 containing [IMAGE cpc-sch-A01N-0939.gif] groups, e.g. carboxylic acid amidines

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. JOHN DEERE US 6,949
  2. MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY US 6,297
  3. DOW AGROSCIENCES US 5,458
  4. BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 5,296
  5. BAYER CROPSCIENCE DE 4,654
  6. PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL US 4,631
  7. SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS CH 4,410
  8. CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA US 4,128
  9. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 3,805
  10. BAYER DE 3,607