Biotechnology and fermentation Patent Leaders 2019

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	Jennifer A. Doudna	24	University of California
2	Kevin Ness	20	10X Genomics
3	Emmanuelle Charpentier	18	University Of Vienna
#4	Krzysztof Chylinski	18	University Of Vienna
#5	Martin Jinek	18	University of California
#6	Ryan T. Gill	17	Inscripta
#7	George M. Church	16	Harvard University
#8	Phillip Belgrader	16	Inscripta
#9	Benjamin Hindson	15	10X Genomics
#10	David M. Valenzuela	15	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#11	Joseph Collard	15	Curna
#12	Olga Khorkova Sherman	15	—
#13	Serge Saxonov	15	10X Genomics
#14	Christopher Hindson	13	10X Genomics
#15	Don Masquelier	13	Inscripta
#16	Hagai Karchi	13	Evogene
#17	Michael Schnall-Levin	13	10X Genomics
#18	Xiyun Zhang	13	Codexis
#19	Jessica Richman	12	Ubiome
#20	Stanislaw Flasinski	12	Monsanto Technology
#21	Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo	12	Chinese University Of Hong Kong
#22	Zachary Apte	12	Ubiome
#23	Andrew Garst	11	Inscripta
#24	Jorge Bernate	11	Inscripta
#25	Mirna Jarosz	11	10X Genomics
#26	Andrew J. Murphy	10	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#27	Daniel Almonacid	10	Ubiome
#28	Eric E. Swayze	10	Isis Pharmaceuticals
#29	George D. Yancopoulos	10	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#30	Gjalt W. Huisman	10	Codexis
#31	James White	10	Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc
#32	Andrew John Heron	9	Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc
#33	Anastasia Khvorova	9	Dharmacon
#34	Gregory Hinkle	9	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#35	Graham P. Lidgard	9	Exact Sciences
#36	Jingyue Ju	9	Columbia University
#37	Jonathan Mark Boutell	9	Illumina Cambridge Limited
#38	Kwan Chee Chan	9	Chinese University Of Hong Kong
#39	Steven J. Collier	9	Codexis
#40	Andrew M. Scharenberg	8	Cellectis
#41	Feng Zhang	8	MIT
#42	Frank Winther Rasmussen	8	Novozymes A/S
#43	Holger Schultheiss	8	Basf Plant Science Company Gmbh
#44	Jason Holder	8	Draper Laboratory
#45	Justin M. Lira	8	Dow Agrosciences
#46	Katsushige Yamada	8	Toray Industries
#47	Lynn Macdonald	8	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#48	Nicholas J. Agard	8	Codexis
#49	Oliver J. Ratcliffe	8	Mendel Biotechnology
#50	Paul Hardenbol	8	10X Genomics
#51	Rossa Wai Kwun Chiu	8	Chinese University Of Hong Kong
#52	Sandeep Kumar	8	Dow Agrosciences
#53	Stuart Milstein	8	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#54	T. Lynne Reuber	8	Mendel Biotechnology
#55	Vladimir Makarov	8	Rubicon Genomics
#56	Adriana Leonora Botes	7	Invista North America S.A.R.L.
#57	Alireza Rezania	7	Johnson & Johnson
#58	Allan Svendsen	7	Novozymes A/S
#59	Anthony P. Burgard	7	Genomatica
#60	Aris N. Economides	7	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#61	Brian Bettencourt	7	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#62	David A. Ahlquist	7	Mayo Foundation
#63	David R. Liu	7	Harvard University
#64	Diego Ariel Rey	7	Geneweave Biosciences
#65	Elena Brevnova	7	Lallemand Hungary Liquidity Management
#66	Guangping Gao	7	University of Pennsylvania
#67	Hatim Allawi	7	Exact Sciences
#68	Jay D. Keasling	7	University of California
#69	James M. Wilson	7	University of Pennsylvania
#70	Jeffrey C. Moore	7	Codexis
#71	Joshua Silverman	7	Calysta
#72	Ka-Man Venus Lai	7	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#73	Kevin Fitzgerald	7	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#74	Kevin L. Gunderson	7	Illumina
#75	Kira Bulazel Roberts	7	Agbiome
#76	Marshall Medoff	7	Xyleco
#77	Matthew Rabinowitz	7	Natera
#78	Michael Koepke	7	Lanzatech New Zealand Limited
#79	Randall Davis	7	Roche Sequencing Solutions
#80	Radoje Drmanac	7	Complete Genomics
#81	Rebecca E. Thayer	7	Agbiome
#82	Robin E. Osterhout	7	Genomatica
#83	Roberto Rigatti	7	Illumina Cambridge Limited
#84	So Young Kim	7	Samsung
#85	Stephen R. Quake	7	Caltech
#86	Steven R. Webb	7	Dow Agrosciences
#87	Susan M. Freier	7	Ionis Pharmaceuticals
#88	Wojtek Auerbach	7	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#89	Xiaohai Liu	7	Illumina Cambridge Limited
#90	Yang Gao	7	Huawei
#91	Yong Uk Shin	7	Hyundai Motor
#92	Zengmin Li	7	Columbia University
#93	Alex Van Eck Conradie	6	Invista North America S.A.R.L.
#94	Andrea Mahr	6	Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#95	Andrew Paul May	6	Caribou Biosciences
#96	Christopher David Hinojosa	6	Emulate
#97	Clive Gavin Brown	6	Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc
#98	Colette Song	6	Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#99	David Frendewey	6	Harvard University
#100	David Scott Johnson	6	Gigagen

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	University of California	121
2	Novozymes A/S	69
3	Thermo Fisher	66
#4	Monsanto Technology	65
#5	Harvard University	48
#6	Dow Agrosciences	46
#7	Stanford University	39
#8	WARF	34
#9	Unknown	33
#10	The General Hospital	32
#11	Dsm Ip Assets B.V.	31
#12	Cj Cheiljedang	28
#13	Illumina	28
#14	CNRS	27
#15	Codexis	26
#16	Novozymes	26
#17	The Johns Hopkins University	24
#18	Basf Se	23
#19	Ionis Pharmaceuticals	23
#20	Pioneer (Corteva)	23
#21	University Of Massachusetts	23
#22	10X Genomics	22
#23	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	22
#24	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals	21
#25	Gen-Probe Incorporated	21
#26	MIT	21
#27	USDA	21
#28	GE	21
#29	Inscripta	20
#30	Jiangnan University	20
#31	The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services	20
#32	Children'S Medical Center	19
#33	Illumina Cambridge Limited	19
#34	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	19
#35	University Of Texas System	19
#36	Chinese University Of Hong Kong	19
#37	Columbia University	19
#38	Roche Molecular Systems	18
#39	University Of Vienna	18
#40	Caltech	17
#41	Syngenta Participations Ag	17
#42	Cornell University	16
#43	Curna	16
#44	Danisco Us	16
#45	Kyoto University	16
#46	Basf Plant Science Company Gmbh	15
#47	Northwestern University	15
#48	Pacific Biosciences Of California	15
#49	Abbott	14
#50	Becton, Dickinson And	14
#51	Bio-Rad Laboratories	14
#52	Cellectis	14
#53	KAIST	14
#54	Sangamo Therapeutics	14
#55	University of Pennsylvania	14
#56	Johnson & Johnson	14
#57	Evogene	13
#58	Fraunhofer	13
#59	Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale (Inserm)	13
#60	Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc	13
#61	Quest Diagnostics Investments	13
#62	University of Minnesota	13
#63	Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University	12
#64	Biomerieux	12
#65	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	12
#66	Duke University	12
#67	Genomatica	12
#68	Mayo Foundation	12
#69	New England Biolabs	12
#70	The Broad Institute	12
#71	Ubiome	12
#72	Applied Biosystems	11
#73	Genentech	11
#74	Genia Technologies	11
#75	Inserm (Institut National De La Santé Et De La Recherche Médicale)	11
#76	Takara Bio	11
#77	University of Michigan	11
#78	Scripps Research	11
#79	Toray Industries	11
#80	Danaher	11
#81	Samsung	11
#82	3M	10
#83	Adaptive Biotechnologies	10
#84	Ceres	10
#85	Evolva Sa	10
#86	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	10
#87	Qiagen Gmbh	10
#88	Brigham and Women's Hospital	10
#89	Curators Of The University Of Missouri	10
#90	University of Colorado, A Body Corporate	10
#91	University Of Utah	10
#92	Yale University	10
#93	Agbiome	9
#94	Agency For Science, Technology And Research	9
#95	Ajinomoto Co.	9
#96	Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals	9
#97	Michigan State University	9
#98	Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation	9
#99	Corbion Biotech	9
#100	Hoffmann-La Roche	9

Biotechnology and fermentation Patent Leaders in 2019 2019

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies