Where does Western Clinical Engineering Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Western Clinical Engineering Ltd. ranks #13,787 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 Western Clinical Engineering Ltd. hold?

Western Clinical Engineering Ltd. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Western Clinical Engineering Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Western Clinical Engineering Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 32.5 out of 100 (41st 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 Western Clinical Engineering Ltd. focus on?

Western Clinical Engineering Ltd.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 17 patents, ranking #1,046 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Western Clinical Engineering Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Western Clinical Engineering Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -17% 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 Western Clinical Engineering Ltd.'s patents?

Western Clinical Engineering Ltd.'s patents average 15.9 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 Western Clinical Engineering Ltd. 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 Foreign Corporation

Western Clinical Engineering Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 5 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Western ranks #13,787 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 5 technology areas.

#13,787
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.5/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13787 · Foreign Corporation #13,787 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,787/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Washme Properties
CPC-NARROW A61B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Washme Properties, LLC (±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 Western’s 32.5 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 10.8 pts (33%) Velocity 4.2 pts (13%) Breadth 7.9 pts (24%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Western Clinical… · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Western's Innovation Score is 32.5/100 (41st 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Western?

Each dot is one of Western’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). Western’s own 15.9 claims/patent is at or below the 18.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Western's grants concentrate

Western Clinical Engineering Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 77.3% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Western sits between Wibit Sports GmbH and Wirtz Manufacturing Company, Inc..

Western's three-year grant acceleration

Western Clinical Engineering Ltd. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Wibit Sports

22
Winners' SUN Plas…

22
Washme Properties

22
Wesco Distribution

22
Wideorbit

22
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22
Wilson Wolf Manuf…

22
Wirtz Manufacturi…

22
Western Clinical… ◀

22

What this shows Western holds 22 patents at rank #13,785, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Western

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,785 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Western's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% 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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Western Clinical Engineering Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	22.7%
2016	2	9.1%
2017	1	4.5%
2018	1	4.5%
2019	3	13.6%
2020	4	18.2%
2021	1	4.5%
2022	1	4.5%
2023	1	4.5%
2024	3	13.6%

Which technologies does Western Clinical Engineering Ltd. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 17

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 2

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 1

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Western Clinical Engineering Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Western Clinical Engineering Ltd.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 77.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #13,787 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Western Clinical Engineering Ltd. against Wibit Sports GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.5/100 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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