Where does Natural Alternatives International, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Natural Alternatives International, Inc. ranks #26,944 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 Natural Alternatives International, Inc. hold?

Natural Alternatives International, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Natural Alternatives International, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Natural Alternatives International, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.1 out of 100 (47th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Natural Alternatives International, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Natural Alternatives International, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -57% 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 Natural Alternatives International, Inc.'s patents?

Natural Alternatives International, Inc.'s patents average 24.3 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 Natural Alternatives International, 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

Natural Alternatives International, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Natural Alternatives International, Inc. focus on?

Natural Alternatives International, Inc.'s top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 9 patents, ranking #165 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 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: A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Natural ranks #26,944 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 5 technology areas.

#26,944
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.1/100): 24.3
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26944 · US Corporation #26,944 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,944/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National Engineering…
CPC-NARROW A23L · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Energy Storage Materials (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd (±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 Natural’s 34.1 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 8.3 pts (24%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 7.9 pts (23%) Claim depth 14.6 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Natural Alternatives… · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Natural's Innovation Score is 34.1/100 (47th 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 Natural?

Each dot is one of Natural’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). Natural’s own 24.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Natural's grants concentrate

Natural Alternatives International, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Natural sits between National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Energy Storage Materials (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd and NejiLaw Inc..

Natural's three-year grant acceleration

Natural Alternatives International, Inc. shows 1 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.

National Engineer…

10
National Entertai…

10
National Institut…

10
National Science…

10
Nature Lab

10
Nauti-craft Pty

10
Navinta

10
Nejilaw

10
Natural Alternati… ◀

10

What this shows Natural holds 10 patents at rank #26,967, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Natural

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,967 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Natural's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% 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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Natural Alternatives International, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	20.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	2	20.0%
2018	2	20.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Natural Alternatives International, Inc. patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 9

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 9

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 9

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 9

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 4

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Natural Alternatives International, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Natural Alternatives International, Inc.'s lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #26,944 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Natural Alternatives International, Inc. against National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Energy Storage Materials (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.1/100 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

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