Where does West View Research, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), West View Research, LLC ranks #13,786 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 View Research, LLC hold?

West View Research, LLC holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is West View Research, LLC's Innovation Score?

West View Research, LLC has an Innovation Score of 49.1 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is West View Research, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

West View Research, LLC's recent grant velocity is -78% 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 View Research, LLC's patents?

West View Research, LLC's patents average 66.5 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 View Research, 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 View Research, LLC

Q: What technology areas does West View Research, LLC focus on?

West View Research, LLC's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 22 patents. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, West ranks #13,786 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 22 technology areas.

#13,786
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.1/100): 66.5
avg claims per patent: -78%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13786 · US Corporation #13,786 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,786/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wallac OY
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 66.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -78% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wallac OY (±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 View Research · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows West's Innovation Score is 49.1/100 (top 15% 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 View Research, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, West sits between Wallac OY and Wesco Distribution, Inc..

West's three-year grant acceleration

West View Research, LLC shows 2 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.

Wallac OY

22
WEG Equipamentos…

22
Well Resolutions…

22
Wenzhou Yutong Te…

22
Wibit Sports

22
Winners' SUN Plas…

22
Washme Properties

22
Wesco Distribution

22
West View Research ◀

22

What this shows West holds 22 patents at rank #13,780, 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 #13,780 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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)

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

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 View Research, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.5%
2016	4	18.2%
2017	5	22.7%
2018	8	36.4%
2020	1	4.5%
2021	1	4.5%
2022	1	4.5%
2024	1	4.5%

Which technologies does West View Research, LLC patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 22

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 14

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 14

G04G - Electronic Time-pieces 10

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 10

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 10

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 10

G07B - Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus 10

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 10

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 8

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 8

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

Top 15 of 22 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#13,786

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

49.1 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 View Research, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

West View Research, LLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #13,786 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare West View Research, LLC against Wallac OY, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.1/100 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.