Where does Ssab Technology AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ssab Technology AB ranks #12,239 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 Ssab Technology AB hold?

Ssab Technology AB holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Ssab Technology AB's Innovation Score?

Ssab Technology AB has an Innovation Score of 51.5 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ssab Technology AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ssab Technology AB's recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ssab Technology AB's patents?

Ssab Technology AB's patents average 12.0 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 Ssab Technology AB 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

Ssab Technology AB

Q: What technology areas does Ssab Technology AB focus on?

Ssab Technology AB's top technology area is C21D (Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering) with 7 patents, ranking #66 of 428 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: C21D (Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ssab ranks #12,239 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 16 technology areas.

#12,239
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.5/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12239 · Foreign Corporation #12,239 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,239/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH South China…
CPC-FOCUS C21D · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: South China Agricultural University (±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 Ssab’s 51.5 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 11.3 pts (22%) Velocity 18.9 pts (37%) Breadth 14.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
A&P Technology · near

51
Genomatica · near

51
Glycom A/S · near

51
Nuovo Pignone SRL · near

51
Ssab Technology AB · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ssab's Innovation Score is 51.5/100 (top 11% 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 Ssab?

Each dot is one of Ssab’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). Ssab’s own 12.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ssab's grants concentrate

Ssab Technology AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 28% of grants classified under C21D (Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Ssab sits between South China Agricultural University and Sunday Afternoons, Inc..

Ssab's three-year grant acceleration

Ssab Technology AB shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

South China Agric…

25
Spal Automotive S…

25
SPD Swiss Precisi…

25
Speedlink Technol…

25
Stella Chemifa

25
Storart Technology

25
Stratosaudio

25
Sunday Afternoons

25
Ssab Technology AB ◀

25

What this shows Ssab holds 25 patents at rank #12,223, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ssab

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,223 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C21D (Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous Metals)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ssab, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C21D (Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous Metals), Ssab ranks #66 of 428 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Glycom A/S 51 A&P Technology, Inc. 51 Nuovo Pignone SRL 51 Genomatica, Inc. 51

Ssab's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Ssab Technology AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	4.0%
2019	2	8.0%
2020	3	12.0%
2021	1	4.0%
2022	6	24.0%
2023	5	20.0%
2024	6	24.0%
2025partial year	1	4.0%

Which technologies does Ssab Technology AB patent most?

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 7

C22C - Alloys 6

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 2

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 2

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 1

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Ssab Technology AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ssab Technology AB's lead technology class is C21D (Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering), 28% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C21D
Ranked #12,239 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ssab Technology AB against South China Agricultural University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.5/100 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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