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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Engene, Inc. ranks #40,038 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 Engene, Inc. hold?

Engene, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Engene, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Engene, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.2 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Engene, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Engene, Inc.'s patents?

Engene, Inc.'s patents average 23.0 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 Engene, 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 Foreign Corporation

Engene, Inc.

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

Engene, Inc.'s top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 6 patents, ranking #1,557 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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, Engene ranks #40,038 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 7 technology areas.

#40,038
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.2/100): 23.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40038 · Foreign Corporation #40,038 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,038/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Enerceramic
CPC-NARROW C12N · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Enerceramic 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 Engene’s 43.2 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 6.7 pts (16%) Velocity 13.3 pts (31%) Breadth 9.4 pts (22%) Claim depth 13.8 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Engene · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Engene's Innovation Score is 43.2/100 (top 29% 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 Engene?

Each dot is one of Engene’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). Engene’s own 23.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Engene's grants concentrate

Engene, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 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 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Engene sits between Enerceramic Inc. and Enterome.

Engene's three-year grant acceleration

Engene, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Enerceramic

6
Enercorp Sand Sol…

6
Energy Environmen…

6
Energystics

6
Engie Storage Ser…

6
Enigmatos

6
Ennoconn

6
Enterome

6
Engene ◀

6

What this shows Engene holds 6 patents at rank #39,979, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Engene

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,979 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Engene's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Engene, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2017	2	33.3%
2020	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Engene, Inc. patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 6

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 5

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 4

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Top 7 of 7 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

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Engene, Inc.'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 #40,038 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Engene, Inc. against Enerceramic Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.2/100 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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