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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Derek A. Sauder — 92 Patents

PPPrecision Planting: 77 patents #1 of 81Top 2%
CLClimate: 13 patents #8 of 214Top 4%
Caterpillar: 1 patents #4,457 of 8,398Top 55%
Tremont, IL: #1 of 70 inventorsTop 2%
Illinois: #205 of 84,256 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #17,129 of 4,157,543Top 1%
92 Patents All Time
Derek A. Sauder has been granted 92 US patents while listed as an inventor at Precision Planting. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in December 2025. Derek A. Sauder ranks #17,129 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.41%). Patent records list Derek A. Sauder in Tremont, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 14 patents in 2019.peak 142002: 1 patents20022003: 1 patents2004: 2 patents2005: 1 patents20052006: 2 patents2007: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 4 patents2010: 3 patents2011: 1 patents20112012: 2 patents2013: 2 patents2014: 3 patents20142015: 3 patents2016: 9 patents2017: 9 patents20172018: 7 patents2019: 14 patents2020: 13 patents20202021: 5 patents2023: 4 patents2024: 2 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 92 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12507612 Systems, methods, and apparatus for agricultural liquid application Jason Stoller, Justin Koch, Brian McMahon, Ian Radtke, Michael Strnad +4 more 2025-12-30
12211119 Methods for generating soil maps and application prescriptions Steven D. Monday, Timothy Sauder 2025-01-28
11968923 Systems, methods, and apparatus for agricultural liquid application Jason Stoller, Justin Koch, Brian McMahon, Ian Radtke, Michael Strnad +4 more 2024-04-30
11950529 Stalk sensor apparatus, systems, and methods Timothy Sauder, Justin Koch, Troy Plattner, David R. Huber 2024-04-09
11798203 Methods for generating soil maps and application prescriptions Timothy Sauder, Steven D. Monday 2023-10-24
11617295 Dynamic supplemental downforce control system for planter row units Jeremy Hodel 2023-04-04
11589501 Down-pressure control for agricultural trench closing systems Jeremy Hodel, Cory Muhlbauer 2023-02-28
11582896 Systems, methods, and apparatus for soil and seed monitoring Jason Stoller, Justin Koch, Brian McMahon, Ian Radtke, Michael Strnad +4 more 2023-02-21
11182931 Methods for generating soil maps and application prescriptions Timothy Sauder, Steven D. Monday 2021-11-23
11140808 Agricultural trench depth sensing systems, methods, and apparatus Jason Stoller, Ian Radtke, Kent Levy 2021-10-12
11134604 Systems, methods, and apparatus for agricultural implement trench depth control and soil monitoring Jason Stoller, Troy Plattner 2021-10-05
RE48553 Method of retrofitting a pneumatic on-demand seed delivery system and an improved pneumatic on-demand seed delivery system Chad E. Plattner 2021-05-18
10952367 Application control and monitoring apparatus, systems and methods Phil Baurer, Ryan Allgaier 2021-03-23
10863665 Seed meter with floating singulator Tim Schaefer 2020-12-15
10834863 Apparatus, systems and methods for row unit downforce control Ian Radtke, Jason Stoller 2020-11-17
10785905 Liquid application apparatus comprising a seed firmer Jason Stoller, Justin Koch, Brian McMahon, Ian Radtke, Michael Strnad +4 more 2020-09-29
10729064 Systems, methods and apparatus for multi-row agricultural implement control and monitoring Phil Baurer, Tim Sauder, Jason Stoller, Jeremy Hodel 2020-08-04
10721858 Agricultural seed trench closing systems, methods and apparatus Jeremy Hodel, Cory Muhlbauer 2020-07-28
10713819 Methods for generating soil maps and application prescriptions Timothy Sauder, Steven D. Monday 2020-07-14
10694659 Agricultural input selection systems, methods and apparatus Todd Swanson, Troy Plattner 2020-06-30
10681862 Systems, methods, and apparatus for soil and seed monitoring Jason Stoller, Justin Koch, Brian McMahon, Ian Radtke, Michael Strnad +4 more 2020-06-16
10681854 Dynamic supplemental downforce control system for planter row units Jeremy Hodel 2020-06-16
10609857 Systems, methods, and apparatus for agricultural implement trench depth control and soil monitoring Jason Stoller, Troy Plattner 2020-04-07
10548254 Load sensing pin for an agricultural implement Gregg A. Sauder, Justin Koch 2020-02-04
10542664 Seed disc having an ejector wheel and a guide wheel 2020-01-28