Where does Basf Enzymes LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Basf Enzymes LLC ranks #7,981 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 Basf Enzymes LLC hold?

Basf Enzymes LLC holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Basf Enzymes LLC's Innovation Score?

Basf Enzymes LLC has an Innovation Score of 42.5 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Basf Enzymes LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Basf Enzymes LLC's recent grant velocity is -67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Basf Enzymes LLC's patents?

Basf Enzymes LLC's patents average 12.1 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 Basf Enzymes LLC 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

Basf Enzymes LLC

Q: What technology areas does Basf Enzymes LLC focus on?

Basf Enzymes LLC's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 34 patents, ranking #312 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 32 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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, Basf ranks #7,981 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 32 technology areas.

#7,981
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.5/100): 12.1
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7981 · US Corporation #7,981 · 40 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #7,981/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ActiveVideo Networks
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ActiveVideo Networks, 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 Basf’s 42.5 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 12.8 pts (30%) Velocity 2.4 pts (6%) Breadth 20.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Basf Enzymes · this assignee

42
Eddy Current… · near

42
Mitsubishi Logisnext · near

42
Via Separations · near

42
Zendrive · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Basf's Innovation Score is 42.5/100 (top 30% 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 Basf?

Each dot is one of Basf’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). Basf’s own 12.1 claims/patent is at or below the 12.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Basf's grants concentrate

Basf Enzymes LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 85% 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 2018 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Basf sits between ActiveVideo Networks, LLC and Bromine Compounds Ltd..

Basf's three-year grant acceleration

Basf Enzymes LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Activevideo Netwo…

40
Advanced Architec…

40
Anacor Pharmaceut…

40
Art Design Works

40
Bbpos

40
Bial-portela & CA

40
BIG Lift

40
Bromine Compounds

40
Basf Enzymes ◀

40

What this shows Basf holds 40 patents at rank #7,981, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Basf

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,981 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Basf, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), Basf ranks #312 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd. 42 Zendrive, Inc. 42 Eddy Current Limited Partnership 42 Via Separations, Inc. 42

Basf's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Basf Enzymes LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	12.5%
2016	7	17.5%
2017	4	10.0%
2018	9	22.5%
2019	5	12.5%
2020	3	7.5%
2021	3	7.5%
2022	2	5.0%
2023	1	2.5%
2024	1	2.5%

Which technologies does Basf Enzymes LLC patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 34

C12Y - Enzymes 28

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 24

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 20

A23K - Fodder 9

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 8

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 7

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 7

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

A21D - Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products 5

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 5

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

C12C - BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer 4

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 3

D21C - Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor 3

Top 15 of 32 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

Basf Enzymes LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Basf Enzymes LLC's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 85% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #7,981 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Basf Enzymes LLC against ActiveVideo Networks, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.5/100 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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