IPC Main Group
A01N 59/00 Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing elements or inorganic compounds
Introduced: January 1980
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- Subclass:
- PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A01N 59/02 Sulfur; Selenium; Tellurium; Compounds thereof
- A01N 59/04 Carbon disulfide; Carbon monoxide; Carbon dioxide
- A01N 59/06 Aluminium; Calcium; Magnesium; Compounds thereof
- A01N 59/08 Alkali metal chlorides; Alkaline earth metal chlorides
- A01N 59/1 Fluorides
- A01N 59/12 Iodine, e.g. iodophors; Compounds thereof
- A01N 59/14 Boron; Compounds thereof
- A01N 59/16 Heavy metals; Compounds thereof
- A01N 59/24 Cyanogen or compounds thereof, e.g. hydrogen cyanide, cyanic acid, cyanamide, thiocyanic acid
- A01N 59/26 Phosphorus; Compounds thereof
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