Where does West Liberty Foods, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), West Liberty Foods, LLC ranks #44,075 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 Liberty Foods, LLC hold?

West Liberty Foods, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is West Liberty Foods, LLC's Innovation Score?

West Liberty Foods, LLC has an Innovation Score of 36.5 out of 100 (top 46% 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 Liberty Foods, LLC focus on?

West Liberty Foods, LLC's top technology area is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking) with 4 patents, ranking #341 of 1,343 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is West Liberty Foods, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

West Liberty Foods, LLC's recent grant velocity is +100% 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 Liberty Foods, LLC's patents?

West Liberty Foods, LLC's patents average 17.3 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 Liberty Foods, LLC 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 Liberty Foods, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, West ranks #44,075 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 7 technology areas.

#44,075
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44075 · US Corporation #44,075 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #44,075/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wenhou University
CPC-NARROW B65B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wenhou University (±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 36.5 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 6.7 pts (18%) Velocity 10.0 pts (27%) Breadth 9.4 pts (26%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
West Liberty Foods · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows West's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (top 46% 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 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where West's grants concentrate

West Liberty Foods, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, West sits between Wenhou University and Westmor Industries, LLC.

West's three-year grant acceleration

West Liberty Foods, LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Wenhou University

6
Werner & Pfleider…

6
West Coast Trends

6
West Drilling Pro…

6
West Notifications

6
Westek

6
Westlake Vinyl

6
Westmor Industries

6
West Liberty Foods ◀

6

What this shows West holds 6 patents at rank #44,065, 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 #44,065 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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)

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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West Liberty Foods, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2023	2	33.3%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does West Liberty Foods, LLC patent most?

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 4

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

A22C - Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish 2

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 2

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 2

Top 7 of 7 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 Liberty Foods, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

West Liberty Foods, LLC's lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
Ranked #44,075 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare West Liberty Foods, LLC against Wenhou University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 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

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