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Biotechnology and fermentation Patent Leaders in 2023 2023

Primary CPC class C12 · Section C

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: 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4,888 patents in 2020.peak 4,8881996: 1,464 patents19961997: 1,984 patents1998: 2,885 patents1999: 3,015 patents19992000: 2,651 patents2001: 3,139 patents2002: 2,780 patents20022003: 2,530 patents2004: 2,121 patents2005: 1,894 patents20052006: 2,410 patents2007: 2,407 patents2008: 2,171 patents20082009: 2,314 patents2010: 3,158 patents2011: 3,235 patents20112012: 3,506 patents2013: 3,598 patents2014: 4,133 patents20142015: 4,137 patents2016: 4,240 patents2017: 4,377 patents20172018: 4,522 patents2019: 4,761 patents2020: 4,888 patents20202021: 4,447 patents2022: 4,121 patents2023: 3,845 patents20232024: 3,917 patents2025: 4,134 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Feng Zhang 20 MIT
2 George M. Church 17 Harvard University
3 Omar Abudayyeh 14 MIT
#4 David R. Liu 13 Harvard University
#5 Jennifer A. Doudna 13 University of California
#6 Eli N. Glezer 12 Meso Scale Technologies, Llc.
#7 Kenneth A. Feldmann 12 Ceres
#8 Mark S. Chee 12 Prognosys Biosciences
#9 AmirAli TALASAZ 11 Guardant Health
#10 David Opalsky 11 Gen-Probe Incorporated
#11 Helmy A. Eltoukhy 11 Guardant Health
#12 Jonathan Gootenberg 11 MIT
#13 David A. Buse 10 Gen-Probe Incorporated
#14 Guangping Gao 10 University of Pennsylvania
#15 Hatim Allawi 10 Exact Sciences
#16 James White 10 Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc
#17 Kevin L. Gunderson 10 Illumina
#18 Marlon Stoeckius 10 10X Genomics
#19 Norbert D. Hagen 10 Gen-Probe Incorporated
#20 Brian J. Nankervis 9 Terumo Bct
#21 Garry P. Nolan 9 Stanford University
#22 Graham P. Lidgard 9 Exact Sciences
#23 Henryk T. Dudek 9 Dicerna Pharmaceuticals
#24 Michael Lee Nuccio 9 Inari Agriculture Technology
#25 Susan M. Freier 9 Ionis Pharmaceuticals
#26 Aris Baras 8 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#27 Bob D. Brown 8 Dicerna Pharmaceuticals
#28 Daan Witters 8 Singular Genomics Systems
#29 Harpreet Singh 8 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#30 Jens Fritsche 8 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#31 Jeffrey C. Moore 8 Codexis
#32 John West 8 Personalis
#33 Michael Andreas Kock 8 Inari Agriculture Technology
#34 Oliver Schoor 8 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#35 Phillip Belgrader 8 Inscripta
#36 Roger Pennell 8 Ceres
#37 Stefanie Ann Ward MORTIMER 8 Guardant Health
#38 Sven Olek 8 Precision For Medicine Gmbh
#39 Toni Weinschenk 8 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#40 Alexander K. Shalek 7 MIT
#41 Ann MeeJin Ferrie 7 Corning Incorporated
#42 Andrew Garst 7 Inscripta
#43 Cory Christensen 7 Ceres
#44 Daniel Levner 7 Emulate
#45 Eleen Shum 7 Becton, Dickinson And
#46 Guocheng Du 7 Jiangnan University
#47 James M. Wilson 7 University of Pennsylvania
#48 Jian Chen 7 Jiangnan University
#49 Michael Schnall-Levin 7 10X Genomics
#50 Richard Schneeberger 7 Ceres
#51 Stephen P. A. Fodor 7 Affymetrix
#52 Tarsis Gesteira Ferreira 7 Optimvia
#53 Zhenyu Zhu 7 New England Biolabs
#54 Allison Jean Tanner 6 Corning Incorporated
#55 Anthony P. Burgard 6 Genomatica
#56 Anurup Ganguli 6 Vedabio
#57 Andrew John Heron 6 Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc
#58 Anastasia Khvorova 6 Dharmacon
#59 Andrea Mahr 6 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#60 Arash Jamshidi 6 Grail
#61 Clive Gavin Brown 6 Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc
#62 Darya CHUDOVA 6 Guardant Health
#63 Da Duan 6 Codexis
#64 Daniel H. Lajiness 6 Optimvia
#65 Dapeng Sun 6 New England Biolabs
#66 Eric S. Lander 6 The Broad Institute
#67 Eric E. Swayze 6 Isis Pharmaceuticals
#68 Fasong Zhou 6 Ceres
#69 Gregory Roger Martin 6 Corning Incorporated
#70 Hiroko SUDO 6 Toray Industries
#71 Jeffrey C. Miller 6 Sangamo Therapeutics
#72 Jianghua Li 6 Jiangnan University
#73 Jonathan Mark Boutell 6 Illumina Cambridge Limited
#74 Jonas Frisen 6 Spatial Transcriptomics Ab
#75 Joakim Lundeberg 6 Spatial Transcriptomics Ab
#76 Jovana Nazor 6 Codexis
#77 Joshua L. Price 6 Inari Agriculture Technology
#78 Junpei KAWAUCHI 6 National Cancer Center
#79 Julissa Sosa 6 Ceres
#80 Layla Katiraee 6 10X Genomics
#81 Mark-Eric Jones 6 Terumo Bct
#82 Michael J. Domanico 6 Exact Sciences
#83 Mirna Jarosz 6 10X Genomics
#84 Molly He 6 Illumina
#85 Nikki Dellas 6 Codexis
#86 Oscar Alvizo 6 Codexis
#87 Priti Pharkya 6 Genomatica
#88 Randall Davis 6 Roche Sequencing Solutions
#89 Robin E. Osterhout 6 Genomatica
#90 Rustem F. Ismagilov 6 The University Of Chicago
#91 Ryan T. Gill 6 Inscripta
#92 Satoko Kozono 6 Toray Industries
#93 Serge Saxonov 6 10X Genomics
#94 Stuart Milstein 6 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#95 Vasiliy Nikolaevich Goral 6 Corning Incorporated
#96 Yajie Niu 6 Inari Agriculture Technology
#97 Aaron Argyros 5 Lallemand Hungary Liquidity Management
#98 Alexandre Akoulitchev 5 Oxford Biodynamics Plc
#99 Alex Aravanis 5 Illumina
#100 Alexander A. Green 5 Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Harvard University 76
2 University of California 71
3 MIT 59
#4 10X Genomics 45
#5 The Broad Institute 41
#6 Thermo Fisher 37
#7 Roche Sequencing Solutions 33
#8 Monsanto Technology 32
#9 Illumina 31
#10 Stanford University 31
#11 Novozymes A/S 26
#12 University Of Texas System 25
#13 The General Hospital 25
#14 WARF 25
#15 University Of Massachusetts 24
#16 Becton, Dickinson And 21
#17 Ceres 21
#18 Illumina Cambridge Limited 21
#19 Gen-Probe Incorporated 20
#20 Pioneer (Corteva) 20
#21 Unknown 20
#22 Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 19
#23 CNRS 19
#24 Codexis 19
#25 Corning Incorporated 19
#26 Jiangnan University 18
#27 Dsm Ip Assets B.V. 17
#28 University of Pennsylvania 17
#29 Ionis Pharmaceuticals 16
#30 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 16
#31 University Of Illinois 16
#32 Cj Cheiljedang 15
#33 The Johns Hopkins University 15
#34 Guardant Health 14
#35 Mayo Foundation 14
#36 Terumo Bct 14
#37 Bio-Rad Laboratories 13
#38 Caltech 13
#39 Inari Agriculture Technology 13
#40 Inscripta 13
#41 Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale (Inserm) 13
#42 Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc 13
#43 Pacific Biosciences Of California 13
#44 Singular Genomics Systems 13
#45 University Of Washington 13
#46 Dicerna Pharmaceuticals 12
#47 Exact Sciences 12
#48 Sangamo Therapeutics 12
#49 The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 12
#50 Toray Industries 12
#51 Children'S Medical Center 11
#52 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 11
#53 Genomatica 11
#54 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 11
#55 Columbia University 11
#56 The University Of Tokyo 11
#57 University of Florida 11
#58 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 10
#59 Duke University 10
#60 Grail 10
#61 National University Of Singapore 10
#62 New England Biolabs 10
#63 Northwestern University 10
#64 Prognosys Biosciences 10
#65 University of Minnesota 10
#66 Roche Molecular Systems 10
#67 Brigham and Women's Hospital 10
#68 Agency For Science, Technology And Research 9
#69 Agilent Technologies 9
#70 Cargill, Incorporated 9
#71 Global Life Sciences Solutions Usa 9
#72 Kyoto University 9
#73 Optimvia 9
#74 Yale University 9
#75 LG 9
#76 Abclonal Science 8
#77 Basf Plant Science Company Gmbh 8
#78 Basf Se 8
#79 Cornell University 8
#80 Corteva Agriscience 8
#81 Emulate 8
#82 Fraunhofer 8
#83 Glaxosmithkline Biologicals Sa 8
#84 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh 8
#85 Korea University Research And Business Foundation 8
#86 North Carolina State University 8
#87 Personalis 8
#88 Precision For Medicine Gmbh 8
#89 Syngenta Participations Ag 8
#90 Chinese University Of Hong Kong 8
#91 University of Michigan 8
#92 University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 8
#93 Washington University 8
#94 Baylor College Of Medicine 7
#95 Cedars Sinai Medical Center 7
#96 Crispr Therapeutics Ag 7
#97 Editas Medicine 7
#98 KAIST 7
#99 Lallemand Hungary Liquidity Management 7
#100 Lonza Walkersville 7