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Last updated: October 25, 2026

Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals: Companies

8,978 companies with pending patent office actions in this technology area (USPTO Tech Center 1600) • 32,457 pending office actions combined

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CompanyPending OAsShare of portfolio in this area
The Regents of the University of California56558%
BASF SE36835%
The Procter & Gamble Company31825%
L'Oréal28479%
Board of Regents of the University of Texas System26964%
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University19162%
The Johns Hopkins University18364%
Nestlé S.A.17728%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology17655%
The Regents of the University of Michigan14939%
Sanofi S.A.14728%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.14584%
Purdue Research Foundation14143%
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL Corporation13863%
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA13328%
Amgen Inc.12966%
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania12575%
Illumina Inc.12473%
Syngenta AG11797%
Northwestern University11755%
University of Florida Research Foundation Inc.11570%
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation11565%
President and Fellows of Harvard College11574%
Seoul National University R&DB Foundation11426%
Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University11239%
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research10842%
Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.10681%
10x Genomics Inc.10176%
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York9557%
Genentech Inc.9374%
Conopco, Inc. d/b/a Unilever9253%
Merck Patent GmbH9139%
California Institute of Technology9143%
University of Pittsburgh9160%
DSM IP Assets B.V.9062%
Novartis AG8698%
Columbia University8665%
The Ohio State University8549%
Duke University8575%
Korea University Research and Business Foundation8433%
CJ CheilJedang Corporation8347%
Regents of the University of Minnesota8341%
Colgate-Palmolive Company8169%
Washington University8059%
Kao Corporation7867%
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH Corporation7722%
Evonik Operations GmbH7641%
The Regents of the University of Colorado7449%
University of Washington7270%
Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona7156%
Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.7025%
Thermo Fisher Scientific7056%
Novozymes A/S7072%
Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.6985%
Denka Company Limited6921%
University of Massachusetts6871%
Kaneka Corporation6825%
Yale University6775%
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC6678%
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH6588%
University of Virginia Patent Foundation6562%
Vanderbilt University6451%
Cargill Incorporated6425%
Korea Institute of Science and Technology6225%
Tohoku University6151%
Zhejiang University6139%
Daicel Corporation6134%
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique6036%
The Texas A&M University System5943%
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Company, Limited5941%
United States Department of Veterans Affairs5871%
Nanyang Technological University5735%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois5751%
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited5795%
Pioneer Hi-bred International Inc.5695%
The University of Tokyo5448%
Givaudan S.A.5454%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company5382%
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill5379%
Case Western Reserve University5341%
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York5337%
Eli Lilly and Company5269%
University of South Florida5235%
Osaka University5254%
University of Southern California5150%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey5162%
Pfizer Inc.5184%
Firmenich S.A.5136%
The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc.5070%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc.50100%
Flagship Pioneering Inc.5096%
Monsanto Technology LLC5080%
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft4967%
University of Utah Research Foundation4953%
North Carolina State University4949%
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.4947%
Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc.4848%
The Penn State Research Foundation4843%
SHISEIDO Company, Ltd.4885%
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Inc.4892%
City of Hope4892%
VERADERMICS INCORPORATED4791%
The Trustees of Princeton University4646%
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.4674%
Nissan Chemical Corporation4523%
National University of Singapore4538%
The University of Chicago4573%
City University of Hong Kong4423%
Symrise AG4463%
Astrazeneca AB4390%
Oxford University Innovation Limited4353%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center4393%
National Tsing Hua University4219%
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology4122%
Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha4193%
Covestro AG4124%
University of Cincinnati4142%
Ramot At Tel-aviv University Ltd.4166%
Agency for Science, Technology and Research4154%
The University of Hong Kong4065%
Ucl Business Ltd.3974%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.39100%
Gilead Sciences Inc.3895%
University of South Carolina3837%
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology3821%
Ut-battelle LLC3822%
University of Maryland, College Park3829%
New York University3742%
United States Department of Health and Human Services3791%
Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation3643%
Kyoto University3653%
Agilent Technologies Inc.3529%
Northeastern University3523%
Rohm And Haas Company3532%
Emory University3566%
INCYTE Corporation35100%
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV3586%
Inari Agriculture Technology Inc.34100%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University3429%
Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai3476%
Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.3479%
ModernaTX Inc.33100%
Riken3347%
Trustees of Tufts College3364%
Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University3355%
The Curators of the University of Missouri3356%
The Trustees of Dartmouth College3362%
Cambridge Enterprise Limited3358%
Imperial College Innovations Limited3370%
University of Kentucky Research Foundation3352%
AbbVie Inc.3278%
Wacker Chemie AG3234%
Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.3123%
The Chinese University of Hong Kong3171%
National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System3135%
Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited3152%
University of Connecticut3165%
Baylor College of Medicine3187%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center3082%
University Health Network3067%
Amano Enzyme Inc.3027%
Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development3025%
Grail LLC30100%
Singular Genomics Systems Inc.2990%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven2931%
SYSMEX Corporation2932%
The Governing Council of the University of Toronto2939%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated29100%
Research Institute At Nationwide Children's Hospital2997%
Novo Nordisk A/S2871%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation2854%
The Trustees of Indiana University2868%
Drexel University2828%
Max-planck-gesellschaft Zur Förderung der Wissenschaften E.v.2858%
Chr. Hansen A/S2852%
Mcmaster University2864%
Danisco US Inc.2893%
IFP Energies nouvelles2727%
Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc.2733%
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology2728%
Tosoh Corporation2720%
Idexx Laboratories Inc.2731%
The Children's Medical Center Corporation2781%
GENZYME Corporation2688%
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.2665%
Brown University2650%
University of Houston System2654%
Keio University2654%
Children's Medical Center Corporation2677%
National Research Council of Canada2631%
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne2632%
Glaxosmithkline Biologicals S.A.2696%
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services26100%
Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.2677%
The University of British Columbia2572%
Bayer HealthCare LLC2540%
West Virginia University2525%
Tempus AI Inc.2544%
Roche Sequencing Solutions Inc.2571%
William Marsh Rice University2544%
Intervet Inc.2596%
AMOREPACIFIC Corporation2580%
ELC Management LLC2528%
University of Maryland, Baltimore2576%
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich2533%
Speciality Operations France2565%
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology2528%
The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma2544%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center25100%
University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc.2558%
L’Oréal475%
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research2100%

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