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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Steven D. Nelson — 73 Patents

PSPlant Sciences: 42 patents #3 of 18Top 20%
BGBerry Genetics: 29 patents #1 of 6Top 20%
BRBerry R&D: 18 patents #2 of 4Top 50%
Watsonville, CA: #2 of 232 inventorsTop 1%
California: #4,150 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #26,958 of 4,157,543Top 1%
73 Patents All Time
Steven D. Nelson has been granted 73 US patents while listed as an inventor at Plant Sciences. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in August 2025. Steven D. Nelson ranks #26,958 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.65%). Patent records list Steven D. Nelson in Watsonville, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2015.peak 71993: 3 patents19931997: 3 patents1998: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992002: 6 patents2003: 1 patents2004: 4 patents20042005: 1 patents2006: 1 patents2007: 3 patents20072008: 1 patents2009: 6 patents2010: 1 patents20102012: 3 patents2013: 3 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 7 patents2016: 2 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 2 patents2019: 1 patents2020: 6 patents20202021: 3 patents2022: 1 patents2023: 5 patents20232024: 2 patents2025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 73 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
PP36874 Strawberry plant named ‘BG-12.3254’ Michael D. Nelson, Leo W. Stoeckle 2025-08-05
PP36822 Strawberry plant named ‘BG-15.490.061’ Michael D. Nelson, Leo W. Stoeckle 2025-07-15
PP36647 Strawberry plant named ‘PS-13.467.089’ Stephen M. Ackerman, Michael D. Nelson 2025-05-06
PP36028 Strawberry plant named ‘PS-14.762.054’ Stephen M. Ackerman, Michael D. Nelson 2024-07-23
PP35657 Strawberry plant named ‘PE-14.145.059’ Stephen M. Ackerman, Michael D. Nelson 2024-02-20
PP35168 Strawberry plant named ‘PE-13.119.024’ Stephen M. Ackerman, Michael D. Nelson 2023-05-16
PP35166 Strawberry plant named ‘BG-12.3258’ Michael D. Nelson, Leo W. Stoeckle 2023-05-16
PP34950 Strawberry plant named ‘BG-11.3209’ Michael D. Nelson, Leo W. Stoeckle 2023-01-31
PP34936 Strawberry plant named ‘PE-11.2175’ Stephen M. Ackerman, Michael D. Nelson, Daniel S. Nelson 2023-01-24
PP34915 Strawberry plant named ‘PE-11.2171’ Stephen M. Ackerman, Michael D. Nelson 2023-01-17
PP34774 Strawberry plant named ‘PE-13.177.011’ Stephen M. Ackerman, Michael D. Nelson 2022-11-29
PP33577 Strawberry plant named ‘BG-12.3241’ Michael D. Nelson, Leo W. Stoeckle 2021-10-26
PP33450 Strawberry plant named ‘BG-12.3266’ Michael D. Nelson, Leo W. Stoeckle, Daniel S. Nelson 2021-09-07
10959384 Plant substrate growing medium Michael D. Nelson, Daniel S. Nelson, David Johnston, Scott C. Nelson 2021-03-30
PP32436 Strawberry plant named ‘PS-10.1160’ Stephen M. Ackerman, Michael D. Nelson 2020-11-10
PP32435 Strawberry plant named ‘BG-10.3169’ Michael D. Nelson, Leo W. Stoeckle 2020-11-10
PP32433 Strawberry plant named ‘BG-11.3205’ Michael D. Nelson, Leo W. Stoeckle 2020-11-10
PP32017 Strawberry plant named ‘BG-9.3147’ Michael D. Nelson, Leo W. Stoeckle 2020-07-28
PP31960 Strawberry plant named ‘BG-10.3181’ Michael D. Nelson, Leo W. Stoeckle 2020-07-14
PP31913 Strawberry plant named ‘PE-7.2054’ Stephen M. Ackerman, Michael D. Nelson 2020-06-30
PP31148 Strawberry plant named ‘BG-9.3128’ Michael D. Nelson, Leo W. Stoeckle 2019-12-03
PP29795 Strawberry plant named ‘Renewal’ Michael D. Nelson, Leo W. Stoeckle 2018-11-06
PP29794 Strawberry plant named ‘inspire’ Michael D. Nelson, Leo W. Stoeckle, Daniel S. Nelson 2018-11-06
PP28756 Strawberry plant named ‘PE-7.2059’ Stephen M. Ackerman, Michael D. Nelson 2017-12-12
PP28755 Strawberry plant named ‘BG-6.3016’ Michael D. Nelson, Leo W. Stoeckle 2017-12-12