Overall rank by patents
#22,029
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, West ranks #22,029 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 2 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R22029 · US Corporation #22,029 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Wagner International Ag (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
West Gen L l c · this assignee
30 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows West's Innovation Score is 29.6/100 (top 69% 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.
West Gen Technologies, L.l.c. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 69.2% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, West sits between Wagner International Ag and Wilhelm Layher Verwaltungs-gmbh.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Wagner International AG
13 patents
Wearable Technology Limited
13 patents
Wearwell, LLC
13 patents
Werner Extrusion Solutions LLC
13 patents
Wheelabrator Group Limited
13 patents
White Knight Fluid Handling, Inc.
13 patents
Wi-Tronix, LLC
13 patents
Wilhelm Layher Verwaltungs-GmbH
13 patents
West Gen Technologies, L.L.C.
13 patents
What this shows West holds 13 patents at rank #22,034, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #22,034 in granted patent volume.
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)
30 Top 69% higher than 31% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2019–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2020 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2021 | 4 | 30.8% |
| 2022 | 3 | 23.1% |
| 2023 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2024 | 2 | 15.4% |
Top 2 of 2 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#22,029
of 50,000 tracked assignees
29.6 out of 100
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