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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GreenLight Biosciences, Inc. ranks #14,019 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 GreenLight Biosciences, Inc. hold?

GreenLight Biosciences, Inc. holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

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

GreenLight Biosciences, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.9 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +22% 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 GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.'s patents?

GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.'s patents average 22.2 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 GreenLight 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

GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.

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

GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.'s top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 21 patents, ranking #514 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, Greenlight ranks #14,019 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 13 technology areas.

#14,019
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (40.9/100): 22.2
avg claims per patent: +22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14019 · US Corporation #14,019 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,019/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Glance Networks
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Glance Networks, 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 Greenlight’s 40.9 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 10.7 pts (26%) Velocity 4.2 pts (10%) Breadth 12.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 13.3 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Rehau + · near

41
Centro DE INGENIERÍA… · near

41
GreenLight Biosciences · this assignee

41
THE Antenna… · near

41
Jawaharlal Nehru… · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Greenlight's Innovation Score is 40.9/100 (top 34% 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 Greenlight?

Each dot is one of Greenlight’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). Greenlight’s own 22.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Greenlight's grants concentrate

GreenLight Biosciences, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 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 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Greenlight sits between Glance Networks, Inc. and HCT Asia Limited.

Greenlight's three-year grant acceleration

GreenLight Biosciences, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Glance Networks

21
Gopod Group

21
Graymatter Roboti…

21
Green Creative

21
Grimme Landmaschi…

21
Guangdong Yingxin…

21
Guangzhou Fourto…

21
HCT Asia

21
Greenlight Biosci… ◀

21

What this shows GreenLight holds 21 patents at rank #14,021, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GreenLight

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,021 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for GreenLight, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), GreenLight ranks #514 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

THE Antenna Company International N.V. 41 Centro DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA 41 Jawaharlal Nehru Centre FOR Advanced Scientific Research 41 Rehau AG + Co. 41

Greenlight's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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GreenLight Biosciences, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.8%
2016	1	4.8%
2017	3	14.3%
2018	2	9.5%
2019	2	9.5%
2020	3	14.3%
2021	3	14.3%
2022	1	4.8%
2023	1	4.8%
2024	3	14.3%
2025partial year	1	4.8%

Which technologies does GreenLight Biosciences, Inc. patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 21

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 13

C12Y - Enzymes 12

C07K - Peptides 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 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 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

C40B - Combinatorial CHEMISTRY; Libraries, e.g. Chemical Libraries 1

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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

GreenLight Biosciences, 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 #14,019 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GreenLight Biosciences, Inc. against Glance Networks, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.9/100 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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