Where does Trait Biosciences, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Trait Biosciences, Inc. ranks #27,673 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 Trait Biosciences, Inc. hold?

Trait Biosciences, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Trait Biosciences, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Trait Biosciences, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.2 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Trait Biosciences, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Trait Biosciences, Inc.'s patents?

Trait Biosciences, Inc.'s patents average 9.9 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 Trait Biosciences, 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

Trait Biosciences, Inc.

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

Trait Biosciences, Inc.'s top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 10 patents, ranking #1,018 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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, Trait ranks #27,673 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 8 technology areas.

#27,673
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.2/100): 9.9
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27673 · US Corporation #27,673 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,673/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tocagen
CPC-NARROW C12N · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tocagen 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 Trait’s 44.2 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 8.3 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (45%) Breadth 10.0 pts (23%) Claim depth 5.9 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Trait Biosciences · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Trait's Innovation Score is 44.2/100 (top 26% 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 Trait?

Each dot is one of Trait’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). Trait’s own 9.9 claims/patent is at or below the 12.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Trait's grants concentrate

Trait Biosciences, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 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). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Trait sits between Tocagen Inc. and Transhield, Inc..

Trait's three-year grant acceleration

Trait Biosciences, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Tocagen

10
Tomocube

10
Top Glove Interna…

10
Total Piping Solu…

10
Transrobotics

10
Transcend Medical

10
Transdev Group In…

10
Transhield

10
Trait Biosciences ◀

10

What this shows Trait holds 10 patents at rank #27,676, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Trait

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,676 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Trait's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Trait Biosciences, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2022	4	40.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%
2025partial year	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Trait Biosciences, Inc. patent most?

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

C12Y - Enzymes 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 3

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 3

C07K - Peptides 1

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

Trait Biosciences, 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 #27,673 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Trait Biosciences, Inc. against Tocagen Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.2/100 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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