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Patent Landscape · Cell & Gene Therapy
Allogeneic Cell Therapy Manufacturing Patents
  • 87.8% of the 74 records in scope sit with just five assignees — this is a field with a defined leadership group, not a fragmented one.
  • Filings peaked in 2022 at 29 and fell to 6 by 2024, a -68% swing that predates the usual 18-month publication lag.
  • A61K and C12N classes cover 90.5% and 67.6% of records respectively, showing claim density concentrated in formulation and genetic engineering, not in analytics or QC.
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74
Published Records
88%
Top-5 Share of All Records
-68%
Filing Growth 2021→2024
US
Leading Jurisdiction

Filing growth compares 2021 (19 records) with 2024 (6) — a three-year span. 2024 is the most recent year we treat as complete: publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, so 2025 onwards are still filling in and any growth rate that ends there would understate the field. Top-5 share is the combined record count of the five largest assignees divided by all 74 records in scope (CR5), not by the ranked leaders only.

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Overview

What this landscape covers

Allogeneic cell therapy manufacturing sits at the intersection of donor-independent cell sourcing, gene editing for immune evasion, and the process controls needed to make a batch, rather than a patient-specific lot, into a repeatable product. The search scope here combines allogeneic and off-the-shelf cell terminology in the title with manufacturing-specific concepts — donor selection, gene editing, batch size, cost of goods, potency consistency and master cell bank — in the title or claims, isolating filings that address production and consistency rather than therapeutic use alone.

The dataset spans 2015 through the 2026 cut-off and returns 74 published records, each treated as a distinct patent family in the assignee ranking. That is a small, tightly bounded field: concentration figures and technology shares below should be read against that denominator, not against the wider cell-therapy literature.

Filing activity and technology composition, 2015-2026
  1. 1Sana Biotechnology, Inc.26
  2. 2CRISPR Therapeutics AG25
  3. 3Juno Therapeutics, Inc.5
  4. 4Ningbo Maoxing Biomedical Technology Co., Ltd.5
  5. 5Synthorx, Inc.4
  6. 6Kite Pharma, Inc.4
  7. 7Chongqing Precision Biotech Co., Ltd.2
  8. 8Garuda Therapeutics, Inc.1
  9. 9The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania1
  10. 10Nanjing Legend Biotech Co., Ltd.1
Source: Patsnap Eureka. Assignee ranking and totals. Derived from a Patsnap search on Allogeneic Cell Therapy Manufacturing covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
The Data

Filing trend and technology composition

Two views of the same 74 records: how filing activity moved year over year, and which IPC subclasses carry the claim weight.

A sharp rise and an equally sharp pullback

Filings were negligible before 2018, built through the early 2020s, and peaked at 29 in 2022. From 2021's 19 filings to 2024's 6, the count fell 68% over three years. 2024 is the most recent year that can be read as complete; 2025 and 2026 are still filling in under the typical 18-month publication lag, so the apparent drop-off in those years should not be read as the technology cooling further.

A sharp rise and an equally sharp pullback0815233002017201820192020202129202220232024202502026Most recent year is partial — publication lag means later filings are not yet visible.

Claims cluster in formulation and genetic engineering

A61K (medicinal preparations) appears in 90.5% of the 74 records and C12N (microorganisms and genetic engineering) in 67.6%, with A61P (therapeutic activity) at 70.3% and C07K (peptides and proteins) at 47.3%. G01N (material analysis and testing) appears in just 1.4% of records — a sign that potency-assay and analytical-QC claims are rarely the subject of a filing on their own, even though the search terms explicitly include potency consistency.

Claims cluster in formulation and genetic engineeringA61K · Medicinal preparations6790.5%A61P · Therapeutic activity of compou…5270.3%C12N · Microorganisms & genetic engin…5067.6%C07K · Peptides & proteins3547.3%G01N · Material analysis & testing11.4%

Shares are the percentage of the 74 records in scope. A patent can carry several IPC classes, so the shares add up to more than 100%.

Source: Patsnap Eureka. Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Allogeneic Cell Therapy Manufacturing covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.

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Key Patents

Representative and most-cited filings

Representative filing
US20240358761A12024-10-31

Genetically modified cells for allogeneic cell therapy (US20240358761A1)

SANA BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.

Provided are engineered cells containing one or more modifications, such as genetic modifications, for use in allogeneic cell therapy. In some embodiments, the engineered cells are hypoimmunogenic cells.Filed by Sana Biotechnology; published 2024-10-31.

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Most-cited records in this landscape
#Publication no.Patent titleCitations
1EP3699268A1Universal car-t cell, preparation method therefor and application thereof15
2WO2023019227A1Genetically modified cells for allogeneic cell therapy to reduce complement-mediated inflammatory reactions8
3WO2020222176A1Allogeneic cell therapy of b cell malignancies using genetically engineered t cells targeting CD197
4WO2023019225A2Genetically modified cells for allogeneic cell therapy to reduce instant blood mediated inflammatory reactions5
5US20220023344A1Allogeneic cell therapy of acute lymphoblastic leukemia using genetically engineered t cells targeting CD195
6WO2023019229A1Genetically modified primary cells for allogeneic cell therapy3
7WO2023019226A1Genetically modified cells for allogeneic cell therapy3
8US20230027004A1Closed-system and method for autologous and allogeneic cell therapy manufacturing3
9WO2022084862A1Allogeneic cell therapy of b cell malignancies using genetically engineered t cells targeting CD193
10US20220118019A1Allogeneic cell therapy of b cell malignancies using genetically engineered t cells targeting CD193

Citation counts are drawn from within this searched corpus and favour older filings; treat them as a signal of influence on later filers, not of current commercial weight.

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Source: Patsnap Eureka. Citation counts and representative records. Derived from a Patsnap search on Allogeneic Cell Therapy Manufacturing covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
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Insights

What the numbers mean for a filing decision

Three patterns stand out once the ranking, trend and IPC composition are read together.

Concentration
87.8% of 74 records
held by the top 5 assignees

Leadership is defined, not fragmented

With the top five assignees holding 87.8% of the 74 records in scope and the leader alone at 26, this is not a landscape where a new entrant can expect to find open ground by simply filing more broadly. Freedom-to-operate work should start with the ranked leaders' claim sets, not with a general prior-art sweep.

Based on the assignee ranking of 10 companies.
Momentum
-68% (2021→2024)
filing decline, three-year span

The rush has passed its peak

Filing volume rose sharply into a 2022 peak of 29, then fell to 6 by 2024 — a -68% move over that span. Recent-year momentum data shows several leading assignees at zero filings in the latest year, consistent with a field consolidating around already-filed positions rather than one still being staked out.

2025-2026 figures are still incomplete under normal publication lag.
Technology mix
1.4% vs 90.5%
G01N share vs A61K share

Analytics and QC are thinly claimed

Despite potency consistency and cost of goods being explicit search terms, G01N (material analysis and testing) appears in only 1.4% of the 74 records, against 90.5% for A61K. Claim activity is overwhelmingly about the cell product and its genetic modification, not about the assays and process-analytics used to release a batch.

IPC shares sum above 100% because records carry multiple classes.
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Source: Patsnap Eureka. Co-assignee relationships and derived observations. Derived from a Patsnap search on Allogeneic Cell Therapy Manufacturing covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
Players

Who holds the claim positions

The ranking returns 10 companies covering all 74 records in scope, with the top 5 alone accounting for 87.8% of them. That leaves a short tail: fifth place holds 4 records and tenth place holds 1, so the field runs from a clear leader down to single-filing entrants rather than a smooth gradient.

Leader
26 records
top-ranked assignee

One assignee sets the pace

The top-ranked assignee holds 26 of the 74 records in scope, well ahead of fifth place at 4. That gap suggests a first-mover advantage built early in the 2018-2022 filing surge, since recent-year momentum for several leading names shows zero filings in the latest year.

Ranking covers 10 companies total.
Long tail
1 record
tenth-ranked assignee

Single-filing entrants close out the ranking

The tenth-ranked assignee holds just 1 record, and the ranking stops at 10 companies covering 100% of the 74 records — there is no unranked tail beyond what the data endpoint returns. New entrants are more likely to arrive as single-filing academic or clinical-stage players than as diversified portfolio holders.

Top 10 combined equal 100.0% of records in scope.
Cited foundation
15 citations
most-cited record

Universal CAR-T claims anchor later filings

The most-cited record in this set, on universal CAR-T cell preparation, draws 15 citations within the corpus — well above the next tier. Filings on reducing complement-mediated and instant blood-mediated inflammatory reactions in engineered cells also draw multiple citations, marking immune-compatibility engineering as a recurring reference point.

Citation counts favour older filings within this searched corpus.
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Under-claimed sub-areas worth checking before filing
These branches sit inside the search scope but carry thin claim density relative to the core cell-engineering classes.
Potency-assay standardisationCost-of-goods process controlsBatch-size scale-up methodsDonor-independent sourcing criteriaCryopreservation for off-the-shelf lots
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Recent-year filing momentum by assignee
AssigneeRecent yearYoY
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.0
CRISPR Therapeutics AG0
Juno Therapeutics, Inc.0-100%
Ningbo Maoxing Biomedical Technology Co., Ltd.0
Synthorx, Inc.0
Kite Pharma, Inc.0
Chongqing Precision Biotech Co., Ltd.0
Garuda Therapeutics, Inc.0
Source: Patsnap Eureka. Assignee-level momentum. Derived from a Patsnap search on Allogeneic Cell Therapy Manufacturing covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
What's Next

Where to take this analysis

The dataset points to specific next steps depending on whether the goal is freedom-to-operate, licensing, or identifying open claim space.

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Test claim drafts against thin-coverage branches

Potency-assay and cost-of-goods process claims remain lightly filed relative to cell-engineering classes, and that gap is where a first claim is more likely to clear examination cleanly.

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Common questions on this landscape

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