Where does Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. ranks #48,498 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 Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. hold?

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2024 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 49.1 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Lyell Immunopharma, Inc..

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

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.'s patents average 26.4 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 Lyell Immunopharma, 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

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.

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

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.'s top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 5 patents, ranking #1,801 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2024–2025. 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, Lyell ranks #48,498 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#48,498
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.1/100): 26.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48498 · US Corporation #48,498 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,498/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH La Jolla Pharmaceuti…
CPC-NARROW C12N · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2024–2025 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: La Jolla Pharmaceuticals Company (±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 Lyell’s 49.1 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 6.2 pts (13%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 7.9 pts (16%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lyell Immunopharma · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lyell's Innovation Score is 49.1/100 (top 15% 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 Lyell?

Each dot is one of Lyell’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). Lyell’s own 26.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lyell's grants concentrate

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 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). By volume, Lyell sits between Luxsentek Microelectronics Corp. and Label-Aire, Inc..

Lyell's three-year grant acceleration

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Luxsentek Microel…

5
Luxshare Internat…

5
Luxvisions Innova…

5
LX2 Creative

5
Lynx System Devel…

5
La Jolla Pharmace…

5
La Montagne Verte

5
Label-aire

5
Lyell Immunopharma ◀

5

What this shows Lyell holds 5 patents at rank #48,389, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lyell

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,389 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Lyell's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2024–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2024–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2024	3	60.0%
2025partial year	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 5

C07K - Peptides 5

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 4

C12Y - Enzymes 1

Top 5 of 5 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

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

Lyell Immunopharma, 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 #48,498 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. against Luxsentek Microelectronics Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.1/100 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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