Where does Zymo Research Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zymo Research Corporation ranks #17,386 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 Zymo Research Corporation hold?

Zymo Research Corporation holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Zymo Research Corporation's Innovation Score?

Zymo Research Corporation has an Innovation Score of 32.0 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Zymo Research Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zymo Research Corporation's recent grant velocity is +140% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Zymo Research Corporation's patents?

Zymo Research Corporation's patents average 12.1 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 Zymo Research Corporation 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

Zymo Research Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Zymo Research Corporation focus on?

Zymo Research Corporation's top technology area is 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) with 8 patents, ranking #562 of 2,502 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 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: 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 Micr).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zymo ranks #17,386 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 9 technology areas.

#17,386
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.0/100): 12.1
avg claims per patent: +140%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17386 · US Corporation #17,386 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,386/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH iCeutica Pty
CPC-NARROW C12Q · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +140% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: iCeutica Pty Ltd. (±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 Zymo’s 32.0 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 10.0 pts (31%) Velocity 4.2 pts (13%) Breadth 10.6 pts (33%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Zymo Research · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zymo's Innovation Score is 32.0/100 (40th percentile 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 Zymo?

Each dot is one of Zymo’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). Zymo’s own 12.1 claims/patent is at or below the 21.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Zymo's grants concentrate

Zymo Research Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 47.1% of grants classified under 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 Micr). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Zymo sits between Zhuzhou Crrc Times Electric Co., Ltd. and strongDM, Inc..

Zymo's three-year grant acceleration

Zymo Research Corporation shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Zhuzhou Crrc Time…

17
Zipalog

17
Zoll Medical Isra…

17
Zoom Internationa…

17
Zeteo Tech

17
iceutica Pty

17
nlight Photonics

17
strongdm

17
Zymo Research ◀

17

What this shows Zymo holds 17 patents at rank #17,382, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zymo

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,382 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes)

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

Zymo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% 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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Zymo Research Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	17.6%
2016	1	5.9%
2019	1	5.9%
2020	4	23.5%
2021	3	17.6%
2022	3	17.6%
2023	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Zymo Research Corporation patent most?

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 8

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 8

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 2

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 2

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 2

B04B - Centrifuges 1

B03C - Magnetic OR Electrostatic Separation OF Solid Materials From Solid Materials OR FLUIDS; Separation BY High-voltage Electric Fields 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

Zymo Research Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zymo Research Corporation's lead technology class is 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 Micr), 47.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12Q
Ranked #17,386 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zymo Research Corporation against Zhuzhou Crrc Times Electric Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.0/100 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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