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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), LanzaTech, Inc. ranks #6,356 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 LanzaTech, Inc. hold?

LanzaTech, Inc. holds 53 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is LanzaTech, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

LanzaTech, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 62.0 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does LanzaTech, Inc. focus on?

LanzaTech, Inc.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 44 patents, ranking #336 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

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

LanzaTech, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +3500% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for LanzaTech, Inc.'s patents?

LanzaTech, Inc.'s patents average 17.0 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 LanzaTech, 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

LanzaTech, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 53 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lanzatech ranks #6,356 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 53 patents across 26 technology areas.

#6,356
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (62.0/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: +3500%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6356 · US Corporation #6,356 · 53 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 53 grants
UPPER-Q #6,356/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kaspersky Lab ZAO
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 26 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +3500% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kaspersky Lab, ZAO (±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 Lanzatech’s 62.0 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 13.8 pts (22%) Velocity 20.0 pts (32%) Breadth 18.0 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Maxeon Solar Pte · near

62
Silergy Semiconducto… · near

62
Knauf Insulation Sprl · near

62
LanzaTech · this assignee

62
Shanghai Jiao Tong… · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lanzatech's Innovation Score is 62.0/100 (top 3% 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 Lanzatech?

Each dot is one of Lanzatech’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). Lanzatech’s own 17.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lanzatech's grants concentrate

LanzaTech, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 83% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Lanzatech sits between Kenney Manufacturing Company and Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc..

Lanzatech's three-year grant acceleration

LanzaTech, Inc. shows 29 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.

Kenney Manufactur…

53
Kaspersky Lab ZAO

53
Leica Biosystems…

53
LMK

53
Lincoln Industrial

53
Manitou Italia S…

53
Mitsubishi Heavy…

53
Marrone Bio Innov…

53
Lanzatech ◀

53

What this shows LanzaTech holds 53 patents at rank #6,356, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LanzaTech

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,356 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for LanzaTech, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), LanzaTech ranks #336 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Knauf Insulation Sprl 62 Shanghai Jiao Tong University 62 Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. 62 Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) Ltd. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.0 here).

Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC 17.0 avg Leica Biosystems Imaging, Inc. 17.0 avg Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd. 17.0 avg Optis Wireless Technology, LLC 17.0 avg

Lanzatech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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LanzaTech, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	1.9%
2020	2	3.8%
2021	5	9.4%
2022	6	11.3%
2023	13	24.5%
2024	10	18.9%
2025partial year	16	30.2%

Which technologies does LanzaTech, Inc. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 44

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 41

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 22

B01D - Separation 16

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 14

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 14

C12Y - Enzymes 13

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 10

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 8

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 8

C10J - Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases 7

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 4

C10K - Purifying OR Modifying THE Chemical Composition OF Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide 4

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

Top 15 of 26 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

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

LanzaTech, Inc.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 83% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #6,356 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare LanzaTech, Inc. against Kenney Manufacturing Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.0/100 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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