Where does SAS Institute, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SAS Institute, Inc. ranks #760 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 SAS Institute, Inc. hold?

SAS Institute, Inc. holds 604 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 40 technology areas.

What is SAS Institute, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

SAS Institute, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 63.1 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SAS Institute, Inc. focus on?

SAS Institute, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 480 patents. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

Is SAS Institute, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SAS Institute, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -11% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for SAS Institute, Inc.'s patents?

SAS Institute, Inc.'s patents average 30.3 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 SAS Institute, Inc. 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

SAS Institute, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 604 granted patents across 40 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SAS ranks #760 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 604 patents across 40 technology areas.

#760
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.1/100): 30.3
avg claims per patent: -11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R760 · US Corporation #760 · 604 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 604 grants
TOP-DECILE #760/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Abb Vie
CPC-WIDE G06F · 40 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 30.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Abb Vie Inc. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lennox Industries · near

63
Omya International · near

63
SAS Institute · this assignee

63
Mobileye Vision · near

63
Technion Research &… · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SAS's Innovation Score is 63.1/100 (top 2% 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.

Where SAS's grants concentrate

SAS Institute, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 79.5% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (81 grants) versus a trough of 31 in 2024. By volume, SAS sits between Sysmex Corporation and Sunpower Corporation.

SAS's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, SAS Institute, Inc. moved from 220 to 119 grants (0.54x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,589. See the growth leaderboard.

Sysmex

606
Carl Zeiss Micros…

605
Parker-hannifin

605
Abb Vie

604
SAS Institute ◀

604
DIC

602
Maxlinear

602
Ethicon Endo-surg…

601
Sunpower

601

What this shows SAS holds 604 patents at rank #760, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SAS

By rank, the assignees closest to #760 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SAS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Lennox Industries Inc. 63 Omya International AG 63 Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd. 63 Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (30.3 here).

Clearsign Combustion Corporation 30.3 avg Reservoir Labs, Inc. 30.3 avg Tokitae LLC 30.2 avg Tanium Inc. 30.4 avg

SAS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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SAS Institute, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	32	5.3%
2016	47	7.8%
2017	72	11.9%
2018	58	9.6%
2019	81	13.4%
2020	60	9.9%
2021	79	13.1%
2022	49	8.1%
2023	39	6.5%
2024	31	5.1%
2025partial year	56	9.3%

Which technologies does SAS Institute, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 480

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 276

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 114

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 50

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 46

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 44

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 16

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 14

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 9

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 9

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 4

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 4

Top 15 of 40 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#760

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

SAS Institute, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SAS Institute, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 79.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #760 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SAS Institute, Inc. against Sysmex Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.1/100 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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