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Bioenergy 2017/ key applicants

Recent Inventions / Brief Overview

As the continuation of the previous report dated 14.01.2019, where we revised key indicators of patenting activity in the field of biomass conversion excluding first generation methods, this report provides corresponding data related to the leading applicants. A total of 2397 patent applications published in 2017 and filed by 1198 applicants from 45 countries with 45 patent offices around the world were collected for this report. Patent document retrieval and processing procedures are available on the Advanced Energy Technologies website.
Altogether, the representatives of 7 countries around the world made it to the top 10 active applicants in 2017. The largest number of patent applications was registered by American Xyleco Inc., and its share in the intellectual property register (calculated as the share of applicant's documents in the total number of documents multiplied by applicant's participation share in the total number of documents) exceeded 6%.

Top 10 applicants by the number of patent applications filed in 2017

StatusCountryNameAverage, ratingTotal, 2017
CompanyUSXyleco Inc.14.9144
CompanyNLShell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V.10.741
CompanyNZLanzaTech New Zealand Limited12.424
CompanyDKNovozymes A/S11.824
OrganizationCAMara Renewables Corporation11.423
CompanyNLDSM IP Assets B.V.1122
CompanyUSAnellotech, Inc.9.921
OrganizationFRLe Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)11.721
OrganizationFRIFP (École Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs)13.120
CompanyCHIneos Bio SA9.418


Source: Advanced Energy Technologies

All applicants from the top 10 list in 2017 registered their patent applications in several patent offices around the world. The most popular of them were CNIPA (CN), USPTO (US), INPI (BR), and EPO. These applicants referred to the WIPO patent office much less frequently, although it was quite popular in the aggregate of applicants. Xyleco Inc. and Canadian Mara Renewables Corporation succeeded more than others in the geographical expansion of their technical claims. Each of them registered their patent applications in 10 patent offices around the world. All of the aforementioned applicants filed their patent applications with CNIPA and EPO, and almost all of them – with the Brazilian INPI.

Distribution of patent applications by patent offices around the world among the top 10 applicants

Source: Advanced Energy Technologies

CIPO (CA) - Canadian Intellectual Property Office; CNIPA (CN) - National Intellectual Property Administration; DPMA (DE) - German Patent and Trade Mark Office; EPO - European Patent Organization; IMPI (MX) - Mexican Institute of Industrial Property; INAPI (CL) - National Institute of Industrial Property (Chile); INNORPI (TN) - National Institute for Standardization and Industrial; INPI (AR) - National Institute of Industrial Property (Argentina); INPI (BR) - National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil); IP Australia (AU) - IP Australia; IPOS (SG) - Intellectual Property Office of Singapore; JPO (JP) - Industrial Property Office (Japan); KIPO (KR) - Korean Intellectual Property Office; Rospatent (RU) - Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Russia); TIPO (TW) - Taiwan Intellectual Property Office; USPTO (US) - United States Patent and Trademark Office; WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization

Every one of the leading applicants in their technical solutions referred to the questions of improving Primary processing phase. Xyleco Inc., Dutch DSM IP Assets B.V., and French IFP (École Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs) and Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) dedicated the majority of their inventions to the processes of Pre-treatment of feedstock. American company Anellotech, Inc. and Dutch Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. to a substantial degree specialised in the development of Finishing treatment technologies. Swiss Ineos Bio SA was the only company from the top 10 list who proposed novel Methods of control and diagnostics in its inventions. Almost all of the participants to some degree addressed the issues related to Chemistry and other substances.

Technological interests of the top 10 applicants

Source: Advanced Energy Technologies

AES - Additional equipment, substances; CD - Methods of control and diagnostics; COS - Chemistry and other substances; CS - Capture and separation; CUW - Capture, utilization of solid, liquid and gaseous wastes; FT - Finishing treatment; PP - Primary processing; PTF - Pre-treatment of feedstock; SE - Secondary equipment

More detailed information on the methodology as well as on the results of patent researches in the most important fields of contemporary energy industry can be found at Advanced Energy Technologies.