Where does Saft America rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Saft America ranks #17,145 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Saft America hold?

Saft America holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Saft America's Innovation Score?

Saft America has an Innovation Score of 54.4 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Saft America focus on?

Saft America's top technology area is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy) with 13 patents, ranking #441 of 2,332 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Saft America's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Saft America's recent grant velocity is +650% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Saft America's patents?

Saft America's patents average 15.7 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Saft America patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Saft America

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Saft ranks #17,145 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 18 technology areas.

#17,145
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.4/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: +650%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17145 · US Corporation #17,145 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,145/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Run Them Sweet
CPC-FOCUS H01M · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +650% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Run Them Sweet LLC (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Saft’s 54.4 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 10.0 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (37%) Breadth 15.0 pts (28%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Saft America · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Saft's Innovation Score is 54.4/100 (top 8% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Saft?

Each dot is one of Saft’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Saft’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Saft vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Saft's grants concentrate

Saft America is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 76.5% of grants classified under H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Saft sits between Run Them Sweet LLC and Scenera Technologies Ltd.

Saft's three-year grant acceleration

Saft America shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Run Them Sweet

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17
Saint-gobain Adfo…

17
Salt International

17
Scenera

17
Saft America ◀

17

What this shows Saft holds 17 patents at rank #17,144, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Saft

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,144 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01M (Processes OR Means)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Saft's primary technology class.

Saft's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Saft America patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	5.9%
2018	1	5.9%
2020	1	5.9%
2022	6	35.3%
2023	5	29.4%
2024	3	17.6%

Which technologies does Saft America patent most?

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 13

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 13

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 6

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 2

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

A62C - Fire-fighting 1

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 1

F02N - Starting OF Combustion ENGINES; Starting Aids FOR Such Engines, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

Top 15 of 18 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Saft America's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Saft America's lead technology class is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy), 76.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01M
Ranked #17,145 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Saft America against Run Them Sweet LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.4/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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