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Michael Strnad — 48 Patents

PPPrecision Planting: 33 patents #8 of 81Top 10%
CLClimate: 9 patents #20 of 214Top 10%
Caterpillar: 3 patents #2,186 of 8,398Top 30%
SASma Solar Technology Ag: 1 patents #148 of 278Top 55%
Delavan, IL: #1 of 16 inventorsTop 7%
Illinois: #882 of 84,256 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #57,596 of 4,157,543Top 2%
48 Patents All Time
Michael Strnad has been granted 48 US patents while listed as an inventor at Precision Planting. The first was granted in 2008 and the most recent in December 2025. Michael Strnad ranks #57,596 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.4%). Patent records list Michael Strnad in Delavan, IL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 48 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12507612 Systems, methods, and apparatus for agricultural liquid application Jason Stoller, Justin Koch, Brian McMahon, Derek A. Sauder, Ian Radtke +4 more 2025-12-30
12501845 Seed trench closing sensors Dale Koch, Jason Stoller, Todd Swanson, Matthew Morgan, Ian Radtke +2 more 2025-12-23
12369514 Agricultural trench depth sensing systems, methods, and apparatus Nicholas Minarich 2025-07-29
12310280 Systems and apparatuses for soil and seed monitoring Timothy Kater 2025-05-27
12298741 Methods and systems for using duty cycle of sensors to determine seed or particle flow rate William Frank, Chad E. Plattner, Tanner Gray 2025-05-13
12292320 Yield monitoring apparatus, systems, and methods Justin Koch 2025-05-06
12279546 Agricultural trench depth sensing systems, methods, and apparatus Todd Swanson, Dale Koch 2025-04-22
12274193 Systems, apparatuses, and methods for monitoring soil characteristics and determining soil color 2025-04-15
12256656 Agricultural trench depth sensing systems, methods, and apparatus Nicholas Minarich 2025-03-25
12075719 Reversible seed trench appurtenance assembly Dale Koch, Timothy Kater 2024-09-03
12022760 Agricultural operation monitoring apparatus, systems and methods Dale Koch, Matthew Morgan 2024-07-02
11991949 Systems and apparatuses for soil and seed monitoring Timothy Kater 2024-05-28
11968922 Systems and apparatuses for soil and seed monitoring Timothy Kater, Dale Koch, Nicholas Minarich, Riley Litwiller 2024-04-30
11968923 Systems, methods, and apparatus for agricultural liquid application Jason Stoller, Justin Koch, Brian McMahon, Derek A. Sauder, Ian Radtke +4 more 2024-04-30
11889782 Systems and apparatuses for soil and seed monitoring Timothy Kater, Matthew Morgan, Dale Koch 2024-02-06
11839171 Seed trench depth detection systems Jeremy Hodel, Dale Koch, Todd Swanson, Dillon Sloneker 2023-12-12
11812682 Seed trench depth detection systems Jeremy Hodel, Dale Koch, Todd Swanson, Dillon Sloneker 2023-11-14
11785876 Seed trench closing systems Jeremy Hodel, Dale Koch, Todd Swanson, Dillon Sloneker 2023-10-17
11678600 Seed trench closing sensors Dale Koch, Jason Stoller, Todd Swanson, Matthew Morgan, Ian Radtke +2 more 2023-06-20
11653591 Seed firmer Brian McMahon, Todd Swanson 2023-05-23
11612098 Systems and apparatuses for soil and seed monitoring Matthew Morgan, Dale Koch 2023-03-28
11615525 Work layer imaging and analysis for implement monitoring, control and operator feedback Roger Koch, Dale Koch 2023-03-28
11582896 Systems, methods, and apparatus for soil and seed monitoring Jason Stoller, Justin Koch, Brian McMahon, Derek A. Sauder, Ian Radtke +4 more 2023-02-21
11547036 Seed trench depth detection systems Jeremy Hodel, Dale Koch, Todd Swanson, Dillon Sloneker 2023-01-10
11457557 Systems, methods and apparatus for soil and seed monitoring Dale Koch, Matthew Morgan, Brian McMahon 2022-10-04