FedInvent™ Patents

New Taxpayer Funded Patents for Tuesday, September 05, 2006 

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FedInvent analyzed 75 taxpayer-funded patents this week.

On Tuesday, September 05, 2006, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted 75 taxpayer-funded patents; including 62 patents containing government interest statements and 22 patents where federal government agencies were an assignee or applicant. Together, 75 patents granted this week are the result of US government-funded research & development.

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The List of This Week's Patents

Just a list — patent number with a link and the title, for those patentistas who like to browse.

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Patent Title
001 07100299
 
Installation tool for aerospace fastening system 
002 07100355
 
Battle override valve 
003 07100380
 
Organic rankine cycle fluid 
004 07100444
 
Isolated resonator gyroscope 
005 07100468
 
Split torque gearbox 
006 07100489
 
System and method for hitch with backup anti-jack knife and anti-dive 
007 07100628
 
Electromechanically-assisted regulator control assembly 
008 07100635
 
System and method for storage and mixing of solution that is not compatible for long-term storage in pre-mixed formulation 
009 07100670
 
Method for fabricating uranium foils and uranium alloy foils 
010 07100752
 
Bridge pier crash cushion system 
011 07101044
 
Automated objective characterization of visual field defects in 3D 
012 07101053
 
Multidirectional retroreflectors 
013 07101115
 
In situ stabilization of persistent hydrophobic organic contaminants in sediments using coal- and wood-derived carbon sorbents 
014 07101146
 
Split vane flow blocker 
015 07101237
 
Propellor blade adjustment system for propulsion through fluid environments under changing conditions 
016 07101527
 
Mixed anion materials and compounds for novel proton conducting membranes 
017 07101540
 
Targeted retrograde gene delivery to motor neurons 
018 07101541
 
Utilization of non-viral sequences for minus-strand DNA transfer and gene reconstitution 
019 07101547
 
Method for the prevention and treatment of diseases caused by an inflammatory response mediated by endogenous substance P by using anti-substance P antibodies 
020 07101548
 
Functional role of adrenomedullin (AM) and the gene-related product (PAMP) in human pathology and physiology 
021 07101550
 
PD-1, a receptor for B7-4, and uses therefor 
022 07101552
 
Immunogen comprising an HIV envelope protein, a ligand and H2 peptide 
023 07101557
 
Combined tissue factor methods for coagulation and tumor treatment 
024 07101558
 
High yield pertussis vaccine production strain and method for making same 
025 07101562
 
Conjugate vaccines for the prevention of dental caries 
026 07101589
 
Magnesium corrosion protection with adhesion promoter 
027 07101607
 
Process for enhancing material properties and materials so enhanced 
028 07101635
 
Methanol-tolerant cathode catalyst composite for direct methanol fuel cells 
029 07101643
 
Polymeric electrolytes based on hydrosilyation reactions 
030 07101663
 
PCR method 
031 07101684
 
Modified modular polyketide synthase 
032 07101692
 
Identification of sortase gene 
033 07101707
 
Secondary sprouting for isolation and expansion of endothelial sprout cells and endothelial precursor cells from a mixed population and for screening substances 
034 07101718
 
Organo luminescent semiconductor nanocrystal probes for biological applications and process for making and using such probes 
035 07101808
 
Chromate-free method for surface etching of stainless steel 
036 07101838
 
Method to prevent accelerated atherosclerosis using (sRAGE) soluble receptor for advanced glycation endproducts 
037 07101845
 
Methods of modulating β cell function 
038 07101846
 
Methods and compositions for optimization of oxygen transport by cell-free systems 
039 07101850
 
WISP polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding same 
040 07101852
 
Composition and method for treatment and prevention of restenosis 
041 07101865
 
24-sulfoximine vitamin D3 compounds 
042 07101894
 
Bicyclic compounds as inhibitors of chemokine binding to US28 
043 07101902
 
2-guanidinylimidazolidinedione compounds and methods of making and using thereof 
044 07101975
 
Method and composition for inhibition of angiogenesis using antagonists based on MMP-9 and β1 integrins 
045 07101979
 
Antibodies to antiangiogenic compositions and methods 
046 07101989
 
DsrA protein and polynucleotides encoding the same 
047 07102005
 
Compositions and methods for detection and isolation of phosphorylated molecules 
048 07102017
 
Processes to prepare small molecular thiophene compounds 
049 07102023
 
Protecting groups useful in the synthesis of polysaccharides, natural products, and combinatorial libraries 
050 07102047
 
High metathesis activity ruthenium and osmium metal carbene complexes 
051 07102052
 
Activated vapor treatment for neutralizing warfare agents 
052 07102059
 
DNA molecules and polypeptides of Pseudomonas syringae Hrp pathogenicity island and their uses 
053 07102321
 
Control method for peak power delivery with limited DC-bus voltage 
054 07102356
 
Electrical leakage detection circuit 
055 07102387
 
Periodic computation structure based on 1-input lookup tables 
056 07102451
 
Method and system for operating an atomic clock with alternating-polarization light 
057 07102459
 
Power combiner 
058 07102656
 
Electrostatically driven lithography 
059 07102665
 
Vehicle underbody imaging system 
060 07102751
 
Laser-based spectroscopic detection techniques 
061 07102804
 
Optical data communication 
062 07102814
 
Personal portable blankets as an infrared shielding device for field activities 
063 07103399
 
Apparatus and methods of cortical surface registration and deformation tracking for patient-to-image alignment in relation to image-guided surgery 
064 07103401
 
Colonic polyp discrimination by tissue fluorescence and fiberoptic probe 
065 07103402
 
Advanced synchronous luminescence imaging for chemical and medical diagnostics 
066 07103502
 
Enhanced system for detection of randomness in sparse time series distributions 
067 07103522
 
Methods for estimating the body voltage of digital partially depleted silicon-on-insulator circuits 
068 07103614
 
Automatic vehicle information retrieval for use at entry to a secure site 
069 07103615
 
Process evaluation distributed system 
070 07103782
 
Secure memory and processing system having laser-scribed encryption key 
071 H2168
 
Arrangement and construction of an element bundling module 
072 H2171
 
Method and apparatus for modeling cosmic ray effects on microelectronics 
073 H2172
 
Pitch-synchronous speech processing 
074 RE39267
 
Thienopyrimidine-based inhibitors of the SRC family 
075 RE39270
 
Process for continuous optimized protein production in insect larvae 

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Patent Count By Department

This is the count of taxpayer-funded patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) this week. These patents contain a Government Interest Statement in the body of the patent document or are patents where the government is an assignee. Agency numbers are aggregated by the agency named in the Government Interests Statement and the contract number cited in the government interest section of the patent.

Department This Week This Year
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 27 887
Department of Defense (DOD) 26 1049
Department of Energy (DOE) 11 528
National Science Foundation (NSF) 7 250
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2 120
Department of Agriculture (USDA) 1 70
Department of Commerce (DOC) 1 70
National Security Agency (NSA) 1 27
Government Rights Acknowledged 3 86

Patents By Funding Agency

FedInvent Patents are patents funded by US taxpayers. Taxpayer-funded patents have Government Interest Statements in the body of the patent or are patents where an agency of the US federal government has retained the title to the patent and is listed as an assignee. The presence of a government interest statement, as required by the Bayh-Dole Act, indicates the holder of a federal contract, grant, or cooperative research agreement has elected to retain the title of inventions conceived and reduced to practice during that contract.

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Patent Title
001 07100628
 
Electromechanically-assisted regulator control assembly 
002 07101540
 
Targeted retrograde gene delivery to motor neurons 
003 07101541
 
Utilization of non-viral sequences for minus-strand DNA transfer and gene reconstitution 
004 07101547
 
Method for the prevention and treatment of diseases caused by an inflammatory response mediated by endogenous substance P by using anti-substance P antibodies 
005 07101548
 
Functional role of adrenomedullin (AM) and the gene-related product (PAMP) in human pathology and physiology 
006 07101550
 
PD-1, a receptor for B7-4, and uses therefor 
007 07101552
 
Immunogen comprising an HIV envelope protein, a ligand and H2 peptide 
008 07101557
 
Combined tissue factor methods for coagulation and tumor treatment 
009 07101558
 
High yield pertussis vaccine production strain and method for making same 
010 07101562
 
Conjugate vaccines for the prevention of dental caries 
011 07101663
 
PCR method 
012 07101684
 
Modified modular polyketide synthase 
013 07101692
 
Identification of sortase gene 
014 07101707
 
Secondary sprouting for isolation and expansion of endothelial sprout cells and endothelial precursor cells from a mixed population and for screening substances 
015 07101838
 
Method to prevent accelerated atherosclerosis using (sRAGE) soluble receptor for advanced glycation endproducts 
016 07101845
 
Methods of modulating β cell function 
017 07101846
 
Methods and compositions for optimization of oxygen transport by cell-free systems 
018 07101850
 
WISP polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding same 
019 07101852
 
Composition and method for treatment and prevention of restenosis 
020 07101865
 
24-sulfoximine vitamin D3 compounds 
021 07101975
 
Method and composition for inhibition of angiogenesis using antagonists based on MMP-9 and β1 integrins 
022 07101979
 
Antibodies to antiangiogenic compositions and methods 
023 07101989
 
DsrA protein and polynucleotides encoding the same 
024 07102005
 
Compositions and methods for detection and isolation of phosphorylated molecules 
025 07102023
 
Protecting groups useful in the synthesis of polysaccharides, natural products, and combinatorial libraries 
026 07103399
 
Apparatus and methods of cortical surface registration and deformation tracking for patient-to-image alignment in relation to image-guided surgery 
027 07103401
 
Colonic polyp discrimination by tissue fluorescence and fiberoptic probe 

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Department of Defense (DOD) Agencies

Patent Title
001 07100468
 
Split torque gearbox 
002 07101115
 
In situ stabilization of persistent hydrophobic organic contaminants in sediments using coal- and wood-derived carbon sorbents 

Department of the ARMY (DOA)

Patent Title
001 07100355
 
Battle override valve 
002 07100468
 
Split torque gearbox 
003 07100489
 
System and method for hitch with backup anti-jack knife and anti-dive 
004 07100635
 
System and method for storage and mixing of solution that is not compatible for long-term storage in pre-mixed formulation 
005 07101589
 
Magnesium corrosion protection with adhesion promoter 
006 07101902
 
2-guanidinylimidazolidinedione compounds and methods of making and using thereof 
007 07102052
 
Activated vapor treatment for neutralizing warfare agents 

Department of the Navy (DON) | United States Marine Corps (USMC)

Patent Title
001 07101146
 
Split vane flow blocker 
002 07101237
 
Propellor blade adjustment system for propulsion through fluid environments under changing conditions 
003 07101607
 
Process for enhancing material properties and materials so enhanced 
004 07101808
 
Chromate-free method for surface etching of stainless steel 
005 07101894
 
Bicyclic compounds as inhibitors of chemokine binding to US28 
006 07102665
 
Vehicle underbody imaging system 
007 07102814
 
Personal portable blankets as an infrared shielding device for field activities 
008 07103502
 
Enhanced system for detection of randomness in sparse time series distributions 
009 07103614
 
Automatic vehicle information retrieval for use at entry to a secure site 
010 H2168
 
Arrangement and construction of an element bundling module 
011 H2171
 
Method and apparatus for modeling cosmic ray effects on microelectronics 

Department of the Air Force (DAF)| United States Space Force (USSF)

Patent Title
001 07100299
 
Installation tool for aerospace fastening system 
002 07102387
 
Periodic computation structure based on 1-input lookup tables 
003 07102451
 
Method and system for operating an atomic clock with alternating-polarization light 
004 07102656
 
Electrostatically driven lithography 
005 07102804
 
Optical data communication 
006 H2172
 
Pitch-synchronous speech processing 

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Emerging Technology

Emerging Climate Change Technologies

Patents containing 'Y" CPC symbols indicate emerging climate change and clean technology inventions.

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Class

About Y Emerging Technology Symbols

Patent documents that contain a Y02 or Y04 CPC symbol are already classified elsewhere. USPTO adds the Y symbols to the classification data to monitor new technological developments covering clean technology and inventions impacting climate change, important American science and technology interests.

Y02 — Green House Gas Mitigation

Y02 covers selected technologies, that control, reduce, or prevent anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), in the framework of the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement, and technologies that allow adapting to the adverse effects of climate change. Y02A covers technologies for adaptation to climate change, — technologies that allow adapting to the adverse effects of climate change in human, industrial (including agriculture and livestock), and economic activities. Y02P covers climate change mitigation technologies in any kind of industrial processing or production activity, including the agroalimentary industry (relating to agriculture and food), agriculture, fishing, ranching and the like.

Y04 — Enabling Technologies

Y04 is focused on the information and communications inventions that facilitate climate change technology. Y04S covers systems integrating technologies related to power network operation, communication, or information technologies for improving electrical power generation, transmission, distribution, management, or usage. Examples of the art covered here are technologies related to smart grids, home appliances, and systems supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles.

The Health Complex

This section contains the count of patents funded by The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) organized by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) institute; and HHS subagencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Center for Disease Control (CDC), and others. These agencies together are called the Health Complex.

Department | Agency This Week This Year
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)27887
National Institutes of Health (NIH)22793
National Cancer Institute (NCI)364
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)219
National Eye Institute (NEI)13
U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS)130

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Higher Education Research and Development (HERD)

FedInvent follows the HERD the Higher Education Research and Development institutions — the colleges and universities; research institutions, and medical schools that benefit from federal funding and rely on it to make important discoveries that drive American innovation. Taxpayer-funded patents coming from American and sometimes foreign universities are an important indicia of the vitality of the American innovation ecosphere.

MEMBERS OF THE HERD

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey is the primary source of information on R&D expenditures at 916 US colleges and universities that expended at least $150,000 in separately accounted for R&D in the fiscal year. We use the NSF list to keep track of which colleges and universities are receiving taxpayer-funded patents and filing patent applications.

WATCH This SPACE

We're working on our data analytics and will be reporting taxpayer-funded patents and patent applications shortly. In the meantime, FedInvent will post interesting information about the HERD Innovation Ecosphere here.

Top Ten Universities By R&D Expenditures
  1. Johns Hopkins University
  2. University of Michigan
  3. University of Washington
  4. University of California, San Diego
  5. University of California, San Francisco
  6. Columbia University in the City of New York
  7. Stanford University
  8. University Pittsburgh
  9. University Pennsylvania
  10. Duke University

Count By Tech Center

Patents organized by count and Technology Center where the patent was examined.

Tech Center Count
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry 32
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components 14
1700 Chemical and Materials Engineering 8
3600 Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review 8
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Gaming and Medical Devices/Processes 8
2100 Computer Architecture Software and Information Security 4
2600 Communications 1

For more information on the types of inventions examined in each Technology Center, see the About Tech Centers section of this page.

Patents By Scientific Domain.

This section contains the number of patents by high level scientific and technical domain. The data is arranged by the first Cooperative Patent Classification System (CPC) patent symbol assigned to the patent. This indicates the scope and nature of the invention for a patent or a patent application.

Global patent offices use patent classification as their lingua franca — the common language — for exchanging information about inventions and what scientific and technical art a patent contains. The classifications assigned to a patent are used by patent examiners to find prior art and to determine if a particular patent's claims are novel. Patent classifications are also used for global enforcement of patent rights, treaties, and agreements.

Class Class Definition First
(Original)
Inventive
(CrossRef)
USPC 424 Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 9 0
USPC 514 Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 9 0
USPC 435 Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 4 0
USPC 359 Optical: Systems and elements 3 0
USPC 600 Surgery 3 0
USPC 137 Fluid handling 2 0
USPC 429 Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 2 0
USPC 530 Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 2 0
USPC 703 Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 2 0
USPC 707 Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 2 0
USPC 800 Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 2 0
USPC 033 Geometrical instruments 1 0
USPC 060 Power plants 1 0
USPC 062 Refrigeration 1 0
USPC 073 Measuring and testing 1 0
USPC 074 Machine element or mechanism 1 0
USPC 089 Ordnance 1 0
USPC 164 Metal founding 1 0
USPC 188 Brakes 1 0
USPC 210 Liquid purification or separation 1 0
USPC 318 Electricity: Motive power systems 1 0
USPC 324 Electricity: Measuring and testing 1 0
USPC 326 Electronic digital logic circuitry 1 0
USPC 331 Oscillators 1 0
USPC 333 Wave transmission lines and networks 1 0
USPC 346 Recorders 1 0
USPC 348 Television 1 0
USPC 351 Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 1 0
USPC 356 Optics: Measuring and testing 1 0
USPC 405 Hydraulic and earth engineering 1 0
USPC 415 Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 1 0
USPC 423 Chemistry of inorganic compounds 1 0
USPC 427 Coating processes 1 0
USPC 428 Stock material or miscellaneous articles 1 0
USPC 436 Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 1 0
USPC 438 Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 1 0
USPC 440 Marine propulsion 1 0
USPC 536 Organic compounds 1 0
USPC 544 Organic compounds 1 0
USPC 549 Organic compounds 1 0
USPC 558 Organic compounds 1 0
USPC 585 Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 1 0
USPC 588 Hazardous or toxic waste destruction or containment 1 0
USPC 702 Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 1 0
USPC 704 Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 1 0
USPC 713 Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 1 0

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Count of Inventors by Country and U.S. State

Patent count by country and state based on the location information of first named inventors and of all inventors on the patent.

Country First Named Inventors All Inventors
United States of America 73 199
Canada 1 5
Germany 1 2
Switzerland 0 1
Israel 0 1
South Korea 0 1
U.S. State First Named Inventors All Inventors
California 11 29
Maryland 10 29
New York 7 15
Massachusetts 6 19
Florida 5 6
Illinois 4 8
Texas 3 7
Washington 3 5
Arizona 2 5
North Carolina 2 5
Rhode Island 2 5
Tennessee 2 4
Michigan 2 3
New Mexico 2 3
Connecticut 1 8
Oregon 1 8
New Jersey 1 5
Pennsylvania 1 5
Nebraska 1 4
New Hampshire 1 4
Ohio 1 4
Virginia 1 4
Georgia 1 3
Alabama 1 1
Colorado 1 1
West Virginia 1 1
Idaho 0 3
Iowa 0 2
District of Columbia 0 1
Missouri 0 1
Wisconsin 0 1

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Count of Assignees and Applicants by Country and U.S. State

Patent count by country and state based on location information of Assignees and Applicants.

Country Assignees Applicants
United States of America 810
Canada 10
U.S. State Assignees Applicants
District of Columbia 210
California 150
Illinois 80
Massachusetts 70
Connecticut 40
New York 40
Maryland 30
Texas 30
Nebraska 20
New Jersey 20
North Carolina 20
Tennessee 20
Iowa 10
Nevada 10
New Hampshire 10
New Mexico 10
Oregon 10
Pennsylvania 10
Rhode Island 10
Washington 10

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Technology Center Explainer

How Tech Centers and Art Units Are Organized And Why It Matters

Patents travel from Technology Center to Art Unit to Group Art Unit to Patent Examiner.

The USPTO's patent corps is organized into Technology Centers (TCs), groups of patent examiners with specific scientific and technical domain expertise. Technology Centers are further divided into Art Units (AUs) organized by major types of inventive art within a scientific or technical domain. Art Units are organized into Group Art Units, even more specialized and granular teams of examiners.

Group Art Units (GAUs) are where patent examiners prosecute patent applications. Patent applications are docketed to examiners based on specific subject matter classifications of a particular GAU.

Understanding Technology Centers, Art Units, and Group Art Units helps you understand what type of inventions are being prosecuted within each scientific and technical domain, how long it takes from the date a patent application is filed to the time a final decision on the patentability of the invention is made.

Technology Centers and Art Units

Click or touch the accordion panel to open it and see the way different types of inventions are grouped together within Art Units.

Patents examined here cover:

Art Unit Technical & Scientific Domains
1610 Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
1620 Organic Chemistry
1630 Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
1640 Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
1650 Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzyme
1660 Plants

About Plant Patents

Plant Patents are granted to an inventor who has invented, or discovered and asexually reproduced a distinct and new variety of plant, other than a tuber propagated plant or a plant found in an uncultivated state. If you've ever eaten a pluot, you've enjoyed the fruit of a plant patent.

Plant patent numbers begin with a "PP" followed by a five digit number. The first Plant Patent was issued in 1931. Plant patents are valid for 20 years from the filing date.

Patents examined here cover:

Art Unit Technical & Scientific Domains
1710 Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
1720 Fuel Cells, Batteries, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Composition
1730 Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysts, Electrophotography, Photolithography
1740 Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
1760 Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
1770 Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
1780 Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material, Adhesive Composition, Fabrics
1790 Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry

Patents examined here cover:

Art Unit Technical & Scientific Domains
2110 Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
2120 Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material, Adhesive Composition, Fabrics
2130 Fuel Cells, Batteries, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Composition
2140/2170 Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysts, Electrophotography, Photolithography
2150/2160 Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
2180 Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
2190 Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus

Patents examined here cover:

Art Unit Technical & Scientific Domains
2410/2460/2470 Multiplex, VoIP
2420 Cable and Television
2430/2490 Cryptography and Security
2440/2450 Computer Networks
2480 Recording and Compression

Patents examined here cover:

Art Unit Technical & Scientific Domains
2610 Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
2620 Selective Visual Display Systems
2630 Digital and Optical Communications
2640 Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details
2650 Videophones and Telephonic Communications; Audio Signals; Digital Audio Data Processing; Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression
2660 Digital Cameras; Image Analysis; Applications; pattern Recognition; Color and Compression; Enhancement and Transformation
2670 Facsimile; Printer; Color; halftone; Scanner; Computer Graphic Processing; 3-D Animation; Display Color; Attributes; Object Processing; Hardware and Memory
2680 Telemetry and Code Generation; Vehicles and System Alarms; Selective Communication; Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives; Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives
2690 Selective Visual Display Systems

More broadly TC 2800 Art Units cover Semiconductors/Memory, Circuits/Measuring and Testing, Optics/Photocopying, Printing/Measuring and Testing.

Patents examined here cover:

Art Unit Technical & Scientific Domains
2810/2820/2890 Semiconductors/Memory
2830/2840 Electrical Circuits and Systems
2850/2860 Printing/Measuring and Testing
2870/2880 Optics

About Design Patents

The design FOR an article. Not to the design OF an article.

Patents examined here cover Design patents cover the appearance of an article. The design for an article consists of the visual characteristics embodied in or applied to an article. Since a design is manifested in appearance, the subject matter of a design patent application may relate to the configuration or shape of an article, to the surface ornamentation applied to an article, or to the combination of configuration and surface ornamentation.

Design is inseparable from the article to which it is applied and cannot exist alone merely as a scheme of surface ornamentation. It must be a definite, preconceived thing, capable of reproduction and not merely the chance result of a method.

Design patent numbers begin with a "D" followed by a six digit number. The first Design Patent was issued in 1843. The term of a design patent is 15 years measured from the date of grant, if the design application was filed on or after May 13, 2015 (or 14 years if filed before May 13, 2015).

Patents examined here cover:

Art Unit Technical & Scientific Domains
3610 Surface Transportation
3620 Business Methods — Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing
3630 Static Structures, Supports and Furniture
3640 Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
3650 Material and Article Handling
3660 Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems
3670 Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware
3680 Business Methods — Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation
3690 Business Methods — Finance/Banking/ Insurance

Patents examined here cover:

Art Unit Technical & Scientific Domains
3710 Amusement and Education Devices
3720 Manufacturing Devices and Processes, Machine Tools and Hand Tools
3730 Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting
3740 Thermal and Combustion Technology, Motive and Fluid Power Systems
3750 Fluid Handling and Dispensing
3760 Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
3770 Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies
3780 Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising

Patents examined here cover:

Art Unit Technical & Scientific Domains
3970 Express Abandonments
3990 Central Reexamination Unit

FedInvent Patents

Each week FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding from the US federal government. We assemble a weekly patent catalog and analyze the inventions, the inventors, and the entities who received the patents. We map the patents back to the agency that funded the R&D that led to the new invention. FedInvent uses the funding opportunity descriptions, the grants, and the contracts that define the research areas of interest, and the R&D policies and priorities of that drove and are driving the funding to organize each week's patents.

ABOUT OUR DATA

The weekly patent catalog includes patents with government interest statements indicating federal funding; and patents where the assignee, the owner of the invention, is the federal government. This includes work on federal grants, work on federal contracts, innovation by Federal Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) funded by Federal Departments and University Affiliated Research Centers funded by DoD.

Not every inventor is a government contractor. There are many inventions conceived and patented by scientists and engineers working for the federal government or serving in the military.

THE NUMBERS MAY NOT MATCH THE NUMBER OF PATENTS WE ANALYZE EACH WEEK

The numbers in the tables presented on this page will not add up to the number of patents granted each week because patents are counted by each agency that funded the creation of the invention. Patents and funding have a many-to-many relationship. One patent may have more than one funding grant or contract associated with it. A grant or contract may lead to more than one patent. More than one agency may have funded the inventors or the contract. More than one university or business may have worked together on an invention. When we report the numbers here, we associate a patent with all of the entities and funding that are reflected on the patent and report them to you. This approach presents a more complete picture of what's going on in the federal innovation ecosphere. Put another way, the numbers in the tables presented on this page may not always add up to the number of patents each week because patents are counted by each agency that funded the creation of the invention.

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