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C12P

Fermentation & enzyme-made compounds

Ranked by the PatentIndex Score — a 1–99 percentile within C12P · public-visibility date · generated 2026

Rising· last 2 yrs

Inventors whose newest C12P patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier

  1. 199David A. Weitz21 patents · 1,703 citations
  2. 296Jason P. Schrum17 patents · 1,376 citations
  3. 392George M. Church41 patents · 1,211 citations
  4. 488Kenechi Ejebe14 patents · 902 citations
  5. 583Gjalt W. Huisman91 patents · 2,002 citations
  6. 679Amy Rowat12 patents · 614 citations
  7. 775Gautam Dantas12 patents · 614 citations
  8. 871Jeremy Agresti14 patents · 614 citations
  9. 967Jin Woong Kim12 patents · 614 citations
  10. 1063Liang-Yin Chu12 patents · 614 citations
  11. 1158Morten Sommer14 patents · 614 citations
  12. 1254Surinder Pal Singh50 patents · 1,561 citations
  13. 1350James Robertson Petrie38 patents · 1,181 citations
  14. 1446Xue-Rong Zhou33 patents · 1,128 citations
  15. 1542Peter David Nichols32 patents · 1,074 citations
  16. 1638Stanley Suresh Robert30 patents · 1,071 citations
  17. 1733Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn28 patents · 933 citations
  18. 1829Steffen Walter24 patents · 406 citations
  19. 1925Mark S. Payne138 patents · 2,102 citations
  20. 2021Hing C. Wong24 patents · 771 citations
  21. 2117Xiaoyun Zhu23 patents · 727 citations
  22. 2213Kai-Ping Han22 patents · 709 citations
  23. 238Peter Rhode22 patents · 709 citations
  24. 244Anthony P. Burgard121 patents · 1,355 citations
  25. 251Suhaib Siddiqi9 patents · 429 citations

Active· last 5 yrs

Sustained C12P output across the last 5 years

  1. 199David A. Weitz21 patents · 1,703 citations
  2. 296David R. Liu33 patents · 2,867 citations
  3. 392Jason P. Schrum17 patents · 1,376 citations
  4. 488Motoo Yamasaki32 patents · 1,588 citations
  5. 583Jason W. Chin24 patents · 1,532 citations
  6. 679James G. Metz72 patents · 2,183 citations
  7. 775George M. Church41 patents · 1,211 citations
  8. 871Kenechi Ejebe14 patents · 902 citations
  9. 967Steven Albert Benner32 patents · 2,858 citations
  10. 1063Scott Franklin78 patents · 2,427 citations
  11. 1158George Rudenko58 patents · 1,746 citations
  12. 1254Aravind Somanchi49 patents · 1,655 citations
  13. 1350Penelope Chua23 patents · 951 citations
  14. 1446Gjalt W. Huisman91 patents · 2,002 citations
  15. 1542James H. Flatt39 patents · 926 citations
  16. 1638Jerome Jendrisak19 patents · 1,138 citations
  17. 1733Qian Zhang11 patents · 720 citations
  18. 1829Ton Logtenberg24 patents · 767 citations
  19. 1925Lori Ann Maggio-Hall36 patents · 1,021 citations
  20. 2021Amy Rowat12 patents · 614 citations
  21. 2117Gautam Dantas12 patents · 614 citations
  22. 2213Jeremy Agresti14 patents · 614 citations
  23. 238Jin Woong Kim12 patents · 614 citations
  24. 244Liang-Yin Chu12 patents · 614 citations
  25. 251Morten Sommer14 patents · 614 citations

All-time canon

Career PatentIndex Score in C12P

  1. 199David P. Martin30 patents · 6,744 citations
  2. 296Simon F. Williams24 patents · 6,195 citations
  3. 392Frank A. Skraly39 patents · 6,243 citations
  4. 488David H. Gelfand28 patents · 8,752 citations
  5. 583Sydney Brenner12 patents · 3,266 citations
  6. 679Motowo Izawa8 patents · 4,580 citations
  7. 775Mitsuko Asai24 patents · 4,411 citations
  8. 871Randall K. Saiki7 patents · 6,283 citations
  9. 967Antonin De Fougerolles37 patents · 3,192 citations
  10. 1063Peter G. Schultz74 patents · 2,656 citations
  11. 1158Lei Wang34 patents · 2,527 citations
  12. 1254Zhiwen Zhang33 patents · 2,424 citations
  13. 1350Dan W. Verser11 patents · 2,183 citations
  14. 1446David A. Weitz21 patents · 1,703 citations
  15. 1542Tirtha Chakraborty25 patents · 2,299 citations
  16. 1638William R. Barclay82 patents · 4,208 citations
  17. 1733David R. Liu33 patents · 2,867 citations
  18. 1829Laurence K. Grill18 patents · 2,211 citations
  19. 1925Murray D. Bailey12 patents · 1,296 citations
  20. 2021Kazuyasu Nakamura33 patents · 1,820 citations
  21. 2117Nobuo Hanai32 patents · 1,783 citations
  22. 2213Thomas H. Turpen20 patents · 2,186 citations
  23. 238Anne-Marie Faucher10 patents · 1,186 citations
  24. 244Dale R. Cameron10 patents · 1,186 citations
  25. 251Dominik M. Wernic10 patents · 1,186 citations
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