Where does Melaleuca, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Melaleuca, Inc. ranks #18,887 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 Melaleuca, Inc. hold?

Melaleuca, Inc. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Melaleuca, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Melaleuca, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.8 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Melaleuca, Inc. focus on?

Melaleuca, Inc.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 11 patents, ranking #2,031 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

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

Melaleuca, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Melaleuca, Inc.'s patents?

Melaleuca, Inc.'s patents average 23.1 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 Melaleuca, 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

Melaleuca, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Melaleuca ranks #18,887 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 8 technology areas.

#18,887
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.8/100): 23.1
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18887 · US Corporation #18,887 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,887/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Marina Biotech
CPC-NARROW A61K · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Marina Biotech, Inc. (±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 Melaleuca’s 36.8 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 9.6 pts (26%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 10.0 pts (27%) Claim depth 13.9 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Melaleuca · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Melaleuca's Innovation Score is 36.8/100 (top 45% 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 Melaleuca?

Each dot is one of Melaleuca’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). Melaleuca’s own 23.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Melaleuca's grants concentrate

Melaleuca, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 73.3% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Melaleuca sits between Marina Biotech, Inc. and Mersive Technologies, Inc..

Melaleuca's three-year grant acceleration

Melaleuca, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Marina Biotech

15
Mcscience

15
Medac Gesellschaf…

15
Medical Instrumen…

15
Meltz

15
Memoryweb

15
Menara Networks

15
Mersive

15
Melaleuca ◀

15

What this shows Melaleuca holds 15 patents at rank #18,893, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Melaleuca

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,893 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Melaleuca's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Melaleuca, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.7%
2016	3	20.0%
2018	2	13.3%
2020	5	33.3%
2021	1	6.7%
2022	3	20.0%

Which technologies does Melaleuca, Inc. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 11

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 8

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 7

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 6

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

A23K - Fodder 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Melaleuca, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Melaleuca, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 73.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #18,887 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Melaleuca, Inc. against Marina Biotech, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.8/100 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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