The FedInvent™ 2022 Portfolio

National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF Funded 1,133 Patents Granted in 2022

This page was updated on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 11:28 AM EDT

In 2022:

  • 7,057 patents granted in 2022 cite funding from American taxpayers.
  • 1,133 of these taxpayer-funded patents cite support by the National Science Foundation.
  • 1,408 National Science Foundation grants are cited on these 1,133 patents.
  • 1,154 unique NSF grant numbers are cited on these patents.

RANK NSF Organization COUNT
1 Translational Impacts (TI) 164
2 Division of Materials Research (DMR) 137
3 Computer and Network Systems (CNS) 134
4 Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) 124
5 Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET) 119
6 Division of Chemistry (CHE) 111
7 Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) 105
8 Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) 91
9 Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) 82
10 Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) 71
11 Division of Graduate Education (DGE) 38
12 National Science Foundation (NSF)
Patents where the inventor cited funding from NSF but didn't provide grant information
35
13 Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) 33
14 Division of Physics (PHY) 23
15 Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) 22
16 Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities (EFMA) 15
17 Office of Integrative Activities (OIA) 14
18 Division of Human Resource Development (HRD) 12
19 Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) 10
20 Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) 7
21 Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) 7
22 Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) 6
23 SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SMA) 6
24 Office of Polar Programs (OPP) 5
25 Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) 5
26 Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) 4
27 Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) 4
28 Office of Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCOR) 3
29 Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) 3
30 Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) 2
31 Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) 2
32 Innovation and Technology Ecosystems (ITE) 2
33 Division of Emerging Frontiers (EF) 2
34 Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) 2
35 National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab) 1
36 Integrative and Collaborative Education and Research (ICER) 1
37 Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) 1
38 Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES) 1
39 No NSF Organization Cited_ 1
40 Information Technology Research (ITR) 1
41 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 1
42 Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA) 1
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The 2022 FedInvent total of taxpayer-funded patents is 7,047 when adjusted for withdrawals and patents where taxpayer-funding couldn't be definitively confirmed. The unadjusted 2022 total is 7057.