Agriculture Patent Leaders 2022 | 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	75	M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
2	Gary R. Stangland	58	Monsanto Technology
3	Jeffrey M. Sernett	53	Monsanto Technology
#4	Gregory J. Holland	48	Monsanto Technology
#5	William H. Eby	35	Stine Seed Farm
#6	Christian J. Buffard	30	Monsanto Technology
#7	Trevor Stanhope	25	Cnh Industrial America
#8	Sandeep Bhatnagar	23	Monsanto Technology
#9	Christopher Schoeny	22	Cnh Industrial America
#10	Fufa H. Birru	19	Monsanto Technology
#11	Chad M. Johnson	18	Cnh Industrial America
#12	Cory Douglas Hunt	17	Cnh Industrial America
#13	Richard G. Stelpflug	16	Monsanto Technology
#14	Bradley A. Sockness	15	Monsanto Technology
#15	Brandon Michael Wardyn	15	Pioneer (Corteva)
#16	Elliot Lee Heffner	15	Pioneer (Corteva)
#17	James W. Henry	14	Cnh Industrial Canada
#18	Kyle Jay Lively	14	Pioneer (Corteva)
#19	Martin A. Fabrizius	14	Pioneer (Corteva)
#20	William Joseph Laskar	14	Pioneer (Corteva)
#21	Daniel Preston Gorman	13	Pioneer (Corteva)
#22	Gregory Charles Marshall	13	Pioneer (Corteva)
#23	Herbert M. Farley	13	Cnh Industrial America
#24	Brian J. Anderson	12	Cnh Industrial America
#25	Christopher Michael Schaefer	12	Pioneer (Corteva)
#26	Nathaniel J. Page	12	Monsanto Technology
#27	Russell Fox	12	Pioneer (Corteva)
#28	Sara Jane Lira	12	Pioneer (Corteva)
#29	Andrew J. Murphy	11	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#30	Gary Edward Henke	11	Pioneer (Corteva)
#31	Gustavo Marcelo Garcia	11	Pioneer (Corteva)
#32	Marvin L. Boerboom	11	Monsanto Technology
#33	Matthew David Walch	11	Pioneer (Corteva)
#34	Rafael A. Mateo	11	Monsanto Technology
#35	Charles Thomas Cunnyngham	10	Pioneer (Corteva)
#36	Dawn E Fraser	10	Monsanto Technology
#37	Darren G Jones	10	Monsanto Technology
#38	Goran Srnic	10	Pioneer (Corteva)
#39	Joel T. Cook	10	Cnh Industrial America
#40	Lynn Macdonald	10	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#41	Tara Luana Barrett Tarnowski	10	Pioneer (Corteva)
#42	Wade Eugene Odland	10	Pioneer (Corteva)
#43	Andrea Beth Kalvig	9	Pioneer (Corteva)
#44	Carrin Carlson	9	Monsanto Technology
#45	Devin Michael Nichols	9	Monsanto Technology
#46	Hyunsun Yoo	9	LG
#47	Jaehung Chun	9	LG
#48	Joseph Kevin Gogerty	9	Pioneer (Corteva)
#49	Johan Cornelis Solleveld	9	Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V.
#50	Philip A. Owen	9	Monsanto Technology
#51	Travis J Lee	9	Pioneer (Corteva)
#52	David R. Wooten, Jr.	8	Monsanto Technology
#53	Jaidev Rajnikant Shroff	8	Upl
#54	Jethro Martin	8	Cnh Industrial America
#55	Leslie Charles Kuhlman	8	Pioneer (Corteva)
#56	Martin Arbelbide	8	Pioneer (Corteva)
#57	Mark J. Hood	8	Pioneer (Corteva)
#58	Michael Thomas Roach	8	Pioneer (Corteva)
#59	Nicholas Adam Crowley	8	Pioneer (Corteva)
#60	Rui Huang	8	Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co.
#61	Timothy J. Kraus	8	John Deere
#62	Vikram Rajnikant Shroff	8	Upl
#63	William K. Rhodes	8	Asgrow Seed Company
#64	Yang Bai	8	Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co.
#65	Yanan Guo	8	Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co.
#66	Yoshinao SADA	8	Sumitomo Chemical
#67	Yuelei Shen	8	Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co.
#68	Blaine R. Noll	7	Cnh Industrial America
#69	Bryan R. Yanke	7	John Deere
#70	Chad Kramer	7	Seminis Vegetable Seeds
#71	Curtis Dale Garner	7	Verdant Robotics
#72	Dennis James Dolan	7	Pioneer (Corteva)
#73	Donald Kyle	7	Pioneer (Corteva)
#74	Gabriel Thurston Sibley	7	Verdant Robotics
#75	Graham Douglas Stuart	7	Cnh Industrial Canada
#76	Jeffrey M. Tyler	7	Monsanto Technology
#77	Joshua David Harmon	7	Cnh Industrial America
#78	Jon Popi	7	Monsanto Technology
#79	Jonathan E. Ricketts	7	Cnh Industrial America
#80	Kevin M. Smith	7	Cnh Industrial America
#81	Lorenzo Ibarria	7	Verdant Robotics
#82	Markus Gewehr	7	Basf Se
#83	Matthew R. Hunter	7	Haier Us Appliance Solutions
#84	Michael Goodman Schroeder	7	Haier Us Appliance Solutions
#85	Neway Challa Mengistu	7	Pioneer (Corteva)
#86	Patrick Christopher Leger	7	Verdant Robotics
#87	Rex L. Ruppert	7	Cnh Industrial America
#88	Roger L. Lussenden	7	Monsanto Technology
#89	Scott McClinchey	7	Pioneer (Corteva)
#90	Steven Paul King	7	Pioneer (Corteva)
#91	Thomas Russell Henry	7	Pioneer (Corteva)
#92	Zachary Phillip Shearin	7	Pioneer (Corteva)
#93	Andre Stoller	6	Syngenta Participations Ag
#94	Bart M.A. Missotten	6	Cnh Industrial America
#95	Cagan Gurer	6	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#96	Curtis F. Hillen	6	Cnh Industrial America
#97	Cyrill Zagar	6	Basf Se
#98	David M. DeChristopher	6	Cnh Industrial America
#99	Dale Koch	6	Precision Planting
#100	Eric E. Aston	6	Firefly Automatix

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Monsanto Technology	275
2	Pioneer (Corteva)	227
3	Cnh Industrial America	197
#4	John Deere	160
#5	M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.	75
#6	Seminis Vegetable Seeds	50
#7	Unknown	49
#8	Cnh Industrial Canada	38
#9	Agrigenics	36
#10	Syngenta Participations Ag	36
#11	Stine Seed Farm	32
#12	Basf Se	27
#13	Nunhems B.V.	27
#14	Kubota	25
#15	Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V.	23
#16	Syngenta Crop Protection Ag	22
#17	Honda Motor Co.	21
#18	Sumitomo Chemical	19
#19	Agco	18
#20	Precision Planting	18
#21	Delaval Holding Ab	17
#22	LG	16
#23	Hm.Clause	14
#24	Woodstream	14
#25	Bayer Cropscience	13
#26	Climate	13
#27	Jiangsu University	13
#28	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	13
#29	Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen Gmbh	12
#30	Globeride	12
#31	Kws Saat Se & Co. Kgaa	12
#32	Lely Patent N.V.	12
#33	Shimano	11
#34	Corteva Agriscience	10
#35	Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.	10
#36	Haier Us Appliance Solutions	10
#37	Rain Bird	10
#38	Sakata Seed	10
#39	Seoul Viosys Co.	10
#40	Upl	10
#41	Fmc	9
#42	Great Plains Manufacturing	9
#43	Unicharm	9
#44	IBM	9
#45	Bayer Healthcare	8
#46	Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co.	8
#47	Ecolab Usa	8
#48	Husqvarna Ab	8
#49	Nanjing Chervon Industry Co.	8
#50	Valent U.S.A.	8
#51	Basf Agricultural Solutions Seed Us	7
#52	Basf Agro B.V.	7
#53	Kinze Manufacturing	7
#54	Macdon Industries	7
#55	Rhodia Operations	7
#56	Sakata Seed America	7
#57	The Toro	7
#58	Valmont Industries	7
#59	Verdant Robotics	7
#60	Firefly Automatix	6
#61	Forage Genetics International	6
#62	Fujian Sanan Sino-Science Photobiotech Co.	6
#63	Globe (Jiangsu) Co.	6
#64	Inari Agriculture Technology	6
#65	Limagrain Europe S.A.	6
#66	Mtd Products	6
#67	Radio Systems	6
#68	Valent Biosciences	6
#69	X Development	6
#70	Zhejiang University	6
#71	Amazon	5
#72	Big Dutchman International Gmbh	5
#73	Briggs & Stratton	5
#74	Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation	5
#75	Gea Farm Technologies Gmbh	5
#76	H.J. Heinz	5
#77	King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology	5
#78	University of Minnesota	5
#79	Shanghai Ocean University	5
#80	The Procter & Gamble	5
#81	University Of Wyoming	5
#82	360 Yield Center	4
#83	A. Duda & Sons	4
#84	Ag Leader Technology	4
#85	Altria Client Services	4
#86	Andreas Stihl Ag & Co. Kg	4
#87	Automated Harvesting Solutions	4
#88	Benson Hill Seeds	4
#89	Black & Decker	4
#90	Blue River Technology	4
#91	Chervon (Hk) Limited	4
#92	Ecotech	4
#93	Hgci	4
#94	Hm.Clause, S.A.S.	4
#95	Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership	4
#96	Ibiden Co.	4
#97	Iowa State University	4
#98	Lindsay	4
#99	Makita	4
#100	Mclaughlin Gormley King	4

Agriculture Patent Leaders in 2022 2022

Patents per Year

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