Spray Drift Control Patents: Top Companies & Filing Trends 2026
Spray Drift Control Patents: Who Leads and Where Filings Concentrate
Top 5 hold 40.0% of the field. 80 of 200 records in scope sit with just five assignees, with the leader alone holding 20 records. Filings peaked in 2017 at 27 and have since settled into a lower, flatter pattern. The three-year span from 2021 to 2024 — the last window unaffected by publication lag — shows 0% growth, holding at 2 filings in both years. Counts from 2025 onward are still filling in as publication catches up with filing.
- 1WINFIELD SOLUTIONS LLC20
- 2GREENA BV17
- 3DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC16
- 4CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC15
- 5CLARIANT INT LTD12
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Common questions on spray drift control patents
Who holds the most patents in spray drift control?
The ranked leader in this 200-record dataset holds 20 records, roughly a quarter of the combined top-5 total of 80 records (40.0% of all records in scope). Beyond the leader, holdings drop off quickly — fifth place holds 12 records and tenth place only 8 — so no single company dominates the field outright. The ranking covers 62 companies in total, most of which hold only a handful of filings each.
Is spray drift control patent filing growing or slowing down?
Filing peaked in 2017 at 27 records and has not returned to that level since. Looking at the most recent three-year window that is not distorted by publication lag, 2021 to 2024, volume was flat at 0% growth, holding at 2 filings in both years. It is more accurate to describe the field as plateaued than as either growing or declining, since 2025-2026 figures are still incomplete.
What technologies dominate spray drift control patents?
Agrochemical and biocide formulation claims under IPC class A01N appear on 39.5% of the 200 records, making it the single most common classification. Spraying and atomising hardware (B05B) is close behind at 30.5%, and pest-control delivery systems (A01M) at 27.5%. Because a single patent can carry multiple IPC classes, these figures overlap rather than sum to 100%, reflecting how often chemistry and hardware claims appear in the same filing.
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 Spray Drift Control 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.