Where does Nutrition21, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nutrition21, LLC ranks #21,541 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 Nutrition21, LLC hold?

Nutrition21, LLC holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Nutrition21, LLC's Innovation Score?

Nutrition21, LLC has an Innovation Score of 40.2 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nutrition21, LLC focus on?

Nutrition21, LLC'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 Nutrition21, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nutrition21, LLC's recent grant velocity is +1000% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nutrition21, LLC's patents?

Nutrition21, LLC's patents average 12.9 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 Nutrition21, LLC 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

Nutrition21, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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, Nutrition21 ranks #21,541 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 8 technology areas.

#21,541
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.2/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: +1000%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21541 · US Corporation #21,541 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,541/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Northeast Agricultur…
CPC-NARROW A61K · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1000% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Northeast Agricultural University (±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 Nutrition21’s 40.2 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 9.1 pts (23%) Velocity 13.3 pts (33%) Breadth 10.0 pts (25%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nutrition21 · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nutrition21's Innovation Score is 40.2/100 (top 36% 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 Nutrition21?

Each dot is one of Nutrition21’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). Nutrition21’s own 12.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Nutrition21 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Nutrition21's grants concentrate

Nutrition21, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 84.6% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Nutrition21 sits between Northeast Agricultural University and Oerlikon Metco AG, Wohlen.

Nutrition21's three-year grant acceleration

Nutrition21, LLC shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Northeast Agricul…

13
Northquip

13
Novate Medical

13
Novian Health

13
Oben

13
Obshchestvo S Ogr…

13
Oculus Optikgerae…

13
Oerlikon Metco Wo…

13
Nutrition21 ◀

13

What this shows Nutrition21 holds 13 patents at rank #21,539, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nutrition21

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,539 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Nutrition21's primary technology class.

Nutrition21's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Nutrition21, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	7.7%
2021	3	23.1%
2022	2	15.4%
2023	2	15.4%
2024	4	30.8%
2025partial year	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Nutrition21, LLC patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 11

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

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 5

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 4

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 3

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

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

Nutrition21, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nutrition21, LLC's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 84.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #21,541 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nutrition21, LLC against Northeast Agricultural University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.2/100 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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