Where does Cibus US LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cibus US LLC ranks #17,562 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 Cibus US LLC hold?

Cibus US LLC holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Cibus US LLC's Innovation Score?

Cibus US LLC has an Innovation Score of 30.4 out of 100 (34th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Cibus US LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cibus US LLC's recent grant velocity is +175% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Cibus US LLC's patents?

Cibus US LLC's patents average 14.6 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 Cibus US 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

Cibus US LLC

Q: What technology areas does Cibus US LLC focus on?

Cibus US LLC's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 16 patents, ranking #665 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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, Cibus ranks #17,562 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 4 technology areas.

#17,562
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.4/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: +175%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17562 · US Corporation #17,562 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,562/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chengdu Image…
CPC-NARROW C12N · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +175% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chengdu Image Design Technology Co. Ltd. (±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 Cibus’s 30.4 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 9.8 pts (32%) Velocity 4.8 pts (16%) Breadth 7.1 pts (23%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cibus US · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cibus's Innovation Score is 30.4/100 (34th 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 Cibus?

Each dot is one of Cibus’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). Cibus’s own 14.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cibus's grants concentrate

Cibus US LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% 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 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Cibus sits between Chengdu Image Design Technology Co. Ltd. and Cocrystal Pharma, Inc..

Cibus's three-year grant acceleration

Cibus US LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Chengdu Image Des…

16
Chengdu Xgimi Tec…

16
Chonnam National…

16
Chio Kang Medical

16
Claas Tractor SAS

16
Climeworks

16
CMP Products

16
Cocrystal Pharma

16
Cibus US ◀

16

What this shows Cibus holds 16 patents at rank #17,545, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cibus

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,545 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Cibus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Cibus US LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	6.3%
2018	2	12.5%
2019	1	6.3%
2020	3	18.8%
2021	3	18.8%
2022	3	18.8%
2023	2	12.5%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Cibus US LLC patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 16

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 2

C07K - Peptides 1

C12Y - Enzymes 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Cibus US LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cibus US LLC's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #17,562 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cibus US LLC against Chengdu Image Design Technology Co. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.4/100 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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