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John M. Schweitzer — 12 Patents

JDJohn Deere: 12 patents #346 of 5,518Top 7%
Ankeny, IA: #39 of 408 inventorsTop 10%
Iowa: #1,206 of 15,303 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
John M. Schweitzer has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at John Deere. The first was granted in 2015 and the most recent in July 2025. John M. Schweitzer ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list John M. Schweitzer in Ankeny, IA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2015 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2017.peak 22015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents20162017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents20182019: 2 patents20192021: 1 patents20212022: 2 patents20222024: 1 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12359954 Seeding system Peter R. Nedved, Terry L. Snipes 2025-07-15
11933651 Seeding system Peter R. Nedved, Terry L. Snipes 2024-03-19 $94,804,000
11266056 System and method for residue detection and implement control Ranjit Nair, Adam D. Sporrer, Kirti Hiranand Balani, Ricky B. Theilen, Lucas B. Larsen +4 more 2022-03-08 $138,004,000
11234432 Folding spray implements having low peak fold height-to-wingspan ratios and agricultural work vehicles including the same Thomas G. Bartlett, Daniel J. Koenen, Garry E. Baxter, Kody A. Sjoblom, Alejandro P. Lynch +1 more 2022-02-01 $119,993,000
10942053 Seeding system Peter R. Nedved, Terry L. Snipes 2021-03-09 $93,149,000
10285325 Seeding apparatus and method of determining a seed spacing variability value Jason D. Walter, James R. Peterson 2019-05-14 $39,679,000
10231373 Drawbar apparatus of an agricultural implement Robert T. Casper, Bryan D. Blauwet, Richard J. Connell, Jeremy D. Krantz 2019-03-19 $39,736,000
9949427 System and method of distributing seeds and agricultural particles Peter R. Nedved 2018-04-24 $85,852,000
9769974 Combination C-shaped spring and system Jacob W. Cross, Luc Janelle, Adam D. Sporrer, Anthony Sikora, Mark D. Beeck +3 more 2017-09-26 $43,492,000
9554098 Residue monitoring and residue-based control Robert T. Casper, Ricky B. Theilen 2017-01-24 $27,991,000
9282688 Residue monitoring and residue-based control Robert T. Casper, Ricky B. Theilen 2016-03-15 $24,103,000
9095090 Pressure-based control system for an agricultural implement Robert T. Casper, Ricky B. Theilen 2015-08-04 $43,337,000