Where does Sasol Germany GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sasol Germany GmbH ranks #18,071 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 Sasol Germany GmbH hold?

Sasol Germany GmbH holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Sasol Germany GmbH's Innovation Score?

Sasol Germany GmbH has an Innovation Score of 43.3 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sasol Germany GmbH focus on?

Sasol Germany GmbH's top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 8 patents, ranking #545 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sasol Germany GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sasol Germany GmbH's recent grant velocity is -22% 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 Sasol Germany GmbH's patents?

Sasol Germany GmbH's patents average 17.8 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 Sasol Germany GmbH 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 Foreign Corporation

Sasol Germany GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sasol ranks #18,071 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 21 technology areas.

#18,071
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.3/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: -22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18071 · Foreign Corporation #18,071 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,071/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sachem
CPC-FOCUS B01J · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sachem, 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.

How Sasol’s 43.3 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 9.8 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (15%) Breadth 16.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sasol Germany · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sasol's Innovation Score is 43.3/100 (top 28% 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 Sasol?

Each dot is one of Sasol’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). Sasol’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sasol's grants concentrate

Sasol Germany GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Sasol sits between Sysgration Ltd. and Scientific Components Corporation.

Sasol's three-year grant acceleration

Sasol Germany GmbH shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Sysgration

16
Sachem

16
Salto

16
Santak (Shenzhen)

16
Schillinger Genet…

16
Schroth Safety Pr…

16
Schukra Geratebau

16
Scientific Compon…

16
Sasol Germany ◀

16

What this shows Sasol holds 16 patents at rank #18,118, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sasol

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,118 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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

Sasol's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Sasol Germany GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	12.5%
2016	1	6.3%
2017	4	25.0%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	1	6.3%
2020	2	12.5%
2021	1	6.3%
2022	3	18.8%
2024	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Sasol Germany GmbH patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 8

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 6

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 4

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 2

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 2

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 2

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 2

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 2

C01F - Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals 2

B01D - Separation 2

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

Top 15 of 21 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

Sasol Germany GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sasol Germany GmbH's lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #18,071 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sasol Germany GmbH against Sysgration Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.3/100 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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