Corteva Agriscience – South African trademarks
Updated 8 November 2026
Corteva Agriscience is an American agricultural company. It supplies seeds – including Pioneer – and crop protection products to farmers worldwide.
How Corteva Agriscience has built and protected its brands in South Africa – its trademark portfolio, where it expanded, how quickly its marks are registered, and who it competes with.
Download report (PDF)Corteva Agriscience trademarks in 45 seconds
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A portfolio built over time
Corteva Agriscience filed its first South African trademark in 1945 and has filed 315 since; its busiest year was 2020, with 30 new filings. The chart shows its filings per year from 1970.
Trademarks by filing year, up to 2024; applications still pending are not included.
The names behind the portfolio
Over the years the group has filed under several names – earlier company names, holding companies and subsidiaries. We count them together.
| Name | Marks | Filing years |
|---|---|---|
| Corteva Agriscience | 181 | 1945–2025 |
| Dow Agrosciences | 134 | 1950–2020 |
| Corteva Agrisience | 36 | 2013–2020 |
| Dow Agrosciences Southern Africa | 36 | 1973–1997 |
Where Corteva Agriscience expanded its business
Trademark classes show what a business sells. Corteva Agriscience's portfolio is concentrated in pharmaceuticals (class 5), chemicals (class 1), fresh produce & pet food (class 31). Its most recent moves were into tech & it services (2019), medical & beauty care (2014), construction & repair (2003).
Corteva Agriscience trademarks: expansion into trademark classes, 1970–2025
Watch the video on its own page, with transcript – https://snz.co.za/trademark-country-selection-direct/corteva-agriscience-south-african-trademarks/class-expansion-video.html
Each tile is a class; it lights up when the group first files in it and darkens with more filings; the dots show how many of its closest rivals also file in that class. The chart compares the number of classes used with its rivals. The video runs from 1970; classes entered earlier are lit from the start.
| Class | Marks | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Pharmaceuticals | 247 | 78.4% | 1945 |
| 1 Chemicals | 43 | 13.7% | 1950 |
| 31 Fresh produce & pet food | 11 | 3.5% | 1990 |
| 9 Electronics & software | 4 | 1.3% | 1995 |
| 42 Tech & IT services | 2 | 0.6% | 2019 |
| 44 Medical & beauty care | 2 | 0.6% | 2014 |
| 2 Paints | 1 | 0.3% | 1999 |
| 20 Furniture | 1 | 0.3% | 1997 |
The brands Corteva Agriscience protects most
The word marks and logo names Corteva Agriscience has filed most often – the same brand filed in more classes, in more versions or again over the years.
| # | Brand | Trademarks | Classes | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SENTRICON | 6 | 6 | 1995–2003 |
| 2 | LANDVISOR | 3 | 3 | 2018–2020 |
| 3 | N-LARGE | 3 | 2 | 2014–2020 |
| 4 | STOLLER | 3 | 2 | 2020–2020 |
| 5 | X-CYTE | 3 | 2 | 2014–2020 |
| 6 | ACTION | 2 | 2 | 2020–2020 |
| 7 | ADVANSTORE | 2 | 2 | 2014–2014 |
| 8 | BIO-FORGE | 2 | 2 | 2020–2020 |
| 9 | BIO-HOLD | 2 | 2 | 2020–2020 |
| 10 | CORTEVA | 2 | 2 | 2017–2017 |
| 11 | ENLIST | 2 | 2 | 2011–2011 |
| 12 | GRANULAR | 2 | 2 | 2019–2019 |
| 13 | GRANULAR INSIGHTS | 2 | 2 | 2019–2019 |
| 14 | HX | 2 | 2 | 2003–2003 |
| 15 | KARATHANE | 2 | 2 | 1950–2004 |
Logos filed most often (since 2020)
Corteva Agriscience's logos
The 2 different logos Corteva Agriscience has had published since 2020 – each logo shown once, however many classes or versions it was filed in. Logos protected in more classes come first.
How quickly its trademarks are registered
Over the last five years, Corteva Agriscience's marks took a median of 2.5 years from filing to registration, faster than the market's 2.7 years. Most of that time is examination: 1.4 years from filing to acceptance (market: 1.9). Registration itself follows about half a year after acceptance.
Median years from filing to registration per registration year, split into examination (filing → acceptance) and acceptance → registration; the dashed line is the market median. A high recent value means older applications came through that year.
Who files the most in Corteva Agriscience's classes
Ranked by number of trademarks filed in Corteva Agriscience's main classes – any company that files there, whatever else it does (including retailers' own brands). This shows Corteva Agriscience's market position, not who is most like it.
In the last five years, Corteva Agriscience was #26 of 2,050 filers in class 5 (pharmaceuticals), with 26 of 6,111 trademarks; #7 of 947 filers in class 1 (chemicals), with 20 of 2,054 trademarks; #222 of 608 filers in class 31 (fresh produce & pet food), with 2 of 1,155 trademarks.
Corteva Agriscience's share of all trademarks filed in each of its main classes, per filing year.
Top trademark filers in class 5 (pharmaceuticals), South Africa 1975–2024: Corteva Agriscience
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Main competitors – the companies most like Corteva Agriscience
Ranked by how similar their whole trademark portfolio is to Corteva Agriscience's – the same mix of classes and the same words in their marks – not by size. Large filers in its classes that do something different rank lower here.
Corteva Agriscience's closest competitors in South Africa are N Laboratories, Andermatt Group and Syngenta.
Corteva Agriscience trademarks vs competitors: filings per year, 2010–2024
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Trademark filings per year: Corteva Agriscience (orange) and its five closest competitors.
| # | Company | Relationship | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Laboratories | Direct competitor | 70% |
| 2 | Andermatt Group | Direct competitor | 70% |
| 3 | Syngenta | Direct competitor | 69% |
| 4 | Innovative Water Care | 77% | |
| 5 | Merck | 70% | |
| 6 | Ecolab | 70% | |
| 7 | dsm-firmenich | 67% | |
| 8 | Procter & Gamble | Other field | 74% |
| 9 | Reckitt | Other field | 74% |
| 10 | Kenvue | Other field | 74% |
Similarity of trademark activity since 2015 (classes and words used in marks). Retailers appear where their own brands compete on the shelf.
Corteva Agriscience – relevant export countries
South Africa exported US$2.7 billion of the goods Corteva Agriscience's main classes cover in the last year – dietary supplements; pharmaceuticals; disinfectants; veterinary preparations (class 5); chemicals; fertilizers; forestry; agriculture (class 1); seeds; agricultural (class 31); software; downloadable; applications; programs (class 9); paints; varnishes; oil paints (class 2). Combining where these goods are exported, imported, growing and made (and copied), and what protection costs, these are the markets where Corteva Agriscience's trademarks matter most.
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These weightings decide how the countries below are ranked. Change any value and the others adjust to keep the total at 100%.
Worldwide
| # | Market | Score | SA exports | Import growth / yr | Route | Cost, 5 classes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | European Union | 77 | US$287 m | -2% | National | US$2,388 |
| 2 | United States of America | 70 | US$126 m | -4% | National | US$3,425 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 64 | US$40 m | -5% | National | US$1,371 |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 64 | US$284 m | +31% | ARIPO | US$450 |
| 5 | Namibia | 63 | US$267 m | +33% | ARIPO | US$450 |
| 6 | Japan | 62 | US$28 m | -9% | National | US$1,774 |
| 7 | Türkiye | 60 | US$20 m | -5% | National | US$1,258 |
| 8 | Australia | 59 | US$50 m | -10% | National | US$2,380 |
| 9 | Zambia | 59 | US$435 m | +3% | National | US$2,610 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 58 | US$2.7 m | +19% | National | US$1,660 |
Africa
| # | Market | Score | SA exports | Import growth / yr | Route | Cost, 5 classes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 64 | US$284 m | +31% | ARIPO | US$450 S&Z |
| 2 | Namibia | 63 | US$267 m | +33% | ARIPO | US$450 S&Z |
| 3 | Zambia | 59 | US$435 m | +3% | National | US$2,610 |
| 4 | Malawi | 58 | US$45 m | +64% | ARIPO | US$450 S&Z |
| 5 | Nigeria | 57 | US$39 m | -18% | National | US$1,015 S&Z |
| 6 | Mozambique | 55 | US$116 m | -18% | ARIPO | US$450 S&Z |
| 7 | OAPI (17 states) | 55 | US$27 m | +3% | National | US$1,563 S&Z |
| 8 | Tanzania | 55 | US$24 m | -9% | ARIPO | US$450 S&Z |
| 9 | Botswana | 54 | US$200 m | -7% | ARIPO | US$450 S&Z |
| 10 | Egypt | 54 | US$6.7 m | +1% | National | US$2,278 |
SA exports = South Africa's exports of these goods to the market in the last year. Ranked with the default weightings. Score 0–100 from South Africa's exports of the goods to the market, net imports, import growth, foreign trademark filings, where the goods are made, market size and the cost of protection. Costs are total fees (official and professional) to file in 5 classes; ARIPO costs are per country, plus US$301 once per ARIPO application; S&Z = S&Z's own all-in price. Goods are taken from the classes and specifications, so the ranking is indicative.
Trade data: CEPII BACI (version 202601, trade flows 2022–2024), Licence Etalab 2.0; aggregated and combined with other data by S&Z.
Protecting its top brands in Nigeria and OAPI with S&Z
| Brand | Classes | Nigeria | OAPI (17 states) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SENTRICON | 6 | US$1,218 | US$1,748 |
| LANDVISOR | 3 | US$609 | US$1,194 |
| N-LARGE | 2 | US$406 | US$1,009 |
| STOLLER | 2 | US$406 | US$1,009 |
| X-CYTE | 2 | US$406 | US$1,009 |
S&Z all-in prices per brand in its number of classes, filing to registration.
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Word marks you may have considered opposing
For Corteva Agriscience's five most-filed brands: word marks of other companies (not Corteva Agriscience's own group) that our similar word mark search, SimTM, found in the brand's own classes, and that we consider confusingly similar – from the earliest match found to today.
Similar to SENTRICON (classes 5, 20, 21, 28, 37, 41; searched 2018-03-28 to 2026-11-08)
No confusingly similar marks of other companies found in this period.
Similar to LANDVISOR (classes 5, 9, 44; searched 2018-07-25 to 2026-11-08)
No confusingly similar marks of other companies found in this period.
Similar to N-LARGE (classes 1, 5; searched 2018-04-25 to 2026-11-08)
No confusingly similar marks of other companies found in this period.
Similar to STOLLER (classes 1, 5; searched 2018-01-31 to 2026-11-08)
No confusingly similar marks of other companies found in this period.
Similar to X-CYTE (classes 1, 5; searched 2018-02-28 to 2026-11-08)
No confusingly similar marks of other companies found in this period.
Similarity of the words only. Whether a mark could have been opposed depends on the goods and services, the reputation of the brand and the facts – S&Z can advise. New marks like these are what SimTM watch reports as they are published.
How S&Z can help you
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Filing and renewal at fixed, all-inclusive prices
S&Z prices – South African trademarks
| Filing, first class – incl. official fee, examination report, routine office action, acceptance, publication, registration and e-certificate | US$240 |
| Each additional class of the same mark, filed at the same time | US$225 |
| Renewal online, per class (every 10 years from filing) | R1,027 ≈ US$62.29 |
Renewal in rand; US$ at R16.49 per US$.
Corteva Agriscience's next five years of renewals
102 of Corteva Agriscience's registered marks reach their ten-year renewal date in 2027–2031. Renewed online with S&Z, that costs about US$6,354 over the five years.
Corteva Agriscience: frequently asked questions
What should Corteva Agriscience consider for its trademarks?
- Where to file next: its goods sell strongly in Zimbabwe, Namibia and Malawi – markets where South African exports of the same goods are large or growing, and where S&Z files at its own all-in prices (see “Corteva Agriscience – relevant export countries”).
- Possible gaps: its competitors also protect class 35 (advertising & retail), class 40 (processing materials) – worth checking against what the business sells or plans to sell.
- Brand coverage: N-Large, Stoller, X-Cyte are protected in only one or two classes – check whether related goods or services (for example merchandise or online services) need cover too.
- Fewer new brands: new brand names fell from 8.4 to 7.0 a year – worth reviewing whether planned launches are being protected early enough.
- Renewals and use: keep track of the ten-year renewal dates and of marks that are no longer used – unused marks can be challenged after five years, and some may no longer be worth renewing.