The FedInvent™ Count
2022 Taxpayer-Funded Patents
This page was updated on Tuesday, September 17, 2024
In 2022:
- The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is granted 360,417 patents.
- 7,057 patents showed that the inventors benefitted from American taxpayer funding. See note below.
- These patents accounted for 1.95% of all US patents granted in 2021.
- The weekly average for new taxpayer-funded patent grants was 136 per week.
Read the 2022 roundup FedInvent newsletter here.
| WEEK |
FEDINVENT REPORT |
TOTAL PATENTS |
FEDINVENT PATENTS |
DETAILS |
| 52 |
Tuesday December 27, 2022 |
7,271 |
145 |
Patent Details Page |
| 51 |
Tuesday December 20, 2022 |
5,476 |
125 |
Patent Details Page |
| 50 |
Tuesday December 13, 2022 |
5,849 |
104 |
Patent Details Page |
| 49 |
Tuesday December 6, 2022 |
7,282 |
179 |
Patent Details Page |
| 48 |
Tuesday November 29, 2022 |
7,284 |
125 |
Patent Details Page |
| 47 |
Tuesday November 22, 2022 |
7,268 |
129 |
Patent Details Page |
| 46 |
Tuesday November 15, 2022 |
7,271 |
142 |
Patent Details Page |
| 45 |
Tuesday November 8, 2023 |
7,270 |
147 |
Patent Details Page |
| 44 |
Tuesday November 1, 2022 |
7,275 |
107 |
Patent Details Page |
| 43 |
Tuesday October 25, 2022 |
6,439 |
147 |
Patent Details Page |
| 42 |
Tuesday October 18, 2022 |
8,109 |
153 |
Patent Details Page |
| 41 |
Tuesday October 11, 2022 |
7,271 |
170 |
Patent Details Page |
| 40 |
Tuesday October 4, 2022 |
7,268 |
160 |
Patent Details Page |
| 39 |
Tuesday September 27, 2022 |
5,816 |
105 |
Patent Details Page |
| 38 |
Tuesday September 20, 2022 |
7260 |
140 |
Patent Details Page |
| 37 |
Tuesday September 13, 2022 |
7308 |
153 |
Patent Details Page |
| 36 |
Tuesday September 6, 2022 |
7265 |
156 |
Patent Details Page |
| 35 |
Tuesday August 30, 2022 |
7262 |
128 |
Patent Details Page |
| 34 |
Tuesday August 23, 2022 |
7269 |
134 |
Patent Details Page |
| 33 |
Tuesday August 16, 2022 |
7257 |
140 |
Patent Details Page |
| 32 |
Tuesday August 9, 2022 |
7259 |
147 |
Patent Details Page |
| 31 |
Tuesday August 2, 2022 |
7265 |
133 |
Patent Details Page |
| 30 |
Tuesday July 26, 2022 |
4593 |
76 |
Patent Details Page |
| 29 |
Tuesday July 19, 2022 |
7259 |
154 |
Patent Details Page |
| 28 |
Tuesday July 12, 2022 |
7264 |
131 |
Patent Details Page |
| 27 |
Tuesday July 5, 2022 |
7289 |
150 |
Patent Details Page |
| 26 |
Tuesday June 28, 2022 |
7287 |
160 |
Patent Details Page |
| 25 |
Tuesday June 21, 2022 |
5875 |
106 |
Patent Details Page |
| 24 |
Tuesday June 14, 2022 |
7298 |
146 |
Patent Details Page |
| 23 |
Tuesday June 7, 2022 |
7274 |
157 |
Patent Details Page |
| 22 |
Tuesday May 31, 2022 |
7277 |
133 |
Patent Details Page |
| 21 |
Tuesday May 24, 2022 |
7265 |
167 |
Patent Details Page |
| 20 |
Tuesday May 17, 2022 |
7296 |
128 |
Patent Details Page |
| 19 |
Tuesday May 10, 2022 |
7282 |
146 |
Patent Details Page |
| 18 |
Tuesday May 3, 2022 |
7295 |
113 |
Patent Details Page |
| 17 |
Tuesday April 26, 2022 |
7195 |
139 |
Patent Details Page |
| 16 |
Tuesday April 19, 2022 |
7,268 |
139 |
1.91% |
| 15 |
Tuesday April 12, 2022 |
7,240 |
150 |
Patent Details Page |
| 14 |
Tuesday April 5, 2022 |
7256 |
116 |
Patent Details Page |
| 13 |
Tuesday March 29, 2022 |
7200 |
182 |
Patent Details Page |
| 12 |
Tuesday March 22, 2022 |
7202 |
146 |
Patent Details Page |
| 11 |
Tuesday March 15, 2022 |
5802 |
99 |
Patent Details Page |
| 10 |
Tuesday March 8, 2022 |
7201 |
156 |
Patent Details Page |
| 9 |
Tuesday March 1, 2022 |
7,205 |
123 |
Patent Details Page |
| 8 |
Tuesday February 22, 2022 |
7197 |
137 |
Patent Details Page |
| 7 |
Tuesday February 15, 2022 |
7,187 |
138 |
Patent Details Page |
| 6 |
Tuesday February 8, 2022 |
5,764 |
106 |
Patent Details Page |
| 5 |
Tuesday February 1, 2022 |
7,200 |
166 |
Patent Details Page |
| 4 |
Tuesday January 25, 2022 |
5,744 |
113 |
Patent Details Page |
| 3 |
Tuesday January 18, 2022 |
5,536 |
100 |
Patent Details Page |
| 2 |
Tuesday January 11, 2022 |
5,563 |
95 |
Patent Details Page |
| 1 |
Tuesday January 4, 2022 |
6809 |
116 |
Patent Details Page |
The 2022 FedInvent total is 7,047 when adjusted for withdrawals and patents where taxpayer-funding couldn't be definitively confirmed. The unadjusted 2022 total is 7057.
