Where does The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited ranks #37,920 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited's Innovation Score?

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited has an Innovation Score of 28.0 out of 100 (26th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited's recent grant velocity is -83% 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 The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited's patents?

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited's patents average 15.1 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited

Q: How many patents does The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited hold?

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 11 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited focus on?

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited's top technology area is Y02P (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods) with 4 patents, ranking #1,616 of 4,985 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited 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 PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: Y02P (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #37,920 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 11 technology areas.

#37,920
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.0/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37920 · Foreign Corporation #37,920 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,920/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Parking Genius
CPC-FOCUS Y02P · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Parking Genius, 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 The’s 28.0 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 11.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (33%)

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 28.0/100 (26th 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under Y02P (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, The sits between The Parking Genius, Inc. and The Topps Company, Inc..

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What this shows The holds 7 patents at rank #37,968, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,968 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02P (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production…)

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

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	28.6%
2016	2	28.6%
2019	2	28.6%
2020	1	14.3%

Which technologies does The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited patent most?

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 2

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 1

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

C01D - Compounds OF Alkali Metals, i.e. Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, OR Francium 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

G21G - Conversion OF Chemical ELEMENTS; Radioactive Sources 1

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 1

Top 11 of 11 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

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited's lead technology class is Y02P (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02P
Ranked #37,920 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited against The Parking Genius, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.0/100 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

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