Where does Sasol (USA) Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sasol (USA) Corporation ranks #37,346 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 (USA) Corporation hold?

Sasol (USA) Corporation holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Sasol (USA) Corporation's Innovation Score?

Sasol (USA) Corporation has an Innovation Score of 27.6 out of 100 (24th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sasol (USA) Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sasol (USA) Corporation's recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Sasol (USA) Corporation's patents?

Sasol (USA) Corporation's patents average 13.6 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 (USA) Corporation 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

Sasol (USA) Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Sasol (USA) Corporation focus on?

Sasol (USA) Corporation's top technology area is C01F (Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals) with 5 patents, ranking #36 of 248 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: C01F (Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sasol ranks #37,346 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 12 technology areas.

#37,346
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.6/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37346 · US Corporation #37,346 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #37,346/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Saphlux
CPC-FOCUS C01F · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Saphlux, 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 27.6 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 7.2 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sasol (USA) · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sasol's Innovation Score is 27.6/100 (24th percentile 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 13.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Sasol's grants concentrate

Sasol (USA) Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under C01F (Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Sasol sits between Saphlux, Inc. and Schaeffler Elmotec Statomat GmbH.

Saphlux

7
Saras Micro Devic…

7
Sarda

7
Saris Equipment

7
Satixfy UK

7
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7
Scanoptix

7
Schaeffler Elmote…

7
Sasol (USA) ◀

7

What this shows Sasol holds 7 patents at rank #37,556, 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 #37,556 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C01F (Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium)

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)

28 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

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

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Sasol (USA) Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	3	42.9%

Which technologies does Sasol (USA) Corporation patent most?

C01F - Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals 5

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 5

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 2

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

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 1

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 1

Top 12 of 12 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 (USA) Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sasol (USA) Corporation's lead technology class is C01F (Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C01F
Ranked #37,346 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sasol (USA) Corporation against Saphlux, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.6/100 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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