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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Solazyme, Inc. ranks #11,811 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 Solazyme, Inc. hold?

Solazyme, Inc. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is Solazyme, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Solazyme, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.3 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Solazyme, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Solazyme, Inc.'s patents?

Solazyme, Inc.'s patents average 14.9 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 Solazyme, 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

Solazyme, Inc.

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

Solazyme, Inc.'s top technology area is C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture) with 22 patents, ranking #79 of 1,268 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 35 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Solazyme ranks #11,811 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 35 technology areas.

#11,811
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.3/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11811 · US Corporation #11,811 · 26 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,811/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SII Crystal Technology
CPC-FOCUS C12P · 35 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SII Crystal Technology 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 Solazyme’s 41.3 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 11.4 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 20.9 pts (51%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amdocs Software… · near

41
Liebherr-mining… · near

41
Solazyme · this assignee

41
V-Wave · near

41
Swiss Timing · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Solazyme's Innovation Score is 41.3/100 (top 34% 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 Solazyme?

Each dot is one of Solazyme’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). Solazyme’s own 14.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Solazyme's grants concentrate

Solazyme, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 84.6% of grants classified under C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (15 grants) versus a trough of 11 in 2016. By volume, Solazyme sits between SII Crystal Technology Inc. and Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG.

SII Crystal Techn…

26
Smiss Technology

26
Smed-ta/TD

26
Softtronics

26
Solvay USA

26
Song Chuan Precis…

26
Soracom

26
Staedtler Mars &…

26
Solazyme ◀

26

What this shows Solazyme holds 26 patents at rank #11,801, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Solazyme

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,801 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A De…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Solazyme, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A De…), Solazyme ranks #79 of 1,268 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Liebherr-mining Equipment Colmar SAS 41 V-Wave Ltd. 41 Amdocs Software Systems Limited 41 Swiss Timing Ltd 41

Solazyme's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Solazyme, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	57.7%
2016	11	42.3%

Which technologies does Solazyme, Inc. patent most?

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 22

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 20

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 16

C12Y - Enzymes 15

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

A23D - Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils 10

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 10

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 9

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 9

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 9

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 7

C11C - Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils OR WAXES; CANDLES; Fats, Oils OR Fatty Acids BY Chemical Modification OF Fats, Oils, OR Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom 6

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

A23K - Fodder 5

C07J - Steroids 5

Top 15 of 35 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

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

Solazyme, Inc.'s lead technology class is C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture), 84.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12P
Ranked #11,811 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Solazyme, Inc. against SII Crystal Technology Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.3/100 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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