Where does Lonza Cologne GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lonza Cologne GmbH ranks #18,861 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 Lonza Cologne GmbH hold?

Lonza Cologne GmbH holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Lonza Cologne GmbH's Innovation Score?

Lonza Cologne GmbH has an Innovation Score of 40.3 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Lonza Cologne GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lonza Cologne GmbH's recent grant velocity is +33% 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 Lonza Cologne GmbH's patents?

Lonza Cologne GmbH's patents average 14.5 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 Lonza Cologne GmbH 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

Lonza Cologne GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Lonza Cologne GmbH focus on?

Lonza Cologne GmbH's top technology area is 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) with 15 patents, ranking #46 of 832 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 6 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: 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 Ferme).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lonza ranks #18,861 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 6 technology areas.

#18,861
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.3/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18861 · Foreign Corporation #18,861 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,861/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Litetronics…
CPC-NARROW C12M · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Litetronics International, 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 Lonza’s 40.3 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 9.6 pts (24%) Velocity 13.3 pts (33%) Breadth 8.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lonza Cologne · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lonza's Innovation Score is 40.3/100 (top 36% 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 Lonza?

Each dot is one of Lonza’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). Lonza’s own 14.5 claims/patent is at or below the 18.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Lonza's grants concentrate

Lonza Cologne GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under 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 Ferme). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Lonza sits between Litetronics International, Inc. and Maculogix, Inc..

Lonza's three-year grant acceleration

Lonza Cologne GmbH shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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15
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15
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15
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15
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15
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15

What this shows Lonza holds 15 patents at rank #18,861, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lonza

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,861 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR Microbiology)

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

Lonza's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% 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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Lonza Cologne GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.7%
2016	2	13.3%
2017	2	13.3%
2019	1	6.7%
2020	1	6.7%
2021	1	6.7%
2022	3	20.0%
2023	3	20.0%
2025partial year	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Lonza Cologne GmbH patent most?

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 15

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 12

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 8

C07K - Peptides 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Lonza Cologne GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lonza Cologne GmbH's lead technology class is 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 Ferme), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12M
Ranked #18,861 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lonza Cologne GmbH against Litetronics International, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.3/100 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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