Company Analysis

American Vanguard Corporation (AVD)

NYSE: AVD · Agricultural Chemicals · Newport Beach, CA · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade4.3
◀ Past 4.1● Present 4.8▶ Future 4.0
1 est.

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

88 patents granted to the 6 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to American Vanguard Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
88
81 utility, 7 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
6
Against 9 in 2024 and 7 in 2023
Applications published
89
3 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
6
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Basic materials chemistry18
Other special machines16
Measurement3
Biotechnology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name6 counted
AMVAC Chemical Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
62 granted
29 published
TYRATECH, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
23 granted
13 published
AMVAC Chemical Corporation a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
21 published
TyraTech, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
21 published
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
2 published
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
3 published
Names not counted (1)
Amvac Hong Kong Limited
Most of its patents print CN; this name counts in HK. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 25, 202512,477,971System and method for dispensing agricultural products while synchronizing seed placementOther special machinesAMVAC Chemical Corporation
Nov 25, 202512,477,970Tagged container trackingOther special machinesAMVAC Chemical Corporation
Nov 11, 202512,465,051Enhanced formulations, compositions and methods for pest controlBasic materials chemistryTYRATECH, INC.
Aug 5, 202512,378,165Pesticide formulation comprising MFC as rheology modifierBasic materials chemistryAMVAC Chemical Corporation
Jul 1, 202512,342,825Microbial consortia producing dipicolinic acid and methods for selecting microbes for co-formulation with carriersBasic materials chemistryAMVAC Chemical Corporation
May 6, 202512,290,069Pest control using natural pest control agent blendsBasic materials chemistryTYRATECH, INC.
Dec 24, 202412,171,156System for providing prescriptive application of multiple productsOther special machinesAMVAC Chemical Corporation
Jul 30, 202412,048,265System and method for dispensing agricultural productsOther special machinesAMVAC Chemical Corporation
Jul 16, 202412,035,713Pest control using natural pest control agent blendsBasic materials chemistryTYRATECH, INC.
Jun 11, 202412,004,445System and process for dispensing multiple and low rate agricultural productsOther special machinesAMVAC Chemical Corporation
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Jul 31, 20252025/0241301COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING PATHOGEN GROWTH ON PLANTS AND IMPROVING CROP SAFETYBasic materials chemistryAMVAC Chemical Corporation
Apr 24, 20252025/0128993AGRICULTURAL ADJUVANT COMPRISING MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSEBasic materials chemistryAMVAC Chemical Corporation
Feb 27, 20252025/0063981SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PRESCRIPTIVE APPLICATION OF MULTIPLE PRODUCTSOther special machinesAMVAC Chemical Corporation
Oct 24, 20242024/0349735ARTHROPOD CONTROL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODSBasic materials chemistryTyraTech, Inc.
Sep 26, 20242024/0315240PEST CONTROL USING NATURAL PEST CONTROL AGENT BLENDSBasic materials chemistryTyraTech, Inc. · patent 12,290,069 granted from it
Sep 5, 20242024/0292778SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS WHILE SYNCHRONIZING SEED PLACEMENTOther special machinesAMVAC Chemical Corporation · patent 12,477,971 granted from it
Aug 15, 20242024/0268397ENHANCED FORMULATIONS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PEST CONTROLBasic materials chemistryTyraTech, Inc.
Jul 25, 20242024/0245060ENHANCED FORMULATIONS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PEST CONTROLBasic materials chemistryTyraTech, Inc. · patent 12,465,051 granted from it
Jul 18, 20242024/0237646METHODS OF DECREASING PLANT INJURY AND IMPROVING CROP YIELDBasic materials chemistryAMVAC Chemical Corporation
Apr 25, 20242024/0130364PEST CONTROL USING NATURAL PEST CONTROL AGENT BLENDSBasic materials chemistryTyraTech, Inc. · patent 12,035,713 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Basic materials chemistry 9 · Other special machines 3.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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