Biotechnology and fermentation Patent Leaders 2021

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	18	University of California
2	Gregory Hinkle	17	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
3	Phillip Belgrader	16	Inscripta
#4	AmirAli TALASAZ	14	Guardant Health
#5	Andrew Garst	14	Inscripta
#6	Don Masquelier	14	Inscripta
#7	Hatim Allawi	14	Exact Sciences
#8	Feng Zhang	13	MIT
#9	Graham P. Lidgard	13	Exact Sciences
#10	Xiyun Zhang	13	Codexis
#11	Hagai Karchi	12	Evogene
#12	Benjamin Mijts	11	Codexis
#13	George M. Church	11	Harvard University
#14	Kevin Fitzgerald	11	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#15	Martin Maier	11	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#16	William R. Taylor	11	Mayo Foundation
#17	Brian Bettencourt	10	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#18	David A. Ahlquist	10	Mayo Foundation
#19	Douglas W. Mahoney	10	Mayo Foundation
#20	Douglas A. Melton	10	Harvard University
#21	Emmanuelle Charpentier	10	University Of Vienna
#22	Gjalt W. Huisman	10	Codexis
#23	James White	10	Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc
#24	Kenneth A. Feldmann	10	Ceres
#25	Krzysztof Chylinski	10	University Of Vienna
#26	Martin Jinek	10	University of California
#27	Oscar Alvizo	10	Codexis
#28	Stuart Milstein	10	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#29	Jorge Bernate	9	Inscripta
#30	Kenneth S. Bruno	9	Zymergen
#31	Kevin Ness	9	10X Genomics
#32	Lawrence Klein	9	Crispr Therapeutics Ag
#33	Muthiah Manoharan	9	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#34	Shawn Szyjka	9	Zymergen
#35	Stefanie Ann Ward MORTIMER	9	Guardant Health
#36	Aamir Mir	8	Inscripta
#37	Basia Judith Vinocur	8	Evogene
#38	Demetrios Kalaitzidis	8	Crispr Therapeutics Ag
#39	Eric E. Swayze	8	Isis Pharmaceuticals
#40	Guangping Gao	8	University of Pennsylvania
#41	Howard Chou	8	Cibt America
#42	Jeffrey C. Moore	8	Codexis
#43	Jonathan Alexander Terrett	8	Crispr Therapeutics Ag
#44	Kyle Seamon	8	Inscripta
#45	Nicholas J. Agard	8	Codexis
#46	Nikki Dellas	8	Codexis
#47	Ryan T. Gill	8	Inscripta
#48	Silvana Konermann	8	Salk Institute For Biological Studies
#49	Steven J. Collier	8	Codexis
#50	Vesna Mitchell	8	Codexis
#51	Xiucai Liu	8	Cibt America
#52	Alireza Rezania	7	Johnson & Johnson
#53	Bahram Valamehr	7	Fate Therapeutics
#54	Daniel Levner	7	Emulate
#55	David R. Liu	7	Harvard University
#56	Derek Smith	7	Codexis
#57	Eric Abbate	7	Novozymes
#58	Erik Jedediah Dean	7	Zymergen
#59	Guocheng Du	7	Jiangnan University
#60	Jacobus Thomas Pronk	7	Dsm Ip Assets B.V.
#61	James M. Wilson	7	University of Pennsylvania
#62	Jesper Salomon	7	Novozymes A/S
#63	Jian Chen	7	Jiangnan University
#64	J. Keith Joung	7	The General Hospital
#65	Jonathan Kennedy	7	Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas
#66	Jovana Nazor	7	Codexis
#67	Kalyan Handique	7	Handylab
#68	Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev	7	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#69	Mauricio R. Alvira	7	University of Pennsylvania
#70	Mark S. Chee	7	Prognosys Biosciences
#71	Mads Gurtler	7	Harvard University
#72	Michael Previte	7	Element Biosciences
#73	Morten Gjermansen	7	Novozymes A/S
#74	Steven R. Webb	7	Dow Agrosciences
#75	Aaron Kimball	6	Zymergen
#76	Alexander Brett Foster	6	Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas
#77	Allan Svendsen	6	Novozymes A/S
#78	Antonius Jeroen Adriaan Van Maris	6	Dsm Ip Assets B.V.
#79	Barbara Frewen	6	Zymergen
#80	Benjamin Hindson	6	10X Genomics
#81	Christopher David Hinojosa	6	Emulate
#82	Clive Gavin Brown	6	Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc
#83	Corey M. Dambacher	6	Omniome
#84	Erin Shellman	6	Zymergen
#85	Eyal Emmanuel	6	Evogene
#86	Garry P. Nolan	6	Stanford University
#87	Heeyeon Kim	6	LG
#88	James Butler	6	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#89	Jeremy Minshull	6	Maxygen
#90	Jesse Salk	6	University Of Washington Through Its Center For Commercialization
#91	Ji-Hye Lee	6	Samsung
#92	Jonathan Gootenberg	6	MIT
#93	John B. Kisiel	6	Mayo Foundation
#94	Jonathan Vroom	6	Codexis
#95	Katherine Gora	6	Zymergen
#96	Katsushige Yamada	6	Toray Industries
#97	Lakmal Jayasinghe	6	Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc
#98	Lawrence A. Loeb	6	University Of Washington Through Its Center For Commercialization
#99	Michael Flashman	6	Zymergen
#100	Miles Gander	6	Inscripta

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	University of California	102
2	Harvard University	70
3	Novozymes A/S	50
#4	Monsanto Technology	49
#5	MIT	45
#6	Thermo Fisher	43
#7	Dsm Ip Assets B.V.	36
#8	Codexis	34
#9	Pioneer (Corteva)	34
#10	Illumina	33
#11	Inscripta	33
#12	The General Hospital	32
#13	University of Pennsylvania	32
#14	WARF	32
#15	Bio-Rad Laboratories	30
#16	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals	29
#17	Roche Sequencing Solutions	29
#18	Stanford University	27
#19	Cj Cheiljedang	26
#20	Jiangnan University	25
#21	The Broad Institute	25
#22	Gen-Probe Incorporated	24
#23	The Johns Hopkins University	23
#24	Unknown	23
#25	Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University	21
#26	CNRS	21
#27	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	21
#28	Zymergen	20
#29	Mayo Foundation	19
#30	Crispr Therapeutics Ag	18
#31	Duke University	17
#32	Genomatica	17
#33	Guardant Health	17
#34	Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc	17
#35	Roche Molecular Systems	17
#36	University Of Texas System	17
#37	The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services	17
#38	Caltech	16
#39	Ceres	16
#40	Inserm (Institut National De La Santé Et De La Recherche Médicale)	16
#41	Ionis Pharmaceuticals	16
#42	Pacific Biosciences Of California	16
#43	University Of Massachusetts	16
#44	Ajinomoto Co.	15
#45	Dow Agrosciences	15
#46	Illumina Cambridge Limited	15
#47	Quest Diagnostics Investments	15
#48	Cornell University	14
#49	Evogene	14
#50	Kyoto University	14
#51	Syngenta Participations Ag	14
#52	University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill	14
#53	Yale University	14
#54	LG	14
#55	Abbott	13
#56	10X Genomics	13
#57	University Of Utah	13
#58	Exact Sciences Development Company	12
#59	Global Life Sciences Solutions Usa	12
#60	New England Biolabs	12
#61	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	12
#62	Sangamo Therapeutics	12
#63	Columbia University	12
#64	University of Florida	12
#65	University Of Pittsburgh	12
#66	Basf Se	11
#67	Corning Incorporated	11
#68	Northwestern University	11
#69	Novozymes	11
#70	Qiagen Gmbh	11
#71	University of Minnesota	11
#72	Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey	11
#73	Becton, Dickinson And	10
#74	Children'S Medical Center	10
#75	Danisco Us	10
#76	Kikkoman	10
#77	Korea University Research And Business Foundation	10
#78	Takara Bio	10
#79	Toray Industries	10
#80	University Of Vienna	10
#81	University Of Washington	10
#82	Biomerieux	9
#83	Genzyme	9
#84	Hoffmann-La Roche	9
#85	Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai	9
#86	Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale (Inserm)	9
#87	National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology	9
#88	National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia	9
#89	Omniome	9
#90	Osaka University	9
#91	Poet Research	9
#92	Riken	9
#93	USDA	9
#94	Boston University	9
#95	Agency For Science, Technology And Research	8
#96	Agilent Technologies	8
#97	Basf Agricultural Solutions Seed Us	8
#98	Basf Plant Science Company Gmbh	8
#99	Cathay Biotech	8
#100	Celera	8

Biotechnology and fermentation Patent Leaders in 2021 2021

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies