Where does Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. ranks #6,361 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 Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. hold?

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. holds 53 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.9 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -57% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.'s patents?

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.'s patents average 8.1 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 Marrone Bio Innovations, 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

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. focus on?

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 51 patents, ranking #23 of 1,216 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 53 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Marrone ranks #6,361 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 53 patents across 24 technology areas.

#6,361
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.9/100): 8.1
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6361 · US Corporation #6,361 · 53 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 53 grants
UPPER-Q #6,361/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH LanzaTech
CPC-FOCUS A01N · 24 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LanzaTech, 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 Marrone’s 36.9 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 13.8 pts (37%) Velocity 1.0 pts (3%) Breadth 17.3 pts (47%) Claim depth 4.9 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dali Systems · near

37
Marrone Bio… · this assignee

37
Osstem Implant · near

37
Peri · near

37
Tecres S P A · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Marrone's Innovation Score is 36.9/100 (top 45% 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 Marrone?

Each dot is one of Marrone’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). Marrone’s own 8.1 claims/patent is at or below the 15.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Marrone's grants concentrate

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 96.2% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (10 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2017. By volume, Marrone sits between LanzaTech, Inc. and Ningbo Well Electric Appliance Co., Ltd..

Marrone's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. moved from 21 to 3 grants (0.14x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Lanzatech

53
Lincoln Industrial

53
Manitou Italia S…

53
Mitsubishi Heavy…

53
Maxlinear Asia Si…

53
Molecular Imprints

53
Newmax Technology

53
Ningbo Well Elect…

53
Marrone Bio Innov… ◀

53

What this shows Marrone holds 53 patents at rank #6,360, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Marrone

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,360 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Marrone, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR…), Marrone ranks #23 of 1,216 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Dali Systems Co. Ltd 37 Osstem Implant Co., Ltd 37 Tecres S.P.A. 37 Peri AG 37

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.1 here).

Zhejiang University OF Technology 8.1 avg Lashify, Inc. 8.1 avg Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd. 8.1 avg Toyo Aluminium Kabushiki Kaisha 8.1 avg

Marrone's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	18.9%
2016	10	18.9%
2017	3	5.7%
2018	6	11.3%
2019	8	15.1%
2020	5	9.4%
2021	8	15.1%
2022	3	5.7%

Which technologies does Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. patent most?

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 51

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 23

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 18

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 14

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 13

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 12

C07K - Peptides 8

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 5

A01P - Biocidal, Pest Repellant, Pest Attractant OR Plant Growth Regulatory Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Preparations 5

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 5

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

C12Y - Enzymes 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

Top 15 of 24 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

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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), 96.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01N
Ranked #6,361 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. against LanzaTech, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.9/100 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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