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Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.

Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. exhibits a surprising patent strategy with a strong focus on Excavating & Earth-Moving, representing 57.3% of its portfolio, despite a recent 57.6% decline in 2025. While traditional automotive categories like Vehicle Powertrain Arrangement and Vehicle Steering & Bodies show significant declines in 2026 (so far, -80.0% and -90.0% respectively), the company is rapidly emerging in Image Processing and Pictorial / Video Communications, both showing a +200.0% year-over-year growth in 2026, indicating a strategic shift towards visual data and communication technologies.

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Yearly patent publications since 2023

Product themes

Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.

117 US filings (since 2023) · 12 categories · 10 themes

Advanced Work Tool Design

Innovations in the mechanical design, modularity, and enhanced functionality of excavator attachments and implements, including multi-axis rotation, specialized grapples, and integrated compaction tools.

Excavating & Earth-Moving
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66since 2023
-57.6%YoY
Autonomous Machine Control

Systems and methods for enabling earth-moving machines to perform tasks with reduced or no human intervention, often leveraging predictive models, sensor fusion, and coordinated multi-machine operations.

Excavating & Earth-Moving
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43since 2023
-65.2%YoY
Specialized Excavation Techniques

Methods and apparatus for performing non-standard or highly specific excavation tasks, such as underwater harvesting, material screening, or earth removal with structural reinforcement.

Excavating & Earth-Moving
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16since 2023
-84.6%YoY
Machine Perception & Sensing

Integration of diverse sensors and machine perception algorithms to gather and interpret data about the machine's environment, its own state, and subsurface conditions for improved operation, safety, and mapping.

Excavating & Earth-Moving
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9since 2023
+600.0%YoY
Hydraulic System Optimization

Techniques and components for improving the efficiency, control, and responsiveness of hydraulic systems in heavy machinery, often involving variable displacement pumps, pressure regulation, and flow control.

Excavating & Earth-Moving
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7since 2023
-33.3%YoY
Trailer & Towing Management

Technologies for safely and efficiently connecting, stabilizing, and maneuvering trailers, including hitch mechanisms, load sensing, and trailer-specific steering or stabilization.

Vehicle Steering & Bodies
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5since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Advanced Harvesting & Mowing Tool Design

Innovations in the mechanical design and functionality of cutting, collecting, or processing components directly interacting with crops or ground cover.

Harvesting & Mowing
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4since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Post-Harvest Material Handling & Quality

Technologies for efficiently collecting, conveying, separating, and managing harvested materials, including quality control, blending for desired parameters, and processing of biomass.

Harvesting & Mowing
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4since 2023
n/a
Advanced Steering Control

Electronic, hydraulic, or steer-by-wire systems that precisely control vehicle direction, often incorporating feedback loops, compensation, and adaptation for various driving conditions or vehicle types.

Vehicle Steering & Bodies
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3since 2023
new
Physical Item Tracking & Management

Systems and methods for uniquely identifying, tracking, and managing physical items using scannable codes (barcodes, QR codes) or wireless tags (RFID, IoT devices) to link physical objects to digital information, inventory, or services.

Data Recognition (Barcodes, OCR)
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2since 2023
new

Patents

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US 20260152930 A1APPLICATION
E02F9/26

WORK MACHINE SYSTEM WITH SMART DRIVE

Filed:2026-01-30Pub:2026-06-04
Applicant:Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.

A system comprising a work machine and an attachment removably coupled with the work machine. The attachment includes an identification module comprising a transceiver configured to communicate with a control system of the work machines so as to improve the functionality and efficiency of the attachment and of the work machines.

US 12644258 B2GRANTED
E02F9/26

Work machine system with multiple cameras

Filed:2023-10-10Pub:2026-06-02
Applicant:Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.

A system comprising a work machine and an attachment removably coupled with the work machine. The attachment includes an identification module comprising a transceiver configured to communicate with a control system of the work machines so as to improve the functionality and efficiency of the attachment and of the work machines.

US D1127007 S1APPLICATION

Loader machine cab

Filed:2023-08-09Pub:2026-05-19
Applicant:Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
US 20260125872 A1APPLICATION
E02F3/38

LOADER WITH IMPROVED ARM PATH

Filed:2025-12-30Pub:2026-05-07
Applicant:Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.

A compact utility loader compact utility loader comprising a frame, a first track and a second track positioned on either side of the frame, and a pair of loader arms. The loader arms are configured to couple with an attachment via a hitch plate and a hitch pin. The compact utility loader is configured such that as the loader arms are raised and lowered, the hitch pin follows a path approximately defined by a curve ƒ(x)=4.641e 0.34x . The value “x” represents a horizontal direction and the function ƒ(x) represents a vertical direction.

US 20260098397 A1APPLICATION
E02F9/24

ROLLOVER MONITORING SYSTEM

Filed:2024-10-09Pub:2026-04-09
Applicant:Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.

A work machine comprising a frame and a drive assembly configured to support the frame on the ground and to propel the work machine. The work machine additionally comprises an engine configured to provide power to the drive assembly, and a tilt sensor configured monitor an orientation of the work machine. The work machine is configured to disable the engine when the tilt sensor indicates that the work machine has experienced a rollover condition.

US 12596903 B2GRANTED
G06K19/07

Attachment management system

Filed:2024-08-23Pub:2026-04-07
Applicant:Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.

An attachment management system comprises a working vehicle, a plurality of attachments, a mobile terminal, and a plurality of communication tags fixed on the attachments to communicate with the mobile terminal through a wireless signal that is compliant with a near field communication standard. The mobile terminal is switchable between a first mode to receive the wireless signals from the communication tags and a second mode to receive the wireless signals from the communication tags and to transmit attachment information. The mobile terminal displays, in the first mode, tag identifiers and a plurality of pieces of attachment information stored in the tag memories of the communication tags, and in the second mode, the tag identifiers and the plurality of pieces of attachment information stored in the tag memories of the communication tags which transmit the wireless signals each having signal intensity equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.

US 20260076288 A1APPLICATION
A01C7/10

SEED DRILL CALIBRATION DEVICE AND METHOD

Filed:2024-09-13Pub:2026-03-19
Applicant:Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.

A calibration device and method for calibrating, via a handheld drill, a seed drill having a calibration shaft. The calibration device comprises a housing, an input shaft, a transmission, and an output shaft. The input shaft and output shaft extend from opposite sides of the housing. The transmission drivably connects the input shaft to the output shaft so that rotation of the input shaft results in rotation of the output shaft. The output shaft is configured to drivably engage the calibration shaft. The input shaft is configured to be actuated via the handheld drill.

US 20260057765 A1APPLICATION
G08C17/02

SYSTEM FOR MANAGING WORK MACHINE ATTACHMENTS

Filed:2025-08-22Pub:2026-02-26
Applicant:Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.

A system comprising a work machine and an attachment. The work machine includes one or more machine sensors configured to obtain machine data related to one or more components of the work machine. The attachment is configured to be removably coupled to the work machine. The attachment includes an identification module configured to wirelessly transmit identification information to the work machine when the attachment is coupled to the work machine. The work machine is configured to determine one or more attachment characteristics of the attachment based on the identification information transmitted to the work machine from the identification module.

US 20260057713 A1APPLICATION
G07C5/02

TELEMATICS SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE ATTACHMENTS

Filed:2025-08-22Pub:2026-02-26
Applicant:Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.

A system comprising a work machine and an attachment. The work machine includes one or more machine sensors configured to obtain machine data related to one or more components of the work machine. The attachment is configured to be removably coupled to the work machine. The attachment includes an identification module configured to wirelessly transmit identification information to the work machine when the attachment is coupled to the work machine. The work machine is configured to determine one or more attachment characteristics of the attachment based on the identification information transmitted to the work machine from the identification module.

US 20260057205 A1APPLICATION
G06K19/07

ATTACHMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Filed:2024-08-23Pub:2026-02-26
Applicant:Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.

An attachment management system comprises a working vehicle, a plurality of attachments, a mobile terminal, and a plurality of communication tags fixed on the attachments to communicate with the mobile terminal through a wireless signal that is compliant with a near field communication standard. The mobile terminal is switchable between a first mode to receive the wireless signals from the communication tags and a second mode to receive the wireless signals from the communication tags and to transmit attachment information. The mobile terminal displays, in the first mode, tag identifiers and a plurality of pieces of attachment information stored in the tag memories of the communication tags, and in the second mode, the tag identifiers and the plurality of pieces of attachment information stored in the tag memories of the communication tags which transmit the wireless signals each having signal intensity equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.

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