Biotechnology and fermentation Patent Leaders 2018

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	Joseph Collard	17	Curna
2	Olga Khorkova Sherman	17	—
3	Andrew Paul May	14	Caribou Biosciences
#4	Keith Bauer	14	Roche Molecular Systems
#5	Thomas W. Myers	13	Roche Molecular Systems
#6	Robin E. Osterhout	12	Genomatica
#7	Steven J. Collier	12	Codexis
#8	Anthony P. Burgard	11	Genomatica
#9	Derek Jantz	11	Precision Biosciences
#10	James Jefferson Smith	11	Precision Biosciences
#11	J. Keith Joung	11	The General Hospital
#12	Lan Tang	11	Novozymes
#13	Manju Gupta	11	Dow Agrosciences
#14	Marshall Medoff	11	Xyleco
#15	Paul Daniel Donohoue	11	Caribou Biosciences
#16	Susan M. Freier	11	Ionis Pharmaceuticals
#17	Bert Vogelstein	10	The Johns Hopkins University
#18	Derek Smith	10	Codexis
#19	Emily Mundorff	10	Codexis
#20	Eric E. Swayze	10	Isis Pharmaceuticals
#21	Fred Reichert	10	Roche Molecular Systems
#22	George M. Church	10	Harvard University
#23	Gjalt W. Huisman	10	Codexis
#24	Kenneth W. Kinzler	10	The Johns Hopkins University
#25	Xiyun Zhang	10	Codexis
#26	Arnold Oliphant	9	Ariosa Diagnostics
#27	Benjamin Hindson	9	10X Genomics
#28	Brian Bettencourt	9	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#29	Daniel T. MacLeod	9	Precision Biosciences
#30	Hagai Karchi	9	Evogene
#31	Jeyaraj Antony	9	Precision Biosciences
#32	Junxin Duan	9	Novozymes
#33	Michael G. Nicholson	9	Precision Biosciences
#34	Priti Pharkya	9	Genomatica
#35	Serge Saxonov	9	10X Genomics
#36	Victor Bartsevich	9	Precision Biosciences
#37	Anastasia Khvorova	8	Dharmacon
#38	Graham P. Lidgard	8	Exact Sciences
#39	Hatim Allawi	8	Exact Sciences
#40	James Robertson Petrie	8	Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation
#41	John Richard Nelson	8	GE
#42	Katsushige Yamada	8	Toray Industries
#43	Kenneth E. Narva	8	Dow Agrosciences
#44	Mark J. Burk	8	Genomatica
#45	Peter David Nichols	8	Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation
#46	Stanley Suresh Robert	8	Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation
#47	Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn	8	Grains Research And Development
#48	Surinder Pal Singh	8	Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation
#49	Xue-Rong Zhou	8	Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation
#50	Ye Liu	8	Novozymes A/S
#51	Yu Zhang	8	Novozymes
#52	Adriana Leonora Botes	7	Invista North America S.A.R.L.
#53	Alex Van Eck Conradie	7	Invista North America S.A.R.L.
#54	Allan Svendsen	7	Novozymes A/S
#55	Asuka Yamaguchi	7	Honda Motor Co.
#56	Jennifer A. Doudna	7	University of California
#57	Jeffrey C. Moore	7	Codexis
#58	Jerzy Olejnik	7	Ambergen
#59	Jonathan E. Page	7	22Nd Century Limited
#60	Kenneth A. Feldmann	7	Ceres
#61	Michael J. Domanico	7	Exact Sciences
#62	Michael Schnall-Levin	7	10X Genomics
#63	Migiwa Suda	7	Honda Motor Co.
#64	Oscar Alvizo	7	Codexis
#65	Sandeep Kumar	7	Dow Agrosciences
#66	Stephen Turner	7	Pacific Biosciences Of California
#67	Tarana Shaghasi	7	Novozymes
#68	Thomas Craig Masterman	7	Xyleco
#69	Theo Nikiforov	7	Thermo Fisher
#70	Tod M. Woolf	7	Rxi Pharmaceuticals
#71	Yasuhiro Kondo	7	Kazusa Dna Research Institute
#72	Yoshitsugu Hirose	7	Kazusa Dna Research Institute
#73	Balkrishen Bhat	6	Isis Pharmaceuticals
#74	Brett McBrayer	6	Novozymes
#75	Christopher Hindson	6	10X Genomics
#76	Christopher D. Thanos	6	Sutro Biopharma
#77	C. Frank Bennett	6	Isis Pharmaceuticals
#78	Daisuke Shibata	6	Honda Motor Co.
#79	Esben Peter Friis	6	Novozymes A/S
#80	Frank Winther Rasmussen	6	Novozymes A/S
#81	George Rudenko	6	Solazyme
#82	Glenn K. Fu	6	Becton, Dickinson And
#83	Heather R. Sanders	6	Quest Diagnostics Investments
#84	Ho Bin Kim	6	Bbhc Co.
#85	Jacob Janey	6	Codexis
#86	Jeffrey C. Miller	6	Sangamo Therapeutics
#87	Jiro Okuma	6	Honda Motor Co.
#88	Jonas Korlach	6	Pacific Biosciences Of California
#89	Joly Sukumaran	6	Codexis
#90	John Bryan Woodward	6	Pioneer (Corteva)
#91	Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev	6	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#92	Kevin Fitzgerald	6	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#93	Kevin Ness	6	10X Genomics
#94	Keith V. Wood	6	Promega
#95	Kirk Matthew Schnorr	6	Novozymes A/S
#96	Knut Meyer	6	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And
#97	Kwangmyung Cho	6	Samsung
#98	Kye Ho Lee	6	Bbhc Co.
#99	Mark Andersen	6	Thermo Fisher
#100	Mirna Jarosz	6	10X Genomics

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	University of California	90
2	Thermo Fisher	67
3	Novozymes A/S	57
#4	Monsanto Technology	49
#5	Roche Molecular Systems	44
#6	Dow Agrosciences	39
#7	Novozymes	36
#8	WARF	35
#9	Pioneer (Corteva)	34
#10	Stanford University	33
#11	The General Hospital	32
#12	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	31
#13	Harvard University	31
#14	The Johns Hopkins University	30
#15	Unknown	30
#16	Codexis	29
#17	CNRS	27
#18	GE	27
#19	MIT	26
#20	The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services	26
#21	Abbott	25
#22	Dsm Ip Assets B.V.	24
#23	Caltech	22
#24	University of Pennsylvania	21
#25	Cj Cheiljedang	20
#26	Danisco Us	20
#27	Gen-Probe Incorporated	20
#28	Illumina	20
#29	Ionis Pharmaceuticals	20
#30	Biomerieux	19
#31	Pacific Biosciences Of California	19
#32	Quest Diagnostics Investments	19
#33	Cornell University	18
#34	Curna	17
#35	Syngenta Participations Ag	17
#36	University Of Texas System	17
#37	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals	16
#38	Bio-Rad Laboratories	16
#39	Samsung	16
#40	Basf Plant Science Company Gmbh	15
#41	University Of Massachusetts	15
#42	Caribou Biosciences	14
#43	Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation	14
#44	Jiangnan University	14
#45	Duke University	13
#46	Genomatica	13
#47	Illumina Cambridge Limited	13
#48	Mayo Foundation	13
#49	New England Biolabs	13
#50	Northwestern University	13
#51	USDA	13
#52	Johnson & Johnson	13
#53	Agency For Science, Technology And Research	12
#54	Ajinomoto Co.	12
#55	City Of Hope	12
#56	Kyoto University	12
#57	Sangamo Therapeutics	12
#58	Columbia University	12
#59	Yale University	12
#60	Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals	11
#61	Evogene	11
#62	Honda Motor Co.	11
#63	Promega	11
#64	Children'S Hospital Of Philadelphia	11
#65	Xyleco	11
#66	3M	10
#67	Agilent Technologies	10
#68	Becton, Dickinson And	10
#69	Children'S Medical Center	10
#70	Genentech	10
#71	Hitachi	10
#72	Iowa State University	10
#73	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	10
#74	Precision Biosciences	10
#75	Purdue Research Foundation	10
#76	Regulus Therapeutics	10
#77	Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey	10
#78	Takara Bio	10
#79	Toray Industries	10
#80	Vib Vzw	10
#81	10X Genomics	9
#82	Academia Sinica	9
#83	Basf Enzymes	9
#84	Case Western Reserve University	9
#85	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	9
#86	Exact Sciences Development Company	9
#87	Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai	9
#88	Inserm (Institut National De La Santé Et De La Recherche Médicale)	9
#89	KAIST	9
#90	National Taiwan University	9
#91	Qiagen Gmbh	9
#92	University of Michigan	9
#93	University Of Pittsburgh	9
#94	Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research	9
#95	Merck	9
#96	Michigan State University	8
#97	Ceres	8
#98	Evonik Degussa Gmbh	8
#99	Hoffmann-La Roche	8
#100	Ibis Biosciences	8

Biotechnology and fermentation Patent Leaders in 2018 2018

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies