Company Analysis

Sasol Limited (SSL)

NYSE: SSL · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas · Johannesburg, ZA · filing with the SEC since 2002
Grade5.4
◀ Past 6.2● Present 4.5▶ Future 5.5
1 est.

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

113 patents granted to the 13 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Sasol Limited’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
113
113 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 3 in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
81
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
13
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Chemical engineering7
Basic materials chemistry2
Macromolecular chemistry, polymers2
Materials, metallurgy1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name13 counted
SASOL TECHNOLOGY (PTY.) LIMITED a subsidiary
ZA, as the owner printed on each patent
61 granted
24 published
Sasol Germany GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
40 granted
2 published
Sasol Germany GmbH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
0 granted
22 published
Sasol (USA) Corporation a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
16 published
SASOL TECHNOLOGY (PTY) LTD a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in ZA
0 granted
7 published
Sasol (USA) Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
7 granted
0 published
Sasol South Africa Limited a subsidiary
ZA, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
3 published
Sasol South Africa Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in ZA
0 granted
4 published
SASOL ITALY S.p.A. a subsidiary
IT, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
2 published
SASOL CHEMICALS (USA) LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Sasol Chemie GmbH & Co KG a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Sasol South Africa (Pty) Ltd. a subsidiary
ZA, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Names not counted (1)
SASOL LTD
Most of its patents print DE; this name counts in ZA. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Jul 23, 202412,043,796Injection fluids comprising alkoxylated alcohols and the use of such fluids in oil recovery processesBasic materials chemistrySasol Chemie GmbH & Co KG
Jul 16, 202412,036,536Process for preparing a cobalt-containing catalyst precursor and process for hydrocarbon synthesisChemical engineeringSasol South Africa Limited
Apr 23, 202411,965,097Wax composition comprising linear hydrocarbons, branched hydrocarbons and oxidized hydrocarbons, aqueous dispersion thereof, method to produce such wax composition and dispersion and use thereof as Carnauba wax replacementMacromolecular chemistry, polymersSasol Germany GmbH
Nov 7, 202311,806,699Olefin selective FT catalyst composition and preparation thereofChemical engineeringSASOL TECHNOLOGY (PTY.) LIMITED
Sep 27, 202211,452,989Coated composites of Al2O3-CeO2/ZrO2 and a method for their productionChemical engineeringSasol Germany GmbH
Jul 26, 202211,396,005Catalyst support comprising homogeneously distributed titanium dioxide and method for productionChemical engineeringSasol Germany GmbH
Jul 12, 202211,383,223NOx trap catalyst support material compositionChemical engineeringSasol Germany GmbH
Mar 22, 202211,278,870Cobalt-containing catalyst compositionChemical engineeringSasol South Africa Limited
Oct 5, 202111,135,569Ceria zirconia alumina composition with enhanced thermal stabilityChemical engineeringSasol Germany GmbH
Aug 17, 202111,091,648Hydrophobic surface modified aluminas for polymer compositions and method for making thereofMacromolecular chemistry, polymersSasol (USA) Corporation
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
May 15, 20252025/0154392HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONBasic materials chemistrySasol South Africa Limited
Aug 1, 20242024/0253999Alpha Alumina with High Purity and High Relative Density, A Method for Its Production and Its UseMaterials, metallurgySasol Germany GmbH
Dec 28, 20232023/0416559Tyre Dressing CompositionMacromolecular chemistry, polymersSasol (USA) Corporation
Dec 7, 20232023/0390754OLEFIN SELECTIVE FT CATALYST COMPOSITION AND PREPARATION THEREOFChemical engineeringSASOL TECHNOLOGY (PTY) LTD
Nov 23, 20232023/0374311A Bitumen Additive Comprising an Aqueous Wax Dispersion and Its Use to Obtain a Foamed BitumenMacromolecular chemistry, polymersSasol Germany GmbH
Nov 2, 20232023/0348288Alumina Modified With a Short Chain Carboxylic Acid for Use as a Coating and a Method for Producing the SameBasic materials chemistrySasol (USA) Corporation
Aug 31, 20232023/0271161Coated Composites of Al2O3-CeO2/ZrO2 and a Method for Their ProductionChemical engineeringSasol Germany GmbH · patent 12,102,979 granted from it
Jul 13, 20232023/0220246USE OF HYDROTREATED SYNTHETIC FISCHER-TROPSCH-WAXES IN POLYOLEFIN-BASED HOT MELT ADHESIVESBasic materials chemistrySasol South Africa Limited
Jun 15, 20232023/0183085Stable Shaped Alumina and Method for Producing SameChemical engineeringSasol Germany GmbH · patent 12,252,411 granted from it
Jun 1, 20232023/0166977Method of Producing an Alumina Dispersible at a pH Greater Than 8Surface technology, coatingSasol (USA) Corporation · patent 11,965,245 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Materials, metallurgy 1 · Basic materials chemistry 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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