Biotechnology and fermentation Patent Leaders 2024

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	Eli N. Glezer	19	Meso Scale Technologies, Llc.
2	Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo	15	Chinese University Of Hong Kong
3	AmirAli TALASAZ	14	Guardant Health
#4	Kwan Chee Chan	14	Chinese University Of Hong Kong
#5	Oscar Alvizo	14	Codexis
#6	David R. Liu	13	Harvard University
#7	Ge Wei	13	Halozyme
#8	H. Michael Shepard	13	Halozyme
#9	Qiping Zhao	13	Halozyme
#10	Rossa Wai Kwun Chiu	13	Chinese University Of Hong Kong
#11	Robert James Connor	13	Halozyme
#12	Stanislaw Flasinski	13	Monsanto Technology
#13	Anurup Ganguli	12	Vedabio
#14	Daan Witters	12	Singular Genomics Systems
#15	Felice Alessio Bava	11	10X Genomics
#16	Garry P. Nolan	11	Stanford University
#17	Harpreet Singh	11	Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#18	Jens Fritsche	11	Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#19	Oliver Schoor	11	Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#20	Stefanie Ann Ward MORTIMER	11	Guardant Health
#21	Toni Weinschenk	11	Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#22	Hiroko SUDO	10	Toray Industries
#23	J. Keith Joung	10	The General Hospital
#24	Michael Schnall-Levin	10	10X Genomics
#25	Satoko Kozono	10	Toray Industries
#26	Susan M. Freier	10	Ionis Pharmaceuticals
#27	Andrea Mahr	9	Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#28	Ashish Pandey	9	IBM
#29	Feng Zhang	9	MIT
#30	Junpei KAWAUCHI	9	National Cancer Center
#31	Kenneth A. Feldmann	9	Ceres
#32	Kevin L. Gunderson	9	Illumina
#33	Nikki Dellas	9	Codexis
#34	Rajiv Bharadwaj	9	10X Genomics
#35	Ariana Mostafa	8	Vedabio
#36	Augusto Manuel Tentori	8	10X Genomics
#37	Barrett Ethan Steinberg	8	Editas Medicine
#38	Chengalrayan Kudithipudi	8	Altria Client Services
#39	Dongmei Xu	8	Altria Client Services
#40	George M. Church	8	Harvard University
#41	Gregory Hinkle	8	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#42	Helmy A. Eltoukhy	8	Guardant Health
#43	Jacob Berger	8	Syntex (U.S.A.)
#44	Marc-Andre D'Aoust	8	Medicalip Co.
#45	Matthew KELLINGER	8	Element Biosciences
#46	Mark A. KOZUBAL	8	The Fynder Group
#47	Richard Eugene Macur	8	The Fynder Group
#48	Satoshi Kondou	8	Toray Industries
#49	Stefan Tresch	8	Basf Se
#50	Yuval Charles Avniel	8	The Fynder Group
#51	Anastasia Khvorova	7	Dharmacon
#52	Catherine A. Chay	7	Monsanto Technology
#53	Cecilia Cotta-Ramusino	7	Editas Medicine
#54	Christopher David Hinojosa	7	Emulate
#55	Daniel Levner	7	Emulate
#56	Donald E. Ingber	7	Harvard University
#57	Frank J. Steemers	7	Illumina
#58	George Harb	7	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
#59	Graham P. Lidgard	7	Exact Sciences
#60	Hatim Allawi	7	Exact Sciences
#61	Hitoshi Nobumasa	7	Toray Industries
#62	James White	7	Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc
#63	Jingyue Ju	7	Columbia University
#64	Jill Marie Paulik	7	Basf Agro B.V.
#65	Marc Kolkman	7	Danisco Us
#66	Serge Saxonov	7	10X Genomics
#67	Shashi K. Murthy	7	Flaskworks
#68	Zachary Bent	7	10X Genomics
#69	Aaron Hummel	6	Pairwise Plants Services
#70	Adam Castoreno	6	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#71	Allison Jean Tanner	6	Corning Incorporated
#72	Antoine Decrulle	6	Eligo Bioscience
#73	Andrew M. Scharenberg	6	Cellectis
#74	Aris Baras	6	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#75	Benjamin Hindson	6	10X Genomics
#76	Bernhard Zimmermann	6	Natera
#77	Christopher Hindson	6	10X Genomics
#78	David J. Bowen	6	Monsanto Technology
#79	Fasong Zhou	6	Ceres
#80	Gregory Roger Martin	6	Corning Incorporated
#81	James Anthony Clarke	6	Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc
#82	Jennifer A. Doudna	6	University of California
#83	Jesus Fernandez Rodriguez	6	Institut Pasteur
#84	Jesper Salomon	6	Novozymes A/S
#85	Jinzhao Hou	6	Voyager Therapeutics
#86	Jonathan Gootenberg	6	MIT
#87	Jovana Nazor	6	Codexis
#88	Julissa Sosa	6	Ceres
#89	Katherine Pfeiffer	6	10X Genomics
#90	Layla Katiraee	6	10X Genomics
#91	Mark Aaron Behlke	6	Integrated Dna Technologies
#92	Mark K. Schlegel	6	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#93	Marlon Stoeckius	6	10X Genomics
#94	Michael Previte	6	Element Biosciences
#95	Molly He	6	Illumina
#96	Nathaniel Roquet	6	Catalog Technologies
#97	Omar Abudayyeh	6	MIT
#98	Paul Ryvkin	6	10X Genomics
#99	Pierre-Olivier Lavoie	6	Medicalip Co.
#100	Takahiro Ochiya	6	National Cancer Center

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	University of California	62
2	Harvard University	59
3	10X Genomics	54
#4	Monsanto Technology	45
#5	MIT	37
#6	Thermo Fisher	36
#7	Unknown	35
#8	Roche Sequencing Solutions	31
#9	Illumina	29
#10	University Of Massachusetts	29
#11	Pioneer (Corteva)	28
#12	WARF	28
#13	Novozymes A/S	27
#14	The General Hospital	27
#15	Jiangnan University	26
#16	Codexis	25
#17	Stanford University	25
#18	Singular Genomics Systems	23
#19	The Broad Institute	23
#20	Caltech	22
#21	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	22
#22	University of Pennsylvania	22
#23	Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University	21
#24	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals	20
#25	Danisco Us	18
#26	Gen-Probe Incorporated	18
#27	Guardant Health	18
#28	CNRS	17
#29	Illumina Cambridge Limited	17
#30	The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services	17
#31	Bio-Rad Laboratories	16
#32	Northwestern University	16
#33	Pacific Biosciences Of California	16
#34	The Johns Hopkins University	16
#35	Becton, Dickinson And	15
#36	Duke University	15
#37	Chinese University Of Hong Kong	15
#38	Basf Se	14
#39	Corning Incorporated	14
#40	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	14
#41	University Of Texas System	14
#42	Columbia University	14
#43	Toray Industries	14
#44	Halozyme	13
#45	Ionis Pharmaceuticals	13
#46	University Of Washington	13
#47	Vedabio	13
#48	Dsm Ip Assets B.V.	12
#49	Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc	12
#50	University of Minnesota	12
#51	Brigham and Women's Hospital	12
#52	University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill	12
#53	Ceres	11
#54	Children'S Medical Center	11
#55	Global Life Sciences Solutions Usa	11
#56	Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh	11
#57	KAIST	11
#58	Kws Saat Se & Co. Kgaa	11
#59	Mayo Foundation	11
#60	Pairwise Plants Services	11
#61	Quest Diagnostics Investments	11
#62	Exact Sciences	10
#63	Flagship Pioneering Innovations Vi	10
#64	Integrated Dna Technologies	10
#65	Lonza	10
#66	National Cancer Center	10
#67	Purdue Research Foundation	10
#68	University of Florida	10
#69	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	10
#70	Washington University	10
#71	Yale University	10
#72	Cedars Sinai Medical Center	9
#73	City Of Hope	9
#74	Inserm (Institut National De La Santé Et De La Recherche Médicale)	9
#75	Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale (Inserm)	9
#76	Kyoto University	9
#77	Modernatx	9
#78	New England Biolabs	9
#79	Roche Molecular Systems	9
#80	Thrive Bioscience	9
#81	Upside Foods	9
#82	BOE	9
#83	Ajinomoto Co.	8
#84	Altria Client Services	8
#85	Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux De Paris (Aphp)	8
#86	Cargill, Incorporated	8
#87	Corteva Agriscience	8
#88	Element Biosciences	8
#89	Eligo Bioscience	8
#90	Emulate	8
#91	Genomatica	8
#92	Hoffmann-La Roche	8
#93	Korea Institute Of Science And Technology	8
#94	Natera	8
#95	The Fynder Group	8
#96	Voyager Therapeutics	8
#97	Danaher	8
#98	Johnson & Johnson	8
#99	LG	8
#100	Amyris	7

Biotechnology and fermentation Patent Leaders in 2024 2024

Patents per Year

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Top Companies