Where does Oxitec Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Oxitec Ltd. ranks #18,996 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 Oxitec Ltd. hold?

Oxitec Ltd. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Oxitec Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Oxitec Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 36.4 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Oxitec Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Oxitec Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Oxitec Ltd.'s patents?

Oxitec Ltd.'s patents average 18.7 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 Oxitec Ltd. 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

Oxitec Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Oxitec Ltd. focus on?

Oxitec Ltd.'s top technology area is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals) with 12 patents, ranking #75 of 1,035 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Oxitec ranks #18,996 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 9 technology areas.

#18,996
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.4/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18996 · Foreign Corporation #18,996 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,996/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Oasis Medical
CPC-NARROW A01K · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Oasis Medical, 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 Oxitec’s 36.4 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 (26%) Velocity 5.0 pts (14%) Breadth 10.6 pts (29%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Oxitec · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Oxitec's Innovation Score is 36.4/100 (top 47% 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 Oxitec?

Each dot is one of Oxitec’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). Oxitec’s own 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Oxitec's grants concentrate

Oxitec Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Oxitec sits between Orihiro Engineering Co., Ltd. and Odfjell Well Services Norway AS.

Oxitec's three-year grant acceleration

Oxitec Ltd. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Orihiro Engineeri…

15
Otico

15
Otsuka America Ph…

15
Oxis Energy

15
Oasis Medical

15
Oasyschair

15
Obeebo Labs

15
Odfjell Well Serv…

15
Oxitec ◀

15

What this shows Oxitec holds 15 patents at rank #18,971, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Oxitec

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,971 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01K (Animal Husbandry)

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

Oxitec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Oxitec Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	20.0%
2016	3	20.0%
2018	2	13.3%
2019	2	13.3%
2020	1	6.7%
2021	1	6.7%
2022	1	6.7%
2023	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Oxitec Ltd. patent most?

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 12

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 10

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 5

C07K - Peptides 2

C40B - Combinatorial CHEMISTRY; Libraries, e.g. Chemical Libraries 2

B07B - Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material 1

B03B - Separating Solid Materials Using Liquids OR Using Pneumatic Tables OR Jigs 1

C12Y - Enzymes 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Oxitec Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Oxitec Ltd.'s lead technology class is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01K
Ranked #18,996 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Oxitec Ltd. against Orihiro Engineering Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.4/100 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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