FedInvent™ Patents

New Taxpayer Funded Patents for Tuesday, November 06, 2007 

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FedInvent analyzed 64 taxpayer-funded patents this week.

On Tuesday, November 06, 2007, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted 64 taxpayer-funded patents; including 56 patents containing government interest statements and 12 patents where federal government agencies were an assignee or applicant. Together, 64 patents granted this week are the result of US government-funded research & development.

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The List of This Week's Patents

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Patent Title
001 07290520
 
Fuel injector nozzle for an internal combustion engine 
002 07290542
 
System and method for delivering and metering powder aerosol 
003 07290667
 
Microfluidic sieve using intertwined, free-standing carbon nanotube mesh as active medium 
004 07290669
 
Upflow bioreactor having a septum and an auger and drive assembly 
005 07290737
 
Nonsurvivable momentum exchange system 
006 07290738
 
Dual jet emerging lift augmentation system for airfoils and hydrofoils 
007 07291003
 
Micromachined spinneret 
008 07291016
 
Ophthalmic surgery simulation device 
009 07291154
 
Shape memory polymer actuator and catheter 
010 07291265
 
Passive treatment of wastewater and contaminated groundwater 
011 07291284
 
Fabrication of sub-50 nm solid-state nanostructures based on nanolithography 
012 07291293
 
Vapor deposited electro-optic films self-assembled through hydrogen bonding 
013 07291303
 
Method for bonding a transmission line to a downhole tool 
014 07291316
 
Cesium and strontium extraction using a mixed extractant solvent including crown ether and calixarene extractants 
015 07291317
 
Method for synthesizing extremely high-temperature melting materials 
016 07291331
 
Methods of treating OX40 medicated recall immune responses 
017 07291334
 
Antibodies to novel proteins in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) useful for diagnosis and therapy of EAEC infections 
018 07291336
 
Compositions and methods for enhancing immune responses mediated by antigen-presenting cells 
019 07291406
 
Organometallic complexes as phosphorescent emitters in organic LEDS 
020 07291454
 
Transgenic animals and cell lines for screening drugs effective for the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer\'s disease 
021 07291456
 
Method for determining differences in molecular interactions and for screening a combinatorial library 
022 07291457
 
Electrochemical detection of mismatch nucleic acids 
023 07291463
 
Nucleic acid labeling compounds 
024 07291464
 
Autocatalysis/yeast two-hybrid assay 
025 07291473
 
Screening process for atopic dermatitis 
026 07291475
 
Methods of expressing integrin β6 subunits 
027 07291476
 
O-acetyltranferases 
028 07291478
 
Rapid screening and analysis of present and potential nerve agents and their degradation products 
029 07291486
 
Genetically modified cells and methods for converting (R)-methylmalonyl CoA to (S)-methylmalonyl CoA 
030 07291494
 
Regulation of target protein activity through modifier proteins 
031 07291503
 
Reversible resistivity-based sensors 
032 07291605
 
Methods of treating various cancers using melanoma differentiation associated protein-7 
033 07291606
 
Compositions and methods for identifying agents which regulate chromosomal stability, gene activation and aging 
034 07291628
 
Treatment of cocaine abuse using N-substituted derivatives of morphinan 
035 07291653
 
Preparation of hydrophobic organic aeorgels 
036 07291656
 
Ultraviolet light curing compositions for composite repair 
037 07291657
 
Ultraviolet light curing compositions for composite repair 
038 07291710
 
Detection of spectrin and spectrin proteolytic cleavage products in assessing nerve cell damage 
039 07291711
 
Fluorescent proteins from aquatic species 
040 07291723
 
GB virus C and methods of treating viral infections 
041 07291764
 
Cloning pigs using non-quiescent differentiated donor cells or nuclei 
042 07291805
 
Target isolation system, high power laser and laser peening method and system using same 
043 07291946
 
Damper for stator assembly 
044 07292115
 
Method to differentially control LC voltage-controlled oscillators 
045 07292189
 
Methods and apparatus for high resolution positioning 
046 07292202
 
Range limited antenna 
047 07292263
 
Robotic CCD microscope for enhanced crystal recognition 
048 07292326
 
Interferometric analysis for the manufacture of nano-scale devices 
049 07292383
 
Contained resonant cavity and systems incorporating same 
050 07292389
 
Circular extinction contrast imaging microscope 
051 07292502
 
Systems and methods for producing a sound pressure field 
052 07292503
 
Multi piston electro-mechanical transduction apparatus 
053 07292647
 
Wireless communication system having linear encoder 
054 07292654
 
Reduced complexity coding system using iterative decoding 
055 07292661
 
Block-iterative equalizers for digital communication system 
056 07292676
 
System for phase-contrast x-ray radiography using X pinch radiation and a method thereof 
057 07292742
 
Waveguides for performing enzymatic reactions 
058 07292758
 
Optoelectronic fiber photodetector 
059 07292768
 
Ultrahigh density ferroelectric storage and lithography by high order ferroic switching 
060 07292792
 
High speed modulation of optical subcarriers 
061 07292828
 
Miniaturized multichannel transmitter and wireless telemetry system 
062 07292958
 
Systems and methods for predicting materials properties 
063 07293001
 
Hybrid neural network and support vector machine method for optimization 
064 07293004
 
Method for tuning state-based scheduling policies 

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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 Defense (DOD) 22 1219
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 18 967
Department of Energy (DOE) 17 577
National Science Foundation (NSF) 6 365
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 4 172
Small Business Administration (SBA) 4 50
National Security Agency (NSA) 2 27
Department of Agriculture (USDA) 1 84
Department of Commerce (DOC) 1 104
Department of Justice (DOJ) 1 5
U.S. State Government 1 26

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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Take Me To The Details

Department of Defense (DOD) Agencies

Patent Title
001 07292383
 
Contained resonant cavity and systems incorporating same 
002 07292502
 
Systems and methods for producing a sound pressure field 
003 07293004
 
Method for tuning state-based scheduling policies 

Department of the ARMY (DOA)

Patent Title
001 07290542
 
System and method for delivering and metering powder aerosol 
002 07291016
 
Ophthalmic surgery simulation device 
003 07291478
 
Rapid screening and analysis of present and potential nerve agents and their degradation products 
004 07291710
 
Detection of spectrin and spectrin proteolytic cleavage products in assessing nerve cell damage 
005 07292383
 
Contained resonant cavity and systems incorporating same 
006 07292647
 
Wireless communication system having linear encoder 

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

Patent Title
001 07290738
 
Dual jet emerging lift augmentation system for airfoils and hydrofoils 
002 07291293
 
Vapor deposited electro-optic films self-assembled through hydrogen bonding 
003 07291457
 
Electrochemical detection of mismatch nucleic acids 
004 07291503
 
Reversible resistivity-based sensors 
005 07291946
 
Damper for stator assembly 
006 07292326
 
Interferometric analysis for the manufacture of nano-scale devices 
007 07292503
 
Multi piston electro-mechanical transduction apparatus 
008 07292661
 
Block-iterative equalizers for digital communication system 
009 07292758
 
Optoelectronic fiber photodetector 

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

Patent Title
001 07291284
 
Fabrication of sub-50 nm solid-state nanostructures based on nanolithography 
002 07291406
 
Organometallic complexes as phosphorescent emitters in organic LEDS 
003 07291656
 
Ultraviolet light curing compositions for composite repair 
004 07291657
 
Ultraviolet light curing compositions for composite repair 
005 07292758
 
Optoelectronic fiber photodetector 

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Take Me To The Details
Patent Title
001 07291331
 
Methods of treating OX40 medicated recall immune responses 
002 07291334
 
Antibodies to novel proteins in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) useful for diagnosis and therapy of EAEC infections 
003 07291336
 
Compositions and methods for enhancing immune responses mediated by antigen-presenting cells 
004 07291454
 
Transgenic animals and cell lines for screening drugs effective for the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer\'s disease 
005 07291456
 
Method for determining differences in molecular interactions and for screening a combinatorial library 
006 07291464
 
Autocatalysis/yeast two-hybrid assay 
007 07291473
 
Screening process for atopic dermatitis 
008 07291475
 
Methods of expressing integrin β6 subunits 
009 07291476
 
O-acetyltranferases 
010 07291494
 
Regulation of target protein activity through modifier proteins 
011 07291605
 
Methods of treating various cancers using melanoma differentiation associated protein-7 
012 07291606
 
Compositions and methods for identifying agents which regulate chromosomal stability, gene activation and aging 
013 07291628
 
Treatment of cocaine abuse using N-substituted derivatives of morphinan 
014 07291710
 
Detection of spectrin and spectrin proteolytic cleavage products in assessing nerve cell damage 
015 07291711
 
Fluorescent proteins from aquatic species 
016 07291723
 
GB virus C and methods of treating viral infections 
017 07292742
 
Waveguides for performing enzymatic reactions 
018 07292828
 
Miniaturized multichannel transmitter and wireless telemetry system 

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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)18967
National Institutes of Health (NIH)17860
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)224
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)112
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)110
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)110
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)12
National Cancer Institute (NCI)194

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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 21
1700 Chemical and Materials Engineering 14
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components 10
2600 Communications 7
3600 Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review 6
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Gaming and Medical Devices/Processes 4
2100 Computer Architecture Software and Information Security 2

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 435 Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 11 0
USPC 210 Liquid purification or separation 3 0
USPC 375 Pulse or digital communications 3 0
USPC 385 Optical waveguides 3 0
USPC 424 Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 3 0
USPC 514 Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 3 0
USPC 244 Aeronautics and astronautics 2 0
USPC 359 Optical: Systems and elements 2 0
USPC 367 Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 2 0
USPC 423 Chemistry of inorganic compounds 2 0
USPC 522 Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 2 0
USPC 530 Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 2 0
USPC 706 Data processing: Artificial intelligence 2 0
USPC 123 Internal-combustion engines 1 0
USPC 128 Surgery 1 0
USPC 216 Etching a substrate: Processes 1 0
USPC 219 Electric heating 1 0
USPC 252 Compositions 1 0
USPC 264 Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 1 0
USPC 310 Electrical generator or motor structure 1 0
USPC 331 Oscillators 1 0
USPC 342 Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 1 0
USPC 343 Communications: Radio wave antennas 1 0
USPC 348 Television 1 0
USPC 356 Optics: Measuring and testing 1 0
USPC 378 X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 1 0
USPC 398 Optical communications 1 0
USPC 425 Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: Apparatus 1 0
USPC 428 Stock material or miscellaneous articles 1 0
USPC 434 Education and demonstration 1 0
USPC 436 Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 1 0
USPC 455 Telecommunications 1 0
USPC 521 Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 1 0
USPC 536 Organic compounds 1 0
USPC 606 Surgery 1 0
USPC 702 Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 1 0
USPC 800 Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 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 64 189
Russian Federation 0 2
France 0 1
Japan 0 1
South Korea 0 1
U.S. State First Named Inventors All Inventors
California 18 51
Massachusetts 10 32
Maryland 5 11
New York 4 13
Texas 4 12
Illinois 4 8
Florida 2 6
Utah 2 4
Washington 2 4
Idaho 1 8
New Jersey 1 6
South Carolina 1 4
Tennessee 1 4
Iowa 1 3
New Mexico 1 3
Ohio 1 3
Virginia 1 3
Minnesota 1 2
Michigan 1 1
Nebraska 1 1
Oregon 1 1
Rhode Island 1 1
North Carolina 0 2
Pennsylvania 0 2
Georgia 0 1
Maine 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 660
U.S. State Assignees Applicants
California 160
Massachusetts 100
District of Columbia 90
Texas 40
Illinois 30
New Jersey 30
New York 30
Florida 20
Maryland 20
Utah 20
Connecticut 10
Idaho 10
Iowa 10
Michigan 10
Minnesota 10
Nebraska 10
New Mexico 10
Ohio 10
South Carolina 10
Tennessee 10
Washington 10
Wisconsin 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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