Agriculture Patent Leaders 2021 | 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	Justin T. Mason	168	M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
2	Andrea Beth Kalvig	25	Pioneer (Corteva)
3	Gary Bret Millar	24	Grow Solutions Tech
#4	Dawn E Fraser	23	Monsanto Technology
#5	Darren G Jones	23	Monsanto Technology
#6	David R. Wooten, Jr.	22	Monsanto Technology
#7	Andrew J. Murphy	19	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#8	William K. Rhodes	19	Asgrow Seed Company
#9	Pedro Gonzalez-Portilla	18	Benson Hill Seeds
#10	Joel F. Mahill	17	Phytogen Seed Company
#11	Timothy J. Kraus	17	John Deere
#12	David L. Price	15	Monsanto Technology
#13	Jayantilal Devabhai Patel	14	Pioneer (Corteva)
#14	Jeffrey M. Tyler	13	Monsanto Technology
#15	Yuelei Shen	13	Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co.
#16	Nadia Nikolayevna Krasheninnik	12	Pioneer (Corteva)
#17	Patrick Joseph Arthur Grams	12	Mertec
#18	Rui Huang	12	Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co.
#19	Yang Bai	12	Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co.
#20	Yanan Guo	12	Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co.
#21	Brandon Michael Wardyn	11	Pioneer (Corteva)
#22	Chad Kramer	11	Seminis Vegetable Seeds
#23	James W. Henry	11	Cnh Industrial Canada
#24	Mark Gerald Stott	11	Grow Solutions Tech
#25	Roger L. Lussenden	11	Monsanto Technology
#26	Thomas L. Floyd	11	Monsanto Technology
#27	Donald Kyle	10	Pioneer (Corteva)
#28	Lynn Macdonald	10	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#29	Michael Stephen Hurst	10	Grow Solutions Tech
#30	Mustafa G. McPherson	10	Phytogen Seed Company
#31	Travis J Lee	10	Pioneer (Corteva)
#32	Farhan BOU HAMDAN	9	Syngenta Participations Ag
#33	Hyunsup SONG	9	LG
#34	Jesse Gilsinger	9	Monsanto Technology
#35	Matthias WEISS	9	Syngenta Participations Ag
#36	Scott McClinchey	9	Pioneer (Corteva)
#37	Sean Stevens	9	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#38	Trevor Stanhope	9	Cnh Industrial America
#39	Vivek Sharma	9	Monsanto Technology
#40	Alan Krivanek	8	Seminis Vegetable Seeds
#41	Hanshin KIM	8	LG
#42	Heinrich S. Wohleser	8	Monsanto Technology
#43	Jaehun Han	8	LG
#44	Jiwoo Ha	8	LG
#45	Jonathan E. Ricketts	8	Cnh Industrial America
#46	Kyeongho CHO	8	LG
#47	Kyle Jay Lively	8	Pioneer (Corteva)
#48	Maria Laura Mayor	8	Pioneer (Corteva)
#49	Michael G. Kovach	8	Cnh Industrial America
#50	Michael T. Meschke	8	John Deere
#51	Siyong Kim	8	LG
#52	Thomas P. Jury	8	Monsanto Technology
#53	Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk	8	Cnh Industrial Canada
#54	William Joseph Laskar	8	Pioneer (Corteva)
#55	Woo Hong	8	LG
#56	Andrew Jon Ross	7	Pioneer (Corteva)
#57	Bernardus van den Bosch	7	Seminis Vegetable Seeds
#58	Christopher Schoeny	7	Cnh Industrial America
#59	Christiana E. Wiebbecke	7	Monsanto Technology
#60	Duane A. Potrzeba	7	Monsanto Technology
#61	Gregg Bogosian	7	Newleaf Symbiotics
#62	Gregory J. Holland	7	Monsanto Technology
#63	Henry D. Anstey	7	John Deere
#64	Helmut Kraus	7	Basf Agro B.V.
#65	Jacob M. Rieff	7	Phytogen Seed Company
#66	Jill Renee Lennon	7	Pioneer (Corteva)
#67	Jiawei Yao	7	Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co.
#68	John H. Posselius	7	Cnh Industrial America
#69	John Gerard Van Herk	7	Pioneer (Corteva)
#70	Laura Quaranta	7	Syngenta Participations Ag
#71	Mark Jacob Gadlage	7	Pioneer (Corteva)
#72	Mark J. Hood	7	Pioneer (Corteva)
#73	Nathan Brook O'Berry	7	Pioneer (Corteva)
#74	Nilesh Dighe	7	Monsanto Technology
#75	Philip A. Owen	7	Monsanto Technology
#76	Richard Roger Evans	7	Basf Se
#77	Richard Staub	7	Ecolab Usa
#78	Richard G. Stelpflug	7	Monsanto Technology
#79	Taylor John Woodbury	7	Grow Solutions Tech
#80	Thomas C. Corbin	7	Pioneer (Corteva)
#81	Thomas Russell Henry	7	Pioneer (Corteva)
#82	Thomas Seitz	7	Bayer Healthcare
#83	Todd Garrett Tueller	7	Grow Solutions Tech
#84	Zdenko Grajcar	7	Once Innovations
#85	Andreas Turberg	6	Bayer Healthcare
#86	Bill Copes	6	Hm.Clause
#87	Brian G. Robertson	6	John Wyeth & Brother Limited
#88	Catlynn Gail Salois	6	Pioneer (Corteva)
#89	Chengzhang Shang	6	Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co.
#90	Christian Harald Winter	6	Basf Se
#91	Craig K. Moots	6	Monsanto Technology
#92	Cyrill Zagar	6	Basf Se
#93	David Uhr	6	Agrigenics
#94	Dennis L. Schultze	6	Mertec
#95	Douglas P Sprehe	6	Agrigenics
#96	Elijah B. Garner	6	John Deere
#97	Eric E. Aston	6	Firefly Automatix
#98	Fufa H. Birru	6	Monsanto Technology
#99	Gary R. Stangland	6	Monsanto Technology
#100	Gregory Charles Marshall	6	Pioneer (Corteva)

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Monsanto Technology	221
2	M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.	168
3	John Deere	163
#4	Pioneer (Corteva)	154
#5	Cnh Industrial America	128
#6	Seminis Vegetable Seeds	67
#7	Unknown	45
#8	Agrigenics	40
#9	Syngenta Participations Ag	39
#10	Basf Se	38
#11	Cnh Industrial Canada	38
#12	Benson Hill Seeds	32
#13	Grow Solutions Tech	27
#14	Syngenta Crop Protection Ag	24
#15	Agco	23
#16	Honda Motor Co.	23
#17	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	23
#18	Ecolab Usa	21
#19	Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V.	21
#20	Bayer Cropscience	20
#21	Kubota	20
#22	LG	19
#23	Mertec	17
#24	Phytogen Seed Company	17
#25	Husqvarna Ab	16
#26	Shimano	16
#27	Nunhems B.V.	15
#28	IBM	15
#29	Sumitomo Chemical	13
#30	Dow Agrosciences	12
#31	Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co.	11
#32	Precision Planting	11
#33	The Toro	11
#34	USDA	11
#35	Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen Gmbh	10
#36	Rain Bird	10
#37	Andreas Stihl Ag & Co. Kg	8
#38	Bayer Healthcare	8
#39	Climate	8
#40	Corning Incorporated	8
#41	Hm.Clause	8
#42	Kinze Manufacturing	8
#43	Nanjing Chervon Industry Co.	8
#44	Basf Agricultural Solutions Seed Us	7
#45	Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.	7
#46	Gea Farm Technologies Gmbh	7
#47	Heliae Development	7
#48	Lely Patent N.V.	7
#49	Macdon Industries	7
#50	Mitsui Chemicals Agro	7
#51	Newleaf Symbiotics	7
#52	Radio Systems	7
#53	University of Minnesota	7
#54	Vermeer Manufacturing	7
#55	Blue River Technology	6
#56	Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation	6
#57	Corteva Agriscience	6
#58	Fmc	6
#59	Globeride	6
#60	Kws Saat Se & Co. Kgaa	6
#61	Signify North America	6
#62	Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A.	6
#63	University of California	6
#64	Unicharm	6
#65	Valmont Industries	6
#66	Woodstream	6
#67	Allied Bioscience	5
#68	Autonomous Solutions	5
#69	Basf Agro B.V.	5
#70	Basf Agro Trademarks Gmbh	5
#71	CNRS	5
#72	Delaval Holding Ab	5
#73	Doyo Engineering Co.	5
#74	Firefly Automatix	5
#75	Fluence Bioengineering	5
#76	Lindsay	5
#77	Microban Products	5
#78	Petsmart Home Office	5
#79	Raven Industries	5
#80	Shimano Components (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.	5
#81	Signify Holding B.V.	5
#82	The Agricultural Gas Company	5
#83	Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited	5
#84	W. M. Barr & Company	5
#85	Sony	5
#86	Accelerated Ag Technologies	4
#87	Agency For Science, Technology And Research	4
#88	Agnetix	4
#89	Altria Client Services	4
#90	Amvac Chemical	4
#91	Big Dutchman International Gmbh	4
#92	Black & Decker	4
#93	California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation	4
#94	Doskocil Manufacturing Company	4
#95	Edmonds Outdoors	4
#96	Enplas	4
#97	Forage Genetics International	4
#98	Guangdong Boyu Group Co.	4
#99	Indigo Ag	4
#100	Jiangsu University	4

Agriculture Patent Leaders in 2021 2021

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