Company Analysis

Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (NATR)

Nasdaq: NATR · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Lehi, UT · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade6.5
◀ Past 7.5● Present 6.6▶ Future 5.4

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

12 patents granted to the 2 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
12
11 utility, 1 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
11
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Pharmaceuticals4
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
12 granted
10 published
Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Jan 14, 202512,194,065Methods and compositions to enhance metabolic detoxification systemsPharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
May 17, 202211,331,363Phytocomplexes exhibiting multiple, synergistic antioxidant activities useful in foods, dietary supplements, cosmetics and pharmaceutical preparationsPharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
Feb 8, 202211,241,406Compositions and methods for acutley raising nitric oxide levelsPharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
Sep 21, 202111,122,832Methods and compositions to improve weight loss and cardiometabolic health beyond diet and excercisePharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
Oct 8, 201910,434,131Phytocomplexes exhibiting multiple, synergistic antioxidant activities useful in foods, dietary supplements, cosmetics and pharmaceutical preparationsPharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
Jan 15, 201910,179,155Phosphodiesterase-4 inhibiting phytochemical compositionsPharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
Apr 10, 20016,214,349Composition for limiting the assimilation of dietary fat and methods of making and using sameFood chemistryNature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
Feb 13, 20016,187,313Composition and method for treating and preventing helicobactor-pylori-associated stomach gastritis, ulcers and cancerPharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
Jan 25, 20006,017,893Use of isoflavones to prevent hair loss and preserve the integrity of existing hairPharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
Jan 7, 19925,078,864High flow rate reverse osmosis water filtration system for home useChemical engineeringNature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Sep 22, 20222022/0296552COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ACUTELY RAISING NITIC OXIDE LEVELSPharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
Sep 16, 20212021/0287240NETWORK MARKETING COMPENSATION SYSTEM CONTAINING NON-NETWORKING COMPONENTIT methods for managementNature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
Feb 11, 20212021/0038656METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS TO ENHANCE METABOLIC DETOXIFICATION SYSTEMSPharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc. · patent 12,194,065 granted from it
Aug 6, 20202020/0246412PHYTOCOMPLEXES EXHIBITING MULTIPLE, SYNERGISTIC ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES USEFUL IN FOODS, DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS, COSMETICS AND PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONSPharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc. · patent 11,331,363 granted from it
Aug 29, 20192019/0261669METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS TO IMPROVE WEIGHT LOSS AND CARDIOMETABOLIC HEALTH BEYOND DIET AND EXCERCISEPharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc. · patent 11,122,832 granted from it
Sep 20, 20182018/0263944COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ACUTLEY RAISING NITRIC OXIDE LEVELSPharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc. · patent 11,241,406 granted from it
Mar 9, 20172017/0065653Phosphodiesterase Inhibiting Phytochemical CompositionsPharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
Mar 9, 20172017/0065652Phosphodiesterase-4 Inhibiting Phytochemical CompositionsPharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc. · patent 10,179,155 granted from it
Jan 26, 20172017/0020948PHYTOCOMPLEXES EXHIBITING MULTIPLE, SYNERGISTIC ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES USEFUL IN FOODS, DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS, COSMETICS AND PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONSPharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc. · patent 10,434,131 granted from it
Jul 16, 20092009/0182041CONTROL OF CANCER WITH ANNONACEOUS EXTRACTSPharmaceuticalsNature's Sunshine Products, Inc.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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