Boom sprayer design patents: mapping who holds the ground and where it is still open
31.5% concentration at the top. The five leading assignees account for 274 of 869 records in scope — a market with a defined head, not a flat field of single filers. Annual filings climbed from 25 in 2017 to a peak of 84 in 2020, then declined; the 2021-to-2024 window alone shows a 43% drop, from 70 to 40 records. 2025 and 2026 figures are still incomplete due to publication lag and should not be read as a continued fall.
- 1DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC65
- 2BAYER AG65
- 3CAPSTAN INC64
- 4DEERE & CO47
- 5AGCO INT GMBH33
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Common questions on boom sprayer design patents
How many patents cover boom sprayer design technology?
This landscape covers 869 published patent families filed or published between 2015 and mid-2026, drawn from a search combining boom sprayer and spray boom hardware terms with control features such as boom height, pressure regulation, nozzle spacing and drift reduction. That figure covers a defined search scope, not every patent that mentions a boom sprayer in passing. Because publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, the most recent one to two years of that count are still incomplete.
Who are the leading patent holders in boom sprayer design?
The dataset ranks 100 assignees, with a single leader holding 65 records well ahead of the fifth-place holder at 33 and tenth place at 25. The five leading assignees combined account for 31.5% of all 869 records in scope, and the top ten reach 47.0%. Below that group the ranking thins into a long tail of assignees filing only one or two records, which is typical of a field with a defined commercial core and many smaller or one-off entrants.
Is boom sprayer patent filing activity increasing or slowing down?
Filings rose steadily from 25 in 2017 to a peak of 84 in 2020, then declined to 40 by 2024 — a 43% drop over that three-year window. Figures for 2025 and 2026 are still low, but that reflects publication lag rather than a confirmed slowdown, since patents typically publish around 18 months after filing. A fair reading is that the field passed a filing peak around 2020 and has since settled at a lower but not yet fully visible level.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Boom Sprayer Design covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.