Where does Zymergen Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zymergen Inc. ranks #5,997 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 Zymergen Inc. hold?

Zymergen Inc. holds 57 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2023, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Zymergen Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Zymergen Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.9 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Zymergen Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +614% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Zymergen Inc.'s patents?

Zymergen Inc.'s patents average 23.9 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 Zymergen 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

Zymergen Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Zymergen Inc. focus on?

Zymergen Inc.'s top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 47 patents, ranking #210 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 57 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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: 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, Zymergen ranks #5,997 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 57 patents across 23 technology areas.

#5,997
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.9/100): 23.9
avg claims per patent: +614%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5997 · US Corporation #5,997 · 57 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 57 grants
UPPER-Q #5,997/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH eLux
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +614% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: eLux, 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 Zymergen’s 48.9 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 14.0 pts (29%) Velocity 3.5 pts (7%) Breadth 17.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 14.4 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Inha-industry… · near

49
Kopin · near

49
Zymergen · this assignee

49
Autonomous Solutions · near

49
Rosco · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zymergen's Innovation Score is 48.9/100 (top 16% 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 Zymergen?

Each dot is one of Zymergen’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). Zymergen’s own 23.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Zymergen's grants concentrate

Zymergen Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 82.5% 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 2021 (23 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Zymergen sits between Visible World, LLC and ACM Research (SHANGHAI), Inc..

Zymergen's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Zymergen Inc. moved from 36 to 19 grants (0.53x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Visible World

57
Wargaming net

57
ZF CV Systems Glo…

57
Zhejiang Hisun Ph…

57
elux

57
emomo Technology

57
Zymergen ◀

57
A&D

56
ACM Research (Sha…

56

What this shows Zymergen holds 57 patents at rank #5,995, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zymergen

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,995 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Zymergen, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), Zymergen ranks #210 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Kopin Corporation 49 Rosco, Inc. 49 Inha-industry Partnership Institute 49 Autonomous Solutions, Inc. 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (23.9 here).

View, Inc. 23.9 avg Splunk Inc. 23.9 avg ExtraHop Networks, Inc. 23.9 avg MKS Instruments, Inc. 23.9 avg

Zymergen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Zymergen Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	3.5%
2019	5	8.8%
2020	8	14.0%
2021	23	40.4%
2022	13	22.8%
2023	6	10.5%

Which technologies does Zymergen Inc. patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 47

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 20

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 18

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 16

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 15

C12Y - Enzymes 9

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 9

C07K - Peptides 8

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

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

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

Top 15 of 23 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

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

Zymergen Inc.'s lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 82.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #5,997 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zymergen Inc. against Visible World, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.9/100 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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