Solid-State Fermentation Heat Management Patents: Leaders & Trends 2026
Solid-State Fermentation Heat Management Patents
One assignee holds 16 of 67 records, while a long tail of single-filing entrants fills out the rest of the ranked field. Filings peaked at 12 in 2020, then settled into a lower but rising band, up 67% from 2021 (3 filings) to 2024 (5 filings) — the most recent year the dataset treats as complete. 2025 and 2026 figures will fill in further as publication catches up with filing.
- 1GREEN SPOT TECH SAS16
- 2THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON13
- 3PROPHYTA BIOLOGISCHER PFLANZENSCHUTZ GMBH6
- 4ECOVATIVE LLC5
- 5BIOCON LTD5
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Common questions about this landscape
How many patents cover solid-state fermentation heat management?
This landscape tracks 67 published records filed against IPC classes for bioreactors, microorganism handling and fermentation processes, filtered for language specific to bed temperature, cooling airflow, heat removal and thermal sensing. That is a narrow technical slice of solid-state fermentation as a whole, not a count of every solid-state fermentation patent. The number reflects publications through the mid-2026 data cut-off, and recent years will still rise as later filings publish.
Who are the leading patent holders in solid-state fermentation heat management?
The ranked field covers 28 companies counted by patent family, and it is front-loaded: the top-ranked assignee holds 16 records, the fifth-ranked holds 5, and the tenth holds 2. The top 5 assignees combined account for 67.2% of all 67 records, and the top 10 account for 86.6%. Below that, most holders appear only once or twice, so the practical competitive set to watch is small even though the full ranked list runs to 28 names.
Is patent filing activity in this space growing or slowing down?
Filings peaked at 12 in 2020 and have since rebuilt from 3 in 2021 to 5 in 2024, a 67% increase over that span and the clearest reliable trend in the data. Because patent publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, the 2025 and 2026 figures in the dataset are still incomplete and should not be read as a slowdown. The honest read is that the field cooled off after its 2020 peak and has been climbing again through the last complete filing year.
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 Solid-State Fermentation Heat Management 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.