Harvesting of standing crops

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2018

Classification Context

Section:: HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:: AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
Subclass:: HARVESTING; MOWING

Filing statistics

IPC A01D 45/00 belongs to the parent subclass A01D, which recorded 120,447 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 6,990 in 2013 to 11,228 in 2023 (+61%), peaking at 14,497 applications in 2018. The most active applicants in class A01 are CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (6,725 applications), JOHN DEERE (6,555 applications) and MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY (6,280 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

PICKING specified field crops

10 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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A01D 45/02 of maize
A01D 45/04 of rice
A01D 45/06 of flax
A01D 45/1 of sugar cane
A01D 45/16 of tobacco
A01D 45/22 of beans
A01D 45/24 of peas
A01D 45/26 of cabbage or lettuce
A01D 45/28 of spinach
A01D 45/3 of grass-seeds or like seeds

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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