Where does Amyris, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Amyris, Inc. ranks #4,702 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Amyris, Inc. hold?

Amyris, Inc. holds 74 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is Amyris, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Amyris, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 56.3 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Amyris, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Amyris, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +13% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Amyris, Inc.'s patents?

Amyris, Inc.'s patents average 20.3 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Amyris, Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Amyris, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Amyris, Inc. focus on?

Amyris, Inc.'s top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 39 patents, ranking #270 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 74 granted patents across 38 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Amyris ranks #4,702 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 74 patents across 38 technology areas.

#4,702
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.3/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: +13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4702 · US Corporation #4,702 · 74 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 74 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,702/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 8ME Nova
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 38 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 8ME Nova, LLC (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Amyris’s 56.3 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 14.9 pts (26%) Velocity 7.4 pts (13%) Breadth 21.8 pts (39%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amyris · this assignee

56
Emhart Glass · near

56
Gigajot Technology · near

56
Hgst Netherlands B V · near

56
The University of… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Amyris's Innovation Score is 56.3/100 (top 6% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Amyris?

Each dot is one of Amyris’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Amyris’s own 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Amyris vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Amyris's grants concentrate

Amyris, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 52.7% of grants classified under C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (10 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2019. By volume, Amyris sits between Think Surgical, Inc. and Alstom Renewable Technologies.

Amyris's three-year grant acceleration

Amyris, Inc. shows 20 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Think Surgical

75
Urban Armor Gear

75
8ME Nova

74
Agro Selections F…

74
ASC Engineered So…

74
Aladdin Manufactu…

74
Allen Medical Sys…

74
Alstom Renewable

74
Amyris ◀

74

What this shows Amyris holds 74 patents at rank #4,699, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Amyris

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,699 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Amyris's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Amyris, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), Amyris ranks #270 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

The University of Birmingham 56 Hgst Netherlands, B.V. 56 Gigajot Technology, Inc. 56 Emhart Glass S.A. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.3 here).

National Oilwell DHT, L.P. 20.3 avg Qwest Communications International Inc. 20.3 avg Takara Bio USA, Inc. 20.3 avg NBCUniversal Media, LLC 20.3 avg

Amyris's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Amyris, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	5.4%
2016	5	6.8%
2017	10	13.5%
2018	9	12.2%
2019	3	4.1%
2020	8	10.8%
2021	7	9.5%
2022	7	9.5%
2023	4	5.4%
2024	9	12.2%
2025partial year	8	10.8%

Which technologies does Amyris, Inc. patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 39

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 32

C12Y - Enzymes 17

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 17

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 14

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 12

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 12

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 9

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 9

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 8

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 7

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 7

C07K - Peptides 6

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 5

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 5

Top 15 of 38 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Amyris, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Amyris, Inc.'s lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 52.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #4,702 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Amyris, Inc. against Think Surgical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.3/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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