Where does Bioamber Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bioamber Inc. ranks #45,178 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 Bioamber Inc. hold?

Bioamber Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Bioamber Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bioamber Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.2 out of 100 (14th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Bioamber Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Bioamber Inc.'s patents?

Bioamber Inc.'s patents average 15.6 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 Bioamber 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

Bioamber Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Bioamber Inc. focus on?

Bioamber Inc.'s top technology area is C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture) with 4 patents, ranking #442 of 1,268 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. 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: C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bioamber ranks #45,178 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#45,178
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.2/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45178 · US Corporation #45,178 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,178/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Biglever Software
CPC-NARROW C12P · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Biglever Software, Inc. (±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 Bioamber’s 24.2 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 6.2 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Gene Therapy Systems · near

24
Bioamber · this assignee

24
Granite Tactical… · near

24
Hanwha Advanced… · near

24
Structural Wrap · near

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bioamber's Innovation Score is 24.2/100 (14th percentile 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 Bioamber?

Each dot is one of Bioamber’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). Bioamber’s own 15.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bioamber's grants concentrate

Bioamber Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Bioamber sits between Biglever Software, Inc. and Biofouling Technologies, Inc..

Biglever Software

5
Bilab

5
Bill Archer

5
BIO Health Fronti…

5
Bioatlantis

5
Biocontrol Systems

5
Biofilm IP

5
Biofouling

5
Bioamber ◀

5

What this shows Bioamber holds 5 patents at rank #45,116, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bioamber

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,116 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A De…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bioamber, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A De…), Bioamber ranks #442 of 1,268 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (24 here).

Granite Tactical Vehicles Inc. 24 Structural Wrap, LLC 24 Hanwha Advanced Materials Corporation 24 Gene Therapy Systems, Inc. 24

Bioamber's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bioamber Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	20.0%
2017	2	40.0%
2018	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Bioamber Inc. patent most?

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 4

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 4

C12Y - Enzymes 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

Top 6 of 6 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

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

Bioamber Inc.'s lead technology class is C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12P
Ranked #45,178 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bioamber Inc. against Biglever Software, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.2/100 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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