Company Analysis

Deere & Company (DE)

NYSE: DE · Farm Machinery & Equipment · Moline, IL · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.8
◀ Past 6.9● Present 5.6▶ Future 5.0

Patents

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

9,013 patents granted to the 7 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 Deere & Company’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
9,013
8,345 utility, 648 design, 20 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
520
Against 436 in 2024 and 468 in 2023
Applications published
5,762
500 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
7
its own name, a subsidiary, its holding company
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
Other special machines734
Transport298
Civil engineering270
Mechanical elements209
Engines, pumps, turbines108
Control105
Computer technology98
Measurement80
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy63
Chemical engineering29
Handling28
Environmental technology27
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name7 counted
DEERE & COMPANY its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
8,512 granted
726 published
Deere & Company its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 5 more under the same name are not counted (printed in IL)
0 granted
4,050 published
Wirtgen GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CH, printed in CZ)
499 granted
102 published
Deere & Company, a Delaware Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
525 published
Wirtgen GmbH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE. 3 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
0 granted
334 published
JOSEPH VÖGELE AG a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
0 granted
24 published
Deere Development Company, LLC its holding company
US, as the owner printed on each patent; a holding company under the name DEERE & CO
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (2)
John Deere Limited
Most of its patents print DE; this name counts in AU, GB. 0 granted and 4 published under it are not counted.
John Deere Limited
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in AU, GB. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,510,134Gearbox assembly with axially adjustable bevel gearMechanical elementsDEERE & COMPANY
Dec 30, 202512,509,859Terrain measurement for automation control and productivity tracking of work machineCivil engineeringDEERE & COMPANY
Dec 30, 202512,508,615Front-mount cameras on agricultural sprayer with real-time, on-machine target sensorChemical engineeringDEERE & COMPANY
Dec 30, 202512,507,639Intelligent boom control with end effector leveling for a feller buncherOther special machinesDEERE & COMPANY
Dec 30, 202512,507,633Panel compression system for baler implementOther special machinesDEERE & COMPANY
Dec 30, 202512,507,632Concave assembly with cover mechanismOther special machinesDEERE & COMPANY
Dec 30, 202512,507,628Agricultural system with deck plate positioning controlControlDEERE & COMPANY
Dec 30, 202512,507,609Convertible two rank agricultural implementOther special machinesDEERE & COMPANY
Dec 23, 2025D1,107,076Harvester vehicleDEERE & COMPANY
Dec 23, 2025D1,107,075Intake mixing manifoldDEERE & COMPANY
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0391210PLAUSIBILITY CHECKMeasurementWirtgen GmbH
Dec 25, 20252025/0390104AUTOMATED PATH PARAMETER COMPUTATION IN GENERATING A NAVIGATION PATHControlDeere & Company
Dec 25, 20252025/0389599TORQUE DETERMINING SYSTEM FOR DRIVELINE COMPONENTS IN WORK VEHICLESMeasurementDeere & Company
Dec 25, 20252025/0389103SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIVELY MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF TRAVEL ACROSS UNEVEN TERRAIN BY A WORK MACHINECivil engineeringDeere & Company
Dec 25, 20252025/0389092Ground milling machine, in particular stabiliser or recycler, and method of operating a ground milling machineChemical engineeringWirtgen GmbH
Dec 25, 20252025/0388197CART STABILITY SYSTEMTransportDeere & Company
Dec 25, 20252025/0388098METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING WITH DIRECT CURRENT AND ALTERNATING CURRENTElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyDeere & Company
Dec 25, 20252025/0386767SUGARCANE BUTTLIFTER WITH SYNCHRONIZED PADDLESOther special machinesDeere & Company
Dec 25, 20252025/0386757PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE TUNED FOR ENERGY HARVESTING ACROSS A FREQUENCY RANGEOther special machinesDeere & Company
Dec 18, 20252025/0385554AXIAL FLUX ELECTRIC MACHINEElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyDeere & Company
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Other special machines 420 · Transport 117 · Civil engineering 107 · Control 68 · Computer technology 56 · Mechanical elements 51.

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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