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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), West Coast Trends, Inc. ranks #44,073 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 Trends, Inc. hold?

West Coast Trends, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 1 technology areas.

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

West Coast Trends, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 14.9 out of 100 (3rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does West Coast Trends, Inc. focus on?

West Coast Trends, Inc.'s top technology area is A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

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

West Coast Trends, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -50% 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 West Coast Trends, Inc.'s patents?

West Coast Trends, Inc.'s patents average 7.7 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 Trends, 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 Trends, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 1 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: A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, West ranks #44,073 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 1 technology areas.

#44,073
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 3rd percentile
by Innovation Score (14.9/100): 7.7
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44073 · US Corporation #44,073 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #44,073/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wellstat Therapeutics
CPC-NARROW A45C · 1 areas
INNOV-LOW 14.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wellstat Therapeutics Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
West Coast Trends · this assignee

15
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows West's Innovation Score is 14.9/100 (3rd 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.

Where West's grants concentrate

West Coast Trends, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, West sits between Wellstat Therapeutics Corporation and Westek Electronics, Inc..

Wellstat Therapeu…

6
Welltec Manufactu…

6
Wenhou University

6
Werner & Pfleider…

6
West Drilling Pro…

6
West Liberty Foods

6
West Notifications

6
Westek

6
West Coast Trends ◀

6

What this shows West holds 6 patents at rank #44,063, 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 #44,063 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A45C (Purses)

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

West's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

15 3rd percentile higher than 3% 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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West Coast Trends, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2017	1	16.7%
2018	2	33.3%
2020	2	33.3%

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

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 4

Top 1 of 1 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#44,073

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

14.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

West Coast Trends, Inc.'s lead technology class is A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A45C
Ranked #44,073 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare West Coast Trends, Inc. against Wellstat Therapeutics Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 14.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.