Biotechnology and fermentation Patent Leaders

Rankings count each patent once by its primary Cooperative Patent Classification. All-time pages aggregate the full database; year pages use patent grant year.

Recent years: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Susan M. Freier	202	Ionis Pharmaceuticals
2	Anastasia Khvorova	183	Dharmacon
3	C. Frank Bennett	179	Isis Pharmaceuticals
#4	Ellen Beasley	171	—
#5	Allan Svendsen	159	Novozymes A/S
#6	George M. Church	151	Harvard University
#7	Valentina Di Francesco	145	—
#8	Neil C. Corley	139	—
#9	Lex M. Cowsert	136	Isis Pharmaceuticals
#10	Jennifer A. Doudna	135	University of California
#11	Jennifer L. Hillman	135	—
#12	Muthiah Manoharan	134	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#13	Brett P. Monia	129	Isis Pharmaceuticals
#14	Gjalt W. Huisman	127	Codexis
#15	Bert Vogelstein	126	The Johns Hopkins University
#16	Devin Leake	126	Dharmacon
#17	Stanislaw Flasinski	123	Monsanto Technology
#18	Feng Zhang	122	MIT
#19	Kenneth W. Kinzler	121	The Johns Hopkins University
#20	Eric E. Swayze	118	Isis Pharmaceuticals
#21	Robert DiCosimo	118	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And
#22	William Marshall	118	Dharmacon
#23	Anthony P. Burgard	116	Genomatica
#24	James M. Wilson	115	University of Pennsylvania
#25	Angela Reynolds	114	Dharmacon
#26	Olga Bandman	114	—
#27	Oscar Alvizo	114	Codexis
#28	Mark S. Chee	113	Prognosys Biosciences
#29	Steven J. Collier	113	Codexis
#30	Karl Guegler	112	—
#31	Stephen Scaringe	110	Dharmacon
#32	Mark J. Burk	108	Genomatica
#33	Joseph Collard	107	Curna
#34	Xiyun Zhang	107	Codexis
#35	Ikunoshin Kato	106	Takara Shuzo Co.
#36	Steven Read	106	Dharmacon
#37	Olga Khorkova Sherman	104	—
#38	David R. Liu	102	Harvard University
#39	Larry Gold	102	Nexstar Pharmaceuticals
#40	Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo	102	Chinese University Of Hong Kong
#41	Jay M. Short	101	Diversa
#42	Stephen Turner	101	Pacific Biosciences Of California
#43	David A. Estell	100	Danisco Us
#44	Hatim Allawi	100	Exact Sciences
#45	Emily Mundorff	98	Codexis
#46	Radoje Drmanac	98	Complete Genomics
#47	Phillip Belgrader	97	Inscripta
#48	Mark S. Payne	96	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And
#49	Hagai Karchi	94	Evogene
#50	Keith V. Wood	94	Promega
#51	Preeti Lal	94	—
#52	Rebecca E. Cahoon	94	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And
#53	Jeremy Minshull	93	Maxygen
#54	Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev	93	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#55	Carsten Andersen	92	Novozymes A/S
#56	Purvi Shah	92	—
#57	James McSwiggen	91	Sirna Therapeutics
#58	Elizabeth Jane Lawlor	90	Smithkline Beecham Limited
#59	Kenneth A. Feldmann	90	Ceres
#60	Leonid Beigelman	90	Sirna Therapeutics
#61	Quinn Qun Zhu	90	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And
#62	Robin E. Osterhout	90	Genomatica
#63	Derek Smith	89	Codexis
#64	Kevin L. Gunderson	89	Illumina
#65	Marshall Medoff	89	Xyleco
#66	AmirAli TALASAZ	88	Guardant Health
#67	Graham P. Lidgard	87	Exact Sciences
#68	Kenneth E. Narva	86	Dow Agrosciences
#69	Priti Pharkya	85	Genomatica
#70	Gregory Hinkle	84	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#71	John J. Rossi	84	City Of Hope
#72	James G. Metz	83	Martek Biosciences
#73	Jonathan M. Rothberg	83	Thermo Fisher
#74	Andrew Garst	81	Inscripta
#75	Saverio Carl Falco	81	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And
#76	Stuart Milstein	81	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#77	Jonas Korlach	79	Pacific Biosciences Of California
#78	Victor Lyamichev	79	Roche Sequencing Solutions
#79	Peter G. Schultz	77	Scripps Research
#80	Jingyue Ju	76	Columbia University
#81	Michael Schnall-Levin	76	10X Genomics
#82	Stephen M. Allen	76	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And
#83	Benjamin Hindson	75	10X Genomics
#84	Bob D. Brown	75	Dicerna Pharmaceuticals
#85	Serge Saxonov	75	10X Genomics
#86	William J. Gordon-Kamm	75	Pioneer (Corteva)
#87	David J. Ecker	74	Isis Pharmaceuticals
#88	Debbie Yaver	74	Novozymes
#89	Kevin Fitzgerald	74	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#90	Paul Harris	74	Novozymes
#91	Thomas W. Myers	74	Roche Molecular Systems
#92	Kevin Ness	73	10X Genomics
#93	Kwan Chee Chan	73	Chinese University Of Hong Kong
#94	Sudhir Agrawal	73	Idera Pharmaceuticals
#95	Jay D. Keasling	72	University of California
#96	Jeffrey C. Moore	72	Codexis
#97	Phillip A. Patten	72	Maxygen
#98	Karen Ketchum	71	—
#99	Carlo M. Croce	70	Ohio State University
#100	John Edward Hodgson	70	Smithkline Beeacham P.L.C.

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	University of California	1,944
2	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	1,197
3	Monsanto Technology	1,075
#4	Pioneer (Corteva)	1,015
#5	Novozymes A/S	929
#6	Unknown	828
#7	Harvard University	757
#8	Thermo Fisher	740
#9	WARF	670
#10	Ajinomoto Co.	657
#11	MIT	656
#12	Stanford University	609
#13	Isis Pharmaceuticals	589
#14	The General Hospital	534
#15	Gen-Probe Incorporated	496
#16	Merck	494
#17	BOE	483
#18	University Of Texas System	479
#19	The Johns Hopkins University	473
#20	CNRS	452
#21	University of Pennsylvania	452
#22	Applied Biosystems	438
#23	Codexis	437
#24	USDA	437
#25	Caltech	428
#26	Becton, Dickinson And	418
#27	Novozymes	403
#28	Dsm Ip Assets B.V.	394
#29	US Dept of Health & Human Services	392
#30	Illumina	391
#31	Abbott	381
#32	The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services	377
#33	Basf Se	376
#34	Genentech	370
#35	Roche Molecular Systems	355
#36	Danisco Us	348
#37	Smithkline Beecham Limited	330
#38	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals	328
#39	Cornell Research Foundation	323
#40	Dow Agrosciences	321
#41	Incyte	320
#42	University Of Massachusetts	319
#43	Duke University	312
#44	Institut Pasteur	311
#45	New England Biolabs	307
#46	University of Michigan	306
#47	Scripps Research	301
#48	Columbia University	290
#49	Genencor International	289
#50	Eli Lilly	275
#51	Cj Cheiljedang	274
#52	Syngenta Participations Ag	268
#53	Basf Plant Science Company Gmbh	267
#54	Pacific Biosciences Of California	267
#55	University of Minnesota	265
#56	Novo Nordisk A/S	261
#57	Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale (Inserm)	257
#58	Bio-Rad Laboratories	247
#59	Millennium Pharmaceuticals	246
#60	10X Genomics	245
#61	Mayo Foundation	237
#62	Yale University	235
#63	Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co.	231
#64	University of Florida	226
#65	Pfizer	226
#66	Hoffmann-La Roche	225
#67	Bayer Healthcare	220
#68	The Broad Institute	218
#69	Promega	212
#70	Biomerieux	209
#71	Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Föderung Der Wissenschaften E.V.	206
#72	Samsung	206
#73	City Of Hope	205
#74	Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research	204
#75	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	202
#76	University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill	202
#77	Affymetrix	201
#78	Novartis Ag	199
#79	Northwestern University	198
#80	University Of Washington	197
#81	Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation	196
#82	Ionis Pharmaceuticals	196
#83	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	196
#84	Suntory Holdings Limited	196
#85	Children'S Medical Center	195
#86	Bristol-Myers Squibb	193
#87	Illumina Cambridge Limited	192
#88	GE	190
#89	The Rockefeller University	189
#90	Agilent Technologies	188
#91	Chiron	186
#92	University Of Illinois	185
#93	Quest Diagnostics Investments	181
#94	Washington University	181
#95	Canon	181
#96	3M	179
#97	University Of Georgia	178
#98	Genomatica	177
#99	Jiangnan University	177
#100	Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research	175

Biotechnology and fermentation Patent Leaders All Time

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