The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees
Inside Plant-Based Meat Patents: What the latest data tells us about sector innovation
Published: 23 December 2025 at 09:00 Europe/London
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Episode notes
In this episode of the Green Shoots Podcast, Appleyard Lees patent attorneys James Myatt and Jack Braithwaite explore the plant-based meat industry through the lens of patent data. Following their analysis in the Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report (5th edition), they discuss:
Funding and consumer headwinds (including the impacts of pricing and “ultra-processed” perceptions)
Why 2023 patent filings suggest a continuing slowdown in innovation (and why the picture looks different in the US versus Europe)
Which organisations are still filing heavily, and what shifting corporate strategies could be signalling
Where innovation is concentrating next
If you’re a founder, R&D leader, investor, or innovator working in alternative proteins - or you simply want a grounded view of what the patent trends suggest - this episode is for you.
