Where does West Coast Imports, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), West Coast Imports, Inc. ranks #9,670 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 West Coast Imports, Inc. hold?

West Coast Imports, Inc. holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is West Coast Imports, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

West Coast Imports, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.8 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is West Coast Imports, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

West Coast Imports, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +833% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for West Coast Imports, Inc.'s patents?

West Coast Imports, Inc.'s patents average 4.8 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 West Coast Imports, Inc. 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

West Coast Imports, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does West Coast Imports, Inc. focus on?

West Coast Imports, Inc.'s top technology area is F21Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted) with 7 patents, ranking #285 of 1,359 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F21Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, West ranks #9,670 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 6 technology areas.

#9,670
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.8/100): 4.8
avg claims per patent: +833%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9670 · US Corporation #9,670 · 33 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,670/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Velano Vascular
CPC-NARROW F21Y · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +833% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Velano Vascular, 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 West’s 37.8 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 12.2 pts (32%) Velocity 14.1 pts (37%) Breadth 8.7 pts (23%) Claim depth 2.9 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Eaton Cummins… · near

38
Keysight Singapore… · near

38
Otics · near

38
West Coast Imports · this assignee

38
Zhejiang Taotao… · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows West's Innovation Score is 37.8/100 (top 43% 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 West?

Each dot is one of West’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). West’s own 4.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where West's grants concentrate

West Coast Imports, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 21.2% of grants classified under F21Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, West sits between Verona Holdings Sezc and Walker Digital Table Systems, LLC.

West's three-year grant acceleration

West Coast Imports, Inc. shows 19 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Verona Holdings S…

33
Velano Vascular

33
Vidyo

33
Wako Pure Chemica…

33
Wireless Environm…

33
Woongjin Coway

33
Worklife Brands

33
Walker Digital Ta…

33
West Coast Imports ◀

33

What this shows West holds 33 patents at rank #9,666, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near West

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,666 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for West, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k), West ranks #285 of 1,359 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Otics Corporation 38 Keysight Technologies Singapore (HOLDINGS) PTE. Ltd. 38 Zhejiang Taotao Vehicles Co., Ltd 38 Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Tech., LLC 38

West's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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West Coast Imports, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	3.0%
2017	2	6.1%
2020	3	9.1%
2021	6	18.2%
2022	12	36.4%
2023	3	9.1%
2024	4	12.1%
2025partial year	2	6.1%

Which technologies does West Coast Imports, Inc. patent most?

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 7

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 5

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 4

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 3

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

Top 6 of 6 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

West Coast Imports, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

West Coast Imports, Inc.'s lead technology class is F21Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted), 21.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21Y
Ranked #9,670 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare West Coast Imports, Inc. against Verona Holdings Sezc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.8/100 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.

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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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