C12N 15/8243
Involving biosynthetic or metabolic pathways, i.e. metabolic engineering
Official title: {involving biosynthetic or metabolic pathways, i.e. metabolic engineering, e.g. nicotine, caffeine}
C12N15/8243 (Involving biosynthetic or metabolic pathways, i.e. metabolic engineering) appears on 5,228 US grants and 5,976 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12N- Granted patents
- 5,228
- Published applications
- 5,976
- Assignees
- 1,350
- Inventors
- 7,734
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
| 1995 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 58 | 0 |
| 1997 | 50 | 0 |
| 1998 | 69 | 0 |
| 1999 | 121 | 0 |
| 2000 | 98 | 0 |
| 2001 | 131 | 21 |
| 2002 | 127 | 159 |
| 2003 | 119 | 285 |
| 2004 | 115 | 220 |
| 2005 | 101 | 219 |
| 2006 | 154 | 249 |
| 2007 | 172 | 198 |
| 2008 | 128 | 250 |
| 2009 | 148 | 259 |
| 2010 | 180 | 232 |
| 2011 | 172 | 287 |
| 2012 | 196 | 232 |
| 2013 | 155 | 336 |
| 2014 | 186 | 403 |
| 2015 | 416 | 474 |
| 2016 | 432 | 359 |
| 2017 | 474 | 337 |
| 2018 | 381 | 223 |
| 2019 | 246 | 235 |
| 2020 | 163 | 166 |
| 2021 | 119 | 159 |
| 2022 | 124 | 171 |
| 2023 | 89 | 153 |
| 2024 | 99 | 136 |
| 2025 | 84 | 136 |
| 2026 | 58 | 77 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- C12N 15/8247Involving modified lipid metabolism2,417
- C12N 15/8245Involving modified carbohydrate or sugar alcohol metabolism2,194
- C12N 15/8251Amino acid content1,311
- C12N 15/825Involving pigment biosynthesis358
- C12N 15/8249Involving ethylene biosynthesis, senescence or fruit development217
- C12N 15/8255Involving lignin biosynthesis213
Recent patents
- Expression of nitrogenase polypeptides in plant cells29 Sep 2026US 12,747,428 B2Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- Engineered regulator for improved plant oil yield29 Sep 2026US 12,747,446 B2Nanyang Technological University
- Transformed plant having blue flower color, and method for creating same29 Sep 2026US 12,747,447 B2Suntory Holdings Limited
- Gene conferring resistance to fungal pathogen29 Sep 2026US 12,747,450 B2KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
- Modulating alkaloid profiles in Nicotiana tabacum22 Sep 2026US 12,742,174 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Plants comprising bromoform production genes8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308605 A1Imi Tami Institute for Research and Development Ltd.
- Method of producing curcuminoids8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308606 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Engineering gt2 type of membrane proteins for targeting to the tonoplast, and engineering sorghum to synthesize and deposit mixed-linkage glucan (mlg) in the vacuole8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308607 A1Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
- Improved isolation of steviol glycosides1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297119 A1Dsm IP Assets B.V.
- Method of producing iridoids1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297601 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for preparing fertile transgenic corn plants494US 5,538,880 ADekalb Genetics Corporation · 1996
- Functional genomics using zinc finger proteins321US 6,599,692 B1Sangamo BioScience, Inc. · 2003
- Modification of lignin synthesis in plants314US 5,451,514 AZeneca Limited · 1995
- Method of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of cultured soybean cells304US 5,563,055 APioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. · 1996
- Genetic engineering of novel plant phenotypes263US 5,231,020 ADNA Plant Technology Corporation · 1993