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Innovation & Patents

Tribine’s system is protected by more than 40 U.S. patents and published patent applications, issued and published between 1999 and 2024.​​

This portfolio protects the articulated harvesting architecture, integrated grain handling systems, advanced separation technology, soil compaction mitigation, modular crop heads, planter systems, and next-generation seedbed preparation mechanisms.
These patents secure not just components — but the coordinated machinery system itself.​

Issued U.S. Patents (40)

Granted between 1999 and 2025

Articulated Combine Architecture & Integrated Grain Cart

US 5,904,365 — May 18, 1999​
US 6,012,272 — Jan 11, 2000​
US 6,125,618 — Oct 3, 2000​
US 6,167,982 — Jan 2, 2001​
US 6,233,911 — May 22, 2001​
US 6,240,711 — Jun 5, 2001​
US 6,339,917 — Jan 22, 2002​
US 6,484,485 — Nov 26, 2002​
US 6,604,350 — Aug 12, 2003​
US 6,604,351 — Aug 12, 2003​
US 6,612,101 — Sept 2, 2003​
US 6,910,845 — Jun 28, 2005​
US 7,143,863 — Dec 5, 2006​
US 7,198,449 — Apr 3, 2007​
US 7,553,228 — Jun 30, 2009​
US 8,286,984 — Oct 16, 2012​
US 8,292,008 — Oct 23, 2012​
US 8,435,104 — May 7, 2013​
US 9,044,999 — Jun 2, 2015​
US 9,497,898 — Nov 22, 2016

Separation, Threshing & Grain Handling

US 9,820,442 — Nov 21, 2017​
US 9,901,030 — Feb 27, 2018​
US 10,045,488 — Aug 14, 2018​
US 10,155,550 — Apr 16, 2019​
US 10,231,371 — Mar 19, 2019​
US 10,238,038 — Mar 26, 2019​
US 10,244,685 — Apr 2, 2019​
US 10,257,977 — Apr 16, 2019​
US 10,362,734 — Jul 30, 2019​
US 10,383,278 — Aug 20, 2019​
US 10,383,279 — Aug 20, 2019​
US 10,426,089 — Oct 1, 2019

Soil Compaction & Machine Systems

US 10,716,259 — Jul 21, 2020​
US 10,716,261 — Jul 21, 2020​
US 10,849,276 — Dec 1, 2020​
US 11,058,055 — Jul 13, 2021

Platform Expansion: Crop Head & Planter Systems

US 12,274,206 — Issued 2024​
US 12,329,048 — Issued 2025​
RE42,036 — Reissued Jan 18, 2011

Pending Patents (1)

Platform Expansion: Crop Head & Planter Systems

US 2024/0114830 A1 — Apr 11, 2024​
Tribine’s intellectual property protects the coordinated agricultural machinery platform — not just individual parts.
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Tribine is a field machinery system designed to harvest, plant, and fertilize with fewer machines and fewer passes— driving higher farm profitability on large-scale farms.​
TRIBINE is a Trademark of Tribine Industries, Inc.​
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