MUMBAI, India, June 19 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617057622 A) filed by Kubota Corporation on May 06, 2026, for Riding-Type Rice Transplanter.

Inventors include Sawada Koki; and Yamamoto Hinako.

The application for the patent was published on June 05, 2026, under issue no. 23/2026.

Abstract: This riding-type rice transplanter comprises: a traveling vehicle body 3; a driving unit 13 that is provided in the traveling vehicle body 3 and has a floor 12 on which one can walk; spare seedling placement tables (20A, 20B, 20C) that are positioned on a lateral side part of the traveling vehicle body 3 and can be switched between a use state of being unfolded in the front-rear direction and a folded state of being shorter in the front-rear direction than the use state; a first step 33b, for a passenger to get on and off the floor 12, that is provided in front of the rear end portion of the spare seedling placing tables (20A, 20B, 20C) in the use state; and a second step 50, for a passenger to get on and off the floor 12, that is provided behind the first step 33b.

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