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 publishedDeere & 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 publishedWirtgen 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 publishedDeere & Company, a Delaware Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
525 publishedWirtgen 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 publishedJOSEPH VÖGELE AG a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
0 granted
24 publishedDeere 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
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,510,134 | Gearbox assembly with axially adjustable bevel gear | Mechanical elements | DEERE & COMPANY |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,509,859 | Terrain measurement for automation control and productivity tracking of work machine | Civil engineering | DEERE & COMPANY |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,508,615 | Front-mount cameras on agricultural sprayer with real-time, on-machine target sensor | Chemical engineering | DEERE & COMPANY |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,507,639 | Intelligent boom control with end effector leveling for a feller buncher | Other special machines | DEERE & COMPANY |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,507,633 | Panel compression system for baler implement | Other special machines | DEERE & COMPANY |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,507,632 | Concave assembly with cover mechanism | Other special machines | DEERE & COMPANY |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,507,628 | Agricultural system with deck plate positioning control | Control | DEERE & COMPANY |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,507,609 | Convertible two rank agricultural implement | Other special machines | DEERE & COMPANY |
| Dec 23, 2025 | D1,107,076 | Harvester vehicle | | DEERE & COMPANY |
| Dec 23, 2025 | D1,107,075 | Intake mixing manifold | | DEERE & COMPANY |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0391210 | PLAUSIBILITY CHECK | Measurement | Wirtgen GmbH |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0390104 | AUTOMATED PATH PARAMETER COMPUTATION IN GENERATING A NAVIGATION PATH | Control | Deere & Company |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0389599 | TORQUE DETERMINING SYSTEM FOR DRIVELINE COMPONENTS IN WORK VEHICLES | Measurement | Deere & Company |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0389103 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIVELY MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF TRAVEL ACROSS UNEVEN TERRAIN BY A WORK MACHINE | Civil engineering | Deere & Company |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0389092 | Ground milling machine, in particular stabiliser or recycler, and method of operating a ground milling machine | Chemical engineering | Wirtgen GmbH |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0388197 | CART STABILITY SYSTEM | Transport | Deere & Company |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0388098 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING WITH DIRECT CURRENT AND ALTERNATING CURRENT | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Deere & Company |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0386767 | SUGARCANE BUTTLIFTER WITH SYNCHRONIZED PADDLES | Other special machines | Deere & Company |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0386757 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE TUNED FOR ENERGY HARVESTING ACROSS A FREQUENCY RANGE | Other special machines | Deere & Company |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0385554 | AXIAL FLUX ELECTRIC MACHINE | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Deere & 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.