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Biotechnology and fermentation Patent Leaders in 2025 2025

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 Bradley J. Thompson 31 Sperry
2 Alexander B. Rosenberg 20 University Of Washington
3 Georg Seelig 20 University Of Washington
#4 Feng Zhang 19 MIT
#5 Richard Muscat 17 University Of Washington
#6 Bradley G. Thompson 16 Oncolytics Biotech
#7 Eli N. Glezer 16 Meso Scale Technologies, Llc.
#8 Oscar Alvizo 16 Codexis
#9 Jennifer A. Doudna 14 University of California
#10 Nikki Dellas 13 Codexis
#11 Jonathan Vroom 12 Codexis
#12 AmirAli TALASAZ 11 Guardant Health
#13 Andrea Marziali 11 University Of British Columbia
#14 Jovana Nazor 11 Codexis
#15 Joel Pel 11 Ncan Genomics
#16 Tedd D. Elich 11 Life Edit Therapeutics
#17 Alexandra Briner Crawley 10 Life Edit Therapeutics
#18 Ankur Shah 10 Gen-Probe Incorporated
#19 Bernhard Zimmermann 10 Natera
#20 George M. Church 10 Harvard University
#21 Kevin L. Gunderson 10 Illumina
#22 Martin Maier 10 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#23 David Entwistle 9 Codexis
#24 Felice Alessio Bava 9 10X Genomics
#25 Hatim Allawi 9 Exact Sciences
#26 James D. McIninch 9 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#27 Jeffrey C. Moore 9 Codexis
#28 Jonathan Gootenberg 9 MIT
#29 Mark K. Schlegel 9 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#30 Michael Schnall-Levin 9 10X Genomics
#31 Muthiah Manoharan 9 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#32 Satoshi Tanaka 9 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#33 Steven J. Collier 9 Codexis
#34 Bahram Valamehr 8 Fate Therapeutics
#35 Bichlien Hoang NGUYEN 8 Microsoft
#36 Chengalrayan Kudithipudi 8 Altria Client Services
#37 Clement S. Chu 8 Myriad Women'S Health
#38 Jack Liang 8 Codexis
#39 Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev 8 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#40 Michael Christopher Jewett 8 Northwestern University
#41 Omar Abudayyeh 8 MIT
#42 Stefanie Ann Ward MORTIMER 8 Guardant Health
#43 Vasant Jadhav 8 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#44 David A. Estell 7 Danisco Us
#45 Daniel Levner 7 Emulate
#46 David R. Liu 7 Harvard University
#47 Derek Smith 7 Codexis
#48 Dongmei Xu 7 Altria Client Services
#49 Emily Mundorff 7 Codexis
#50 Eric Andrew Evans 7 Myriad Women'S Health
#51 Gjalt W. Huisman 7 Codexis
#52 Graham P. Lidgard 7 Exact Sciences
#53 Helmy A. Eltoukhy 7 Guardant Health
#54 Hiroko SUDO 7 Toray Industries
#55 Imran Saeedul Haque 7 Myriad Women'S Health
#56 Jared Robert Maguire 7 Myriad Women'S Health
#57 Jillian F. Banfield 7 University of California
#58 Mark S. Chee 7 Prognosys Biosciences
#59 Matthew Hill 7 Natera
#60 Matthew KELLINGER 7 Element Biosciences
#61 Matthew Rabinowitz 7 Natera
#62 Ron Weiss 7 MIT
#63 Satoko Kozono 7 Toray Industries
#64 Stanislaw Flasinski 7 Monsanto Technology
#65 Stuart Milstein 7 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
#66 Styrmir Sigurjonsson 7 Natera
#67 Tyson D. Bowen 7 Life Edit Therapeutics
#68 Ugur Sahin 7 Tron—Translationale Onkologie An Der Universitätsmedizin Der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
#69 Yanxin Shen 7 Altria Client Services
#70 Amber Hillius 6 Gen-Probe Incorporated
#71 Andrew John Heron 6 Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc
#72 Aris Baras 6 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#73 Augusto Manuel Tentori 6 10X Genomics
#74 Bert Vogelstein 6 The Johns Hopkins University
#75 Bernd Zetsche 6 MIT
#76 Christopher Anthony Vakulskas 6 Integrated Dna Technologies
#77 David Baram 6 Emendobio
#78 Daniel Kolk 6 Gen-Probe Incorporated
#79 George Gemelos 6 Natera
#80 James M. Wilson 6 University of Pennsylvania
#81 J. Keith Joung 6 The General Hospital
#82 Junpei KAWAUCHI 6 National Cancer Center
#83 Junhua ZHAO 6 Element Biosciences
#84 Karin Strauss 6 Microsoft
#85 Kenneth W. Kinzler 6 The Johns Hopkins University
#86 Kwan Chee Chan 6 Chinese University Of Hong Kong
#87 Malte KÜHNEMUND 6 10X Genomics
#88 Mehrdad Majlessi 6 Gen-Probe Incorporated
#89 Michael Previte 6 Element Biosciences
#90 Molly He 6 Illumina
#91 Nickolas Papadopoulos 6 The Johns Hopkins University
#92 Noah Welker 6 Myriad Women'S Health
#93 Pamela Douglass 6 Gen-Probe Incorporated
#94 Pranav Patel 6 Bio-Rad Laboratories
#95 Qiudeng Que 6 Syngenta Participations Ag
#96 Rajiv Bharadwaj 6 10X Genomics
#97 Takahiro Ochiya 6 National Cancer Center
#98 Takanori Takebe 6 Public University Corporation Yokohama City University
#99 Takahiko Totani 6 Toyo Seikan Co.
#100 Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo 6 Chinese University Of Hong Kong

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 University of California 59
2 10X Genomics 44
3 MIT 42
#4 Harvard University 42
#5 The Broad Institute 38
#6 Codexis 34
#7 Thermo Fisher 31
#8 Illumina 27
#9 Monsanto Technology 23
#10 Novozymes A/S 23
#11 Pioneer (Corteva) 23
#12 University Of Washington 23
#13 Northwestern University 20
#14 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 20
#15 Stanford University 18
#16 The General Hospital 18
#17 University Of Massachusetts 18
#18 WARF 17
#19 University of Florida 16
#20 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 15
#21 Basf Se 15
#22 Gen-Probe Incorporated 15
#23 Guardant Health 15
#24 Jiangnan University 15
#25 Roche Sequencing Solutions 15
#26 The Johns Hopkins University 15
#27 Wyvern Pharmaceuticals 15
#28 Caltech 14
#29 Danisco Us 14
#30 University Of Texas System 14
#31 Bio-Rad Laboratories 13
#32 Cornell University 13
#33 Singular Genomics Systems 13
#34 University of Pennsylvania 13
#35 Unknown 13
#36 Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 12
#37 Illumina Cambridge Limited 12
#38 CNRS 11
#39 Cj Cheiljedang 11
#40 Osaka University 11
#41 Syngenta Crop Protection Ag 11
#42 The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 11
#43 Toyo Seikan Co. 11
#44 Microsoft 11
#45 Abbott 10
#46 Dsm Ip Assets B.V. 10
#47 Duke University 10
#48 Mayo Foundation 10
#49 BOE 10
#50 Becton, Dickinson And 9
#51 Corteva Agriscience 9
#52 Crispr Therapeutics Ag 9
#53 Cytiva Sweden Ab 9
#54 Genomatica 9
#55 Global Life Sciences Solutions Usa 9
#56 Ionis Pharmaceuticals 9
#57 Lanzatech 9
#58 Natera 9
#59 Ncan Genomics 9
#60 Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc 9
#61 University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 9
#62 The University Of Tokyo 9
#63 Agency For Science, Technology And Research 8
#64 Altria Client Services 8
#65 Case Western Reserve University 8
#66 Element Biosciences 8
#67 Exact Sciences 8
#68 Fate Therapeutics 8
#69 Flagship Pioneering Innovations Vi 8
#70 Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale (Inserm) 8
#71 Life Edit Therapeutics 8
#72 Myriad Women'S Health 8
#73 North Carolina State University 8
#74 Brigham and Women's Hospital 8
#75 University of Michigan 8
#76 Toray Industries 8
#77 Ucl Business Plc 8
#78 Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research 8
#79 Amgen 7
#80 Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux De Paris (Aphp) 7
#81 Cedars Sinai Medical Center 7
#82 Ceres 7
#83 Children'S Hospital Medical Center 7
#84 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 7
#85 National Cancer Center 7
#86 National University Of Singapore 7
#87 Ohio State Innovation Foundation 7
#88 Purdue Research Foundation 7
#89 University of Minnesota 7
#90 Research Institute At Nationwide Children'S Hospital 7
#91 The University Of Chicago 7
#92 Yale University 7
#93 Bd Kiestra B.V. 6
#94 Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation 6
#95 Danstar Ferment Ag 6
#96 Editas Medicine 6
#97 Genentech 6
#98 Hoffmann-La Roche 6
#99 Inari Agriculture Technology 6
#100 National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 6