Cultivated Meat Process Engineering Patents: Who Leads 2026
Cultivated meat process engineering patents: who is filing, and where the field is still open
Filing peaked in 2021 at 67 records and fell to 36 by 2024 a -46% drop over that three-year span, the most recent complete-year comparison the data supports. Annual filings rose from 20 in 2017 to a peak of 67 in 2021, then declined to 36 by 2024 — a -46% move across that span. 2025 and 2026 are partial years still catching up to their eventual publication count.
- 1SPIDERWORT BIOTECHNOLOGIES INC27
- 2WILD TYPE INC26
- 3YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD23
- 4ALEPH FARMS LTD22
- 5UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA16
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Frequently asked questions
Who holds the most patents in cultivated meat process engineering?
One assignee leads the ranked field with 27 records, well ahead of the fifth-place company at 16 and tenth place at 9. The top 5 assignees combined hold 42.2% of all 270 records in this dataset, and the top 10 combined reach 61.1%. Below that the ranking of 58 companies thins into a long tail of single- and low-double-digit filers, so the field has a clear leader but is not a duopoly.
Is cultivated meat patent filing activity slowing down?
Filing peaked at 67 records in 2021 and had fallen to 36 by 2024, a -46% move over that three-year span. That is the last comparison that can be treated as reliable because patent publication typically lags filing by around 18 months, so the lower counts shown for 2025 and 2026 in most trend charts are provisional and will rise as those applications publish. It is more accurate to describe the field as having cooled from a 2021 peak than as currently declining.
What technology areas dominate cultivated meat process patents?
Core cell biology and genetic engineering claims (IPC class C12N) appear in 68.5% of the 270 records, and food formulation claims (A23L) appear in 50.4%. Bioreactor and apparatus claims (C12M) cover 34.1%, while scaffold-related polymer classes (C08J, C08L) each sit under 9%. Because a single record can carry several IPC classes, these figures add up to more than 100% and should be read as coverage shares, not a breakdown of a whole.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Cultivated Meat Process Engineering covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.