A01B SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES OR IMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL (making or covering furrows or holes for sowing, planting or manuring A01C5/00; mowers convertible to soil working apparatus or capable of soil working A01D42/04; mowers combined with soil working implements A01D43/12; soil working for engineering purposes E01, E02, E21)
Introduced: September 1968
Description
A01B encompasses machines, implements, and their components designed for soil preparation and cultivation in agricultural and forestry operations. This includes plows, harrows, cultivators, tillers, and similar devices that mechanically work, loosen, or turn soil, as well as general-purpose parts and accessories (such as frames, hitching devices, or wear elements) applicable across multiple agricultural machine types. The classification covers both the complete machines and their modular components when these are inventive in their own right, but excludes specialized machines for specific operations like sowing, harvesting, or crop treatment, which are classified elsewhere. A01B serves as the foundational classification for soil-working technology regardless of the power source or scale of operation.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES OR IMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL
CPC: SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES OR IMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL (making or covering furrows or holes for sowing, planting or manuring A01C5/00; mowers convertible to soil working apparatus or capable of soil working A01D42/04; mowers combined with soil working implements A01D43/12; soil working for engineering purposes E01, E02, E21)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES OR IMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL
SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES OR IMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL (making or covering furrows or holes for sowing, planting or manuring A01C5/00; mowers convertible to soil working apparatus or capable of soil working A01D42/04; mowers combined with soil working implements A01D43/12; soil working for engineering purposes E01, E02, E21)
Additional Content IPC
Limiting references
Making or covering furrows or holes for sowing, planting or manuring Mowers convertible to soil working apparatus or capable of soil working Mowers combined with soil working implements Soil working for engineering purposes , ,
Application references
Machines for harvesting root crops
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 37 subcodes exist in both systems.
8 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- A01B 13/00 Ploughs or like machines for special purposes (for drainage E02B11/02) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A01B 17/00 Ploughs with special additional arrangements, e.g. means for putting manure under the soil, clod-crushers +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A01B 25/00 Harrows with special additional arrangements, e.g. means for distributing fertilisers; Harrows for special purposes (A01B39/00 takes precedence) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A01B 35/00 Other machines for working soil (A01B37/00, A01B39/00, A01B77/00 take precedence) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A01B 37/00 Devices for loosening soil compacted by wheels or the like IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A01B 39/00 Machines specially adapted for working soil on which crops are growing IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A01B 43/00 Gatherers for removing stones, undesirable roots or the like from the soil, e.g. tractor-drawn rakes +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class A01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 6,725
- JOHN DEERE US 6,555
- MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY US 6,280
- DOW AGROSCIENCES US 5,260
- BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 5,106
- PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL US 4,609
- KUBOTA CORPORATION 4,458
- SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS CH 4,341
- BAYER CROPSCIENCE DE 4,305
- CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA US 4,024
Top Applicants (CPC)
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