Where does SAS IP, Llc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SAS IP, Llc ranks #23,337 of 50,000 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 IP, Llc hold?

SAS IP, Llc holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is SAS IP, Llc's Innovation Score?

SAS IP, Llc has an Innovation Score of 41.8 out of 100 (top 32% 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 IP, Llc focus on?

SAS IP, Llc's top technology area is G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is SAS IP, Llc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SAS IP, Llc's recent grant velocity is -17% 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 IP, Llc's patents?

SAS IP, Llc's patents average 27.0 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 IP, Llc 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 IP, Llc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 5 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 #23,337 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 5 technology areas.

#23,337
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.8/100): 27.0
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23337 · US Corporation #23,337 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,337/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH SAMUELSON GROUP
CPC-NARROW G06F · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Samuelson Group 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
SAS IP · this assignee

42
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows SAS's Innovation Score is 41.8/100 (top 32% 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 IP, Llc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 41.7% of grants classified under G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, SAS sits between Samuelson Group Inc. and Semiconductor Technologies & Instruments PTE Ltd.

Samuelson Group

12
Sanden Automotive…

12
Sangfor

12
Sanovas

12
Schroll Managemen…

12
Secret Double Oct…

12
Secretary Departm…

12
Semiconductor & I…

12
SAS IP ◀

12

What this shows SAS holds 12 patents at rank #23,326, 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 #23,326 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital DATA Processing)

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

SAS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 50,000 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 IP, Llc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	25.0%
2016	3	25.0%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2023	1	8.3%
2024	2	16.7%
2025partial year	1	8.3%

Which technologies does SAS IP, Llc patent most?

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 5

E04F - FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS 5

B21D - WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL 3

E06B - FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES 1

H04B - TRANSMISSION 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#23,337

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

41.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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