IPC Main Group
A01D 46/00 Picking of fruits, vegetables, hops, or the like; Devices for shaking trees or shrubs
Introduced: July 1974
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- Subclass:
- HARVESTING; MOWING
Related Keywords
picking CROP(S)picking FRUITHARVESTING of hops or fruitPICKING hops or fruitshaking TREE(S)
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A01D 46/02 of hops
- A01D 46/04 of tea
- A01D 46/06 of coffee
- A01D 46/08 of cotton
- A01D 46/2 Platforms with lifting and lowering devices
- A01D 46/22 Baskets or bags attachable to the picker
- A01D 46/24 Devices for picking apples or like fruit
- A01D 46/26 Devices for shaking trees or shrubs; Fruit catching devices to be used therewith
- A01D 46/28 Vintaging machines, i.e. grape harvesting machines
- A01D 46/3 Robotic devices for individually picking crops
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