Where does West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. ranks #3,386 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 Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. hold?

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. holds 110 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.6 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -5% 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 Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.'s patents?

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.'s patents average 10.4 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 Pharmaceutical Services, 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 Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. focus on?

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.'s top technology area is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor) with 53 patents, ranking #136 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 110 granted patents across 33 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, West ranks #3,386 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 110 patents across 33 technology areas.

#3,386
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.6/100): 10.4
avg claims per patent: -5%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3386 · US Corporation #3,386 · 110 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 110 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,386/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shanghai Micro…
CPC-FOCUS A61M · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -5% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (GROUP) Co., Ltd (±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 47.6 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 16.3 pts (34%) Velocity 4.8 pts (10%) Breadth 20.3 pts (43%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kids2 · near

48
Sony Interactive… · near

48
West Pharmaceutical… · this assignee

48
Elasticsearch B V · near

48
Gilbarco · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows West's Innovation Score is 47.6/100 (top 18% 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 10.4 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 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 Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 48.2% of grants classified under A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (20 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2015. By volume, West sits between Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (GROUP) Co., Ltd and Bitzer Kühlmaschinenbau GmbH.

West's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. moved from 42 to 30 grants (0.71x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,108. See the growth leaderboard.

Shanghai Micro Eq…

110
Sorrento Therapeu…

110
The ADT Security

110
The Western Union

110
West Pharmaceutic… ◀

110
8 Rivers Capital

109
Arcam AB

109
Aspire North Amer…

109
Bitzer Kühlmaschi…

109

What this shows West holds 110 patents at rank #3,386, 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 #3,386 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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 A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), West ranks #136 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited 48 Kids2, LLC 48 Elasticsearch B.V. 48 Gilbarco Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.4 here).

Aida Engineering, Ltd. 10.4 avg China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing 10.4 avg SUN Yat-sen University 10.4 avg Kyungdong Navien Co., Ltd. 10.4 avg

West's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

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 Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	3.6%
2016	7	6.4%
2017	14	12.7%
2018	10	9.1%
2019	20	18.2%
2020	9	8.2%
2021	13	11.8%
2022	10	9.1%
2023	11	10.0%
2024	9	8.2%
2025partial year	3	2.7%

Which technologies does West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. patent most?

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 53

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 12

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 8

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 6

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 6

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 6

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 6

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 5

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 3

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 3

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

Top 15 of 33 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

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

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor), 48.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #3,386 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. against Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (GROUP) Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.6/100 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

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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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