Agriculture Patent Leaders | Patent Leaderboard

Rankings count each patent once by its primary Cooperative Patent Classification. All-time pages aggregate the full database; year pages use patent grant year.

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Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	William H. Eby	912	Stine Seed Farm
2	Justin T. Mason	864	M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
3	Gregory J. Holland	471	Monsanto Technology
#4	Gary R. Stangland	395	Monsanto Technology
#5	Richard G. Stelpflug	390	Monsanto Technology
#6	Christian J. Buffard	269	Monsanto Technology
#7	Jeffrey M. Sernett	259	Monsanto Technology
#8	Fufa H. Birru	254	Monsanto Technology
#9	Martin A. Fabrizius	233	Pioneer (Corteva)
#10	William Joseph Laskar	227	Pioneer (Corteva)
#11	Kyle Jay Lively	222	Pioneer (Corteva)
#12	Donald E. Weder	221	Southpac Trust International
#13	Mario Rosario Carlone, Jr.	221	Pioneer (Corteva)
#14	Thomas C. Corbin	216	Pioneer (Corteva)
#15	Edwin Michael Grote	214	Pioneer (Corteva)
#16	Gary Edward Henke	213	Pioneer (Corteva)
#17	Michael Thomas Roach	200	Pioneer (Corteva)
#18	Gustavo Marcelo Garcia	199	Pioneer (Corteva)
#19	Roger L. Lussenden	198	Monsanto Technology
#20	Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann	187	Bayer Cropscience
#21	Gregory Charles Marshall	185	Pioneer (Corteva)
#22	Russell Fox	184	Pioneer (Corteva)
#23	Duane A. Potrzeba	183	Monsanto Technology
#24	Leon G. Streit	179	Pioneer (Corteva)
#25	David R. Wooten, Jr.	178	Monsanto Technology
#26	Lori Lisa Carrigan	178	Pioneer (Corteva)
#27	Thomas L. Floyd	169	Monsanto Technology
#28	Terry R. Colbert	167	Pioneer (Corteva)
#29	Andrew J. Murphy	166	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#30	Sandeep Bhatnagar	166	Monsanto Technology
#31	Andrea Beth Kalvig	165	Pioneer (Corteva)
#32	Charles Thomas Cunnyngham	164	Pioneer (Corteva)
#33	Eberhard Ammermann	163	Basf Se
#34	Marvin L. Boerboom	161	Monsanto Technology
#35	Jon Popi	159	Monsanto Technology
#36	Matthew David Smalley	154	Pioneer (Corteva)
#37	Jeffrey A. Thompson	150	Pioneer (Corteva)
#38	Laron L. Peters	150	Monsanto Technology
#39	Donald Kyle	147	Pioneer (Corteva)
#40	Nathaniel J. Page	147	Monsanto Technology
#41	Karel Van Den Berg	146	Lely Patent N.V.
#42	David Walter Whitaker	144	Pioneer (Corteva)
#43	Gisela Lorenz	144	Basf Se
#44	Dennis L. Schultze	141	Mertec
#45	Brandon Michael Wardyn	140	Pioneer (Corteva)
#46	Thomas Charles Barker	140	Pioneer (Corteva)
#47	Thomas Craig Kevern	140	Pioneer (Corteva)
#48	Peter Willem van der Sluis	136	Group14 Technologies
#49	Elliot Lee Heffner	129	Pioneer (Corteva)
#50	Heinrich S. Wohleser	129	Monsanto Technology
#51	Cornelis van der Lely	126	C. Van Der Lely, N.V.
#52	Todd Elliott Piper	126	Pioneer (Corteva)
#53	Daniel J. Lubich	124	Monsanto Technology
#54	Jean Viaud	124	John Deere
#55	Steven Paul King	123	Pioneer (Corteva)
#56	Noel W. Anderson	122	John Deere
#57	Paul A. Stephens	122	Pioneer (Corteva)
#58	Sara Jane Lira	122	Pioneer (Corteva)
#59	James W. Henry	121	Cnh Industrial Canada
#60	Reiner Fischer	121	Bayer Healthcare
#61	Elijah B. Garner	118	John Deere
#62	Travis J Lee	118	Pioneer (Corteva)
#63	Chad M. Johnson	116	Cnh Industrial America
#64	William K. Rhodes	116	Asgrow Seed Company
#65	Peter Dahmen	115	Bayer Cropscience
#66	Joseph Kevin Gogerty	114	Pioneer (Corteva)
#67	Rafael A. Mateo	114	Monsanto Technology
#68	Henk Hofman	113	Group14 Technologies
#69	Peter Guzman	112	Monsanto Technology
#70	Timothy J. Kraus	110	John Deere
#71	Hubert Sauter	109	Basf Se
#72	Jonathan E. Ricketts	109	Cnh Industrial America
#73	Mark J. Hood	109	Pioneer (Corteva)
#74	Clinton J. Turnbull	108	Monsanto Technology
#75	Craig K. Moots	108	Monsanto Technology
#76	Dennis James Dolan	107	Pioneer (Corteva)
#77	Wolfram Andersch	107	Bayer Cropscience
#78	Andrew Jon Ross	106	Pioneer (Corteva)
#79	Debra Kay Steiger	103	Pioneer (Corteva)
#80	Scott A. Bergemann	103	Monsanto Technology
#81	Klaus Schelberger	101	Basf Se
#82	Christopher L. Souder	99	Monsanto Technology
#83	Kevin D. Eichelberger	99	Monsanto Technology
#84	Mark David Hoffbeck	99	Pioneer (Corteva)
#85	Bart M.A. Missotten	97	Cnh Industrial America
#86	David B Fischer	97	Pioneer (Corteva)
#87	Siegfried Strathmann	97	Basf Se
#88	Thomas Russell Henry	97	Pioneer (Corteva)
#89	Jennifer L. Yates	96	Monsanto Technology
#90	Mark J. Brinkman	96	Monsanto Technology
#91	James R. Larkins	94	Monsanto Technology
#92	Jeffrey L. McElroy	94	Monsanto Technology
#93	Kevin Threlkeld	94	Syngenta Participations Ag
#94	Leslie Charles Kuhlman	94	Pioneer (Corteva)
#95	Darren G Jones	93	Monsanto Technology
#96	Dean A. Knobloch	92	Cnh Industrial America
#97	Jayantilal Devabhai Patel	92	Pioneer (Corteva)
#98	Michael Dragonuk	91	Monsanto Technology
#99	Thomas Seitz	91	Bayer Healthcare
#100	James Behm	90	Monsanto Technology

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Monsanto Technology	5,496
2	Pioneer (Corteva)	5,127
3	John Deere	3,372
#4	Cnh Industrial America	1,718
#5	Unknown	1,710
#6	Syngenta Participations Ag	976
#7	Seminis Vegetable Seeds	935
#8	Basf Se	904
#9	Stine Seed Farm	894
#10	M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.	683
#11	Bayer Cropscience	606
#12	Sumitomo Chemical	599
#13	Shimano	582
#14	Cnh America	573
#15	Bayer Healthcare	544
#16	Agrigenics	541
#17	Dow Agrosciences	501
#18	Agco	479
#19	USDA	412
#20	Kubota	401
#21	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	386
#22	Cnh Industrial Canada	361
#23	Daiwa Seiko Co.	329
#24	Syngenta Crop Protection Ag	322
#25	Honda Motor Co.	316
#26	The Toro	316
#27	Delaval Holding Ab	304
#28	Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V.	294
#29	Case Gmbh	269
#30	Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen Gmbh	260
#31	Ecolab Usa	260
#32	Fmc	258
#33	Sperry	252
#34	Mertec	238
#35	New Holland North America	236
#36	Rohm And Haas	235
#37	Woodstream	233
#38	Precision Planting	230
#39	Ciba-Geigy	228
#40	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	221
#41	Nunhems B.V.	215
#42	American Cyanamid	213
#43	Kuhn S.A.	205
#44	Asgrow Seed Company	203
#45	University of California	197
#46	Ms Technologies	196
#47	Husqvarna Ab	194
#48	Bayer Intellectual Property Gmbh	193
#49	Group14 Technologies	186
#50	S. C. Johnson & Son	184
#51	Lely Patent N.V.	174
#52	Stauffer Chemical	159
#53	Rain Bird	157
#54	Macdon Industries	155
#55	Ford	152
#56	Cnh Canada	146
#57	Mtd Products	145
#58	Southpac Trust International	145
#59	Dekalb Genetics	143
#60	Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.	133
#61	Kinze Manufacturing	132
#62	Globeride	130
#63	Radio Systems	126
#64	Black & Decker	125
#65	Andreas Stihl Ag & Co. Kg	124
#66	Shimano Industrial	118
#67	IBM	109
#68	Vermeer Manufacturing	107
#69	Gea Farm Technologies Gmbh	106
#70	Hoechst Gmbh	106
#71	Weyerhaeuser Nr	106
#72	Dow Global Technologies	105
#73	Unicharm	104
#74	Valent Biosciences	104
#75	Hm.Clause	103
#76	Brunswick	102
#77	LG	102
#78	University of Florida Foundation	101
#79	Doskocil Manufacturing Company	100
#80	University of Florida	98
#81	Climate	94
#82	Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha	92
#83	D&Pl Technology Holding Company	87
#84	Great Plains Manufacturing	87
#85	Iowa State University	86
#86	North Carolina State University	86
#87	Rhone-Poulenc Agrochimie	86
#88	Ryobi	86
#89	Textron	85
#90	Holden'S Foundation Seeds	83
#91	Kao	83
#92	Flexi-Coil	81
#93	J. I. Case	80
#94	Nippon Soda Co.	80
#95	International Flavors & Fragrances	79
#96	Valmont Industries	78
#97	Isp Investments	77
#98	Nanjing Chervon Industry Co.	75
#99	University Of Arkansas	75
#100	WARF	75

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