The FedInvent™ Count
A Weekly Count of Taxpayer-Funded Patents
This page was updated on Tuesday, January 9, 2024
In 2023:
- The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is granted 341,559 patents.
- 6,977 patents showed that the inventors benefitted from American taxpayer funding.
- These patents accounted for 2.04% of all US patents granted in 2023.
- The weekly average for new taxpayer-funded patent grants is 134 per week.
| WEEK |
TUESDAY |
TOTAL COUNT |
FEDINVENT COUNT |
% OF TOTAL |
|
2023 YEAR TO DATE |
255,518 |
5,121 |
2.00% |
| 52 |
Tuesday December 26, 2023 |
7971 |
144 |
1.8% |
| 51 |
Tuesday December 19, 2023 |
6124 |
115 |
1.9% |
| 50 |
Tuesday December 12, 2023 |
5819 |
109 |
1.8% |
| 49 |
Tuesday December 5, 2023 |
7316 |
147 |
2.0% |
| 48 |
Tuesday November 28, 2023 |
7385 |
144 |
2.0% |
| 47 |
Tuesday November 21, 2023 |
7377 |
120 |
1.6% |
| 46 |
Tuesday November 14, 2023 |
6927 |
133 |
1.9% |
| 45 |
Tuesday November 7, 2023 |
7607 |
168 |
2.2% |
| 44 |
Tuesday October 31, 2023 |
5430 |
110 |
2.0% |
| 43 |
Tuesday October 24, 2023 |
8,494 |
171 |
2.0% |
| 42 |
Tuesday October 17, 2023 |
7921 |
185 |
2.3% |
| 41 |
Tuesday October 10, 2023 |
7558 |
163 |
2.1% |
| 40 |
Tuesday October 3, 2023 |
8606 |
167 |
1.9% |
| 39 |
Tuesday September 26, 2023 |
5538 |
112 |
2.02% |
| 38 |
Tuesday September 19, 2023 |
7640 |
143 |
1.87% |
| 37 |
Tuesday September 12, 2023 |
7963 |
138 |
1.73% |
| 36 |
Tuesday September 5, 2023 |
8078 |
162 |
2.0% |
| 35 |
Tuesday August 29, 2023 |
7477 |
161 |
2.15% |
| 34 |
Tuesday August 22, 2023 |
8088 |
167 |
2.06% |
| 33 |
Tuesday August 15, 2023 |
7693 |
204 |
2.65% |
| 32 |
Tuesday August 8, 2023 |
7121 |
167 |
2.35% |
| 31 |
Tuesday August 1, 2023 |
5591 |
101 |
1.81% |
| 30 |
Tuesday July 25, 2023 |
5677 |
124 |
2.18% |
| 29 |
Tuesday July 18, 2023 |
6813 |
125 |
1.83% |
| 28 |
Tuesday July 11, 2023 |
4861 |
96 |
1.97% |
| 27 |
Tuesday July 4, 2023 |
7004 |
157 |
2.24% |
| 26 |
Tuesday June 27, 2023 |
7003 |
120 |
1.71% |
| 25 |
Tuesday June 20, 2023 |
6021 |
112 |
1.86% |
| 24 |
Tuesday June 13, 2023 |
7171 |
165 |
2.31% |
| 23 |
Tuesday June 6, 2023 |
6897 |
130 |
1.88% |
| 22 |
Tuesday May 30, 2023 |
6871 |
115 |
1.67% |
| 21 |
Tuesday May 23, 2023 |
6873 |
114 |
1.66% |
| 20 |
Tuesday May 16, 2023 |
6517 |
122 |
1.87% |
| 19 |
Tuesday May 9, 2023 |
6520 |
119 |
1.82% |
| 18 |
Tuesday May 2, 2023 |
3839 |
66 |
1.72% |
| 17 |
Tuesday April 25, 2023 |
6180 |
155 |
2.50% |
| 16 |
Tuesday April 18, 2023 |
5,772 |
127 |
2.22% |
| 15 |
Tuesday April 11, 2023 |
5,772 |
120 |
2.07% |
| 14 |
Tuesday April 4, 2023 |
5,767 |
112 |
1.94% |
| 13 |
Tuesday March 28, 2023 |
5,770 |
100 |
1.73% |
| 12 |
Tuesday March 21, 2023 |
5798 |
104 |
1.79% |
| 11 |
Tuesday March 14, 2023 |
5,272 |
100 |
1.89% |
| 10 |
Tuesday March 7, 2023 |
6,684 |
135 |
2.02% |
| 9 |
Tuesday February 28, 2023 |
7,272 |
180 |
2.48% |
| 8 |
Tuesday February 21, 2023 |
7,264 |
144 |
1.98% |
| 7 |
Tuesday February 14, 2023 |
7,211 |
133 |
1.84% |
| 6 |
Tuesday February 7, 2023 |
5,882 |
103 |
1.75% |
| 5 |
Tuesday January 31, 2023 |
7,269 |
158 |
2.17% |
| 4 |
Tuesday January 24, 2023 |
5,879 |
125 |
2.12% |
| 3 |
Tuesday January 17, 2023 |
5,908 |
113 |
1.91% |
| 2 |
Tuesday January 10, 2023 |
7,279 |
136 |
1.87% |
| 1 |
Tuesday January 3, 2023 |
7,283 |
136 |
1.86% |
