Where does Western Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Western Industries, Inc. ranks #33,885 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 Industries, Inc. hold?

Western Industries, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Western Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Western Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 22.5 out of 100 (10th 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 Industries, Inc. focus on?

Western Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is F24C (Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application) with 4 patents, ranking #76 of 281 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Western Industries, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Western Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Western Industries, Inc.'s patents average 11.6 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 Industries, 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

Western Industries, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: F24C (Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Western ranks #33,885 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 5 technology areas.

#33,885
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.5/100): 11.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33885 · US Corporation #33,885 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,885/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Weber Knapp
CPC-NARROW F24C · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Weber Knapp Company (±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 22.5 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 7.6 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (35%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Western Industries · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Western's Innovation Score is 22.5/100 (10th 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 11.6 claims/patent is at or below the 12.6 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 Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under F24C (Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Western sits between Weber Knapp Company and Wiha Werkzeuge GmbH.

Weber Knapp

8
Weiler Engineering

8
Weldon Industries

8
Westech Engineeri…

8
Westlake Longview

8
Westmill Industri…

8
Whitehead Investm…

8
Wiha Werkzeuge

8
Western Industries ◀

8

What this shows Western holds 8 patents at rank #33,886, 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 #33,886 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F24C (Domestic Stoves OR Ranges)

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)

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

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 Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	25.0%
2016	2	25.0%
2017	1	12.5%
2018	3	37.5%

Which technologies does Western Industries, Inc. patent most?

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

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 1

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 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 Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Western Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is F24C (Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F24C
Ranked #33,885 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Western Industries, Inc. against Weber Knapp Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.5/100 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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