West Pharmaceutical Services Inc patents

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc holds 195 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents195
Recent patents44
First publicationJul 28, 2016
Latest publicationJan 22, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20167
201719
201814
201926
202021
202126
202224
202324
202422
202511
20261
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
20167
201719
201814
201926
202021
202126
202224
202324
202422
202511
20261

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
A61M5/320425
A61M5/32623
A61M5/320223
A61M5/3151321
A61M5/3151121

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does West Pharmaceutical Services Inc have in patentsdb?
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc is linked to 195 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does West Pharmaceutical Services Inc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Human Necessities (133); Operations & Transport (54); Physics (28).
Is West Pharmaceutical Services Inc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 22 in 2024 and 11 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to West Pharmaceutical Services Inc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.