Where does Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. ranks #16,668 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 Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. hold?

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Catalyst Biosciences, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.4 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. focus on?

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 16 patents, ranking #1,413 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -11% 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 Catalyst Biosciences, Inc.'s patents?

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc.'s patents average 24.1 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 Catalyst Biosciences, 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

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Catalyst ranks #16,668 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 9 technology areas.

#16,668
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.4/100): 24.1
avg claims per patent: -11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16668 · US Corporation #16,668 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,668/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cabeau
CPC-NARROW A61K · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cabeau, 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 Catalyst’s 38.4 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 10.0 pts (26%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 10.6 pts (28%) Claim depth 14.5 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Catalyst Biosciences · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Catalyst's Innovation Score is 38.4/100 (top 41% 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 Catalyst?

Each dot is one of Catalyst’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). Catalyst’s own 24.1 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.

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

Where Catalyst's grants concentrate

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 94.1% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Catalyst sits between Cutting Edge Products, Inc. and Cerus Corporation.

Catalyst's three-year grant acceleration

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Cutting Edge Prod…

17
Cabeau

17
Cadent Therapeuti…

17
Carver Scientific

17
Cellular Dynamics…

17
Centre Hospitalie…

17
Centro de Inmunol…

17
Cerus

17
Catalyst Bioscien… ◀

17

What this shows Catalyst holds 17 patents at rank #16,689, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Catalyst

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,689 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Catalyst's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2016	4	23.5%
2017	1	5.9%
2018	2	11.8%
2019	1	5.9%
2020	2	11.8%
2021	3	17.6%
2022	3	17.6%

Which technologies does Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 16

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 14

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 14

C12Y - Enzymes 11

C07K - Peptides 9

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 94.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #16,668 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. against Cutting Edge Products, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.4/100 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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