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New Taxpayer Funded Patents for Tuesday, July 07, 2009 

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FedInvent analyzed 83 taxpayer-funded patents this week.

On Tuesday, July 07, 2009, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted 83 taxpayer-funded patents; including 78 patents containing government interest statements and 16 patents where federal government agencies were an assignee or applicant. Together, 83 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 07555824
 
Method for large scale integration of quartz-based devices 
002 07555835
 
Fabricating a monolithic microwave integrated circuit 
003 07555873
 
Self-locating feature for a pi-joint assembly 
004 07555904
 
Thermally compliant rivet connection for connecting turbine engine liner to convergent flap and seal for turbine nozzle 
005 07555938
 
Thermoelastic self-actuation in piezoresistive resonators 
006 07555941
 
Scanner for probe microscopy 
007 07556095
 
Solution mining dawsonite from hydrocarbon containing formations with a chelating agent 
008 07556096
 
Varying heating in dawsonite zones in hydrocarbon containing formations 
009 07556108
 
Robotic platform 
010 07556189
 
Lead-free bonding systems 
011 07556388
 
Thin nearly wireless adaptive optical device 
012 07556471
 
Inter-ship personnel transfer device and method of moving between compacted state and non-compacted state 
013 07556532
 
Electrical connector configured as a fastening element 
014 07556552
 
Solitary bee emergence box 
015 07556672
 
Regenerative process for removal of mercury and other heavy metals from gases containing H2 and/or CO 
016 07556675
 
Feed gas contaminant control in ion transport membrane systems 
017 07556695
 
Apparatus to make nanolaminate thermal barrier coatings 
018 07556743
 
Nanocomposites and methods for synthesis and use thereof 
019 07556775
 
Microelectro-mechanical chemical sensor 
020 07556808
 
Dual inhibitors of HIV-1 gp-120 interactions 
021 07556810
 
Compositions and methods to control angiogenesis with cupredoxins 
022 07556816
 
Ehrlichia chaffeensis 28 kDa outer membrane protein multigene family 
023 07556835
 
High efficiency protein extraction 
024 07556862
 
Protein based wood finishes and methods for producing the same 
025 07556863
 
Gold-coated nanoparticles for use in biotechnology applications 
026 07556921
 
Methods for mapping signal transduction pathways to gene expression programs 
027 07556922
 
Motion resolved molecular sequencing 
028 07556924
 
Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection with padlock probes and polymerase chain reactions 
029 07556925
 
ανβ3 integrin-binding polypeptide monobodies and their use 
030 07556927
 
Methods for diagnosing, imaging and treating atherosclerotic disease 
031 07556928
 
Method of screening a population of cells 
032 07556929
 
Compositions and methods for screening anti-cancer agents in yeast 
033 07556935
 
Induction of apoptosis by cellular stress 
034 07556942
 
Tumor suppressor designated Hippo 
035 07556944
 
Methods and compositions for use in preparing siRNAs 
036 07556945
 
Method for converting sucrose to β-D-glucose 
037 07556967
 
Foldable polymers as probes 
038 07556969
 
Intensified neutral loss tags and use thereof in mass spectrometry 
039 07556982
 
Method to grow pure nanocrystalline diamond films at low temperatures and high deposition rates 
040 07557046
 
Systems and methods for interconnect metallization using a stop-etch layer 
041 07557068
 
Evolving new molecular function 
042 07557085
 
Metabolic-based methods for modulating gene expression 
043 07557086
 
Method and peptide for regulating cellular activity 
044 07557090
 
Anthracycline antibiotics and methods of treating cancer using the same 
045 07557092
 
Purinergic modulation of smell 
046 07557096
 
Synthesis of combretastatin A-4 prodrugs and trans-isomers thereof 
047 07557097
 
Structural, behavioral characterization, and synthesis of attractants for migratory lamprey 
048 07557119
 
Large substituent, non-phenolic opioids 
049 07557141
 
Method of treating autoimmune diseases 
050 07557144
 
Modulation of protein expression using carbocyclic aryl alkenoic acid derivatives 
051 07557181
 
Pan-HER antagonists and methods of use 
052 07557184
 
Isolated staphylococcus DNAX subunit and use thereof 
053 07557191
 
Sialoadhesin factor-2 antibodies 
054 07557194
 
Antibody materials for an IBD-associated polypeptide 
055 07557196
 
hGC-1, a gene encoding a member of the olfactomedin-related protein family 
056 07557220
 
Tetrazole based linear polymers 
057 07557250
 
Picric acid explosive compound and environmentally friendly methods for making the same 
058 07557348
 
Method and system for imaging an object using multiple distinguishable electromagnetic waves transmitted by a source array 
059 07557367
 
Stretchable semiconductor elements and stretchable electrical circuits 
060 07557370
 
Heteroacene polymers and electronic devices generated therefrom 
061 07557372
 
Memory devices based on electric field programmable films 
062 07557448
 
High-aspect-ratio metal-polymer composite structures for nano interconnects 
063 07557470
 
6-axis electromagnetically-actuated meso-scale nanopositioner 
064 07557485
 
Ion conducting electrolyte brush additives 
065 07557487
 
Methods and apparatus for thermal isolation for thermoelectric devices 
066 07557673
 
Wide bandwidth microwave balun 
067 07557734
 
Airborne visibility indicator system and method 
068 07557747
 
Method and apparatus using fast electronic switching for multi-channelizing a single-channel radar system 
069 07557753
 
Spacecraft hardware tracker 
070 07557923
 
Method and system for in situ spectroscopic evaluation of an object 
071 07557929
 
Systems and methods for phase measurements 
072 07558200
 
Router congestion management 
073 07558305
 
Intersubband mid-infrared electroluminescent semiconductor devices 
074 07558370
 
Method and apparatus for improving identification and control of articles passing through a scanning system 
075 07558371
 
Method of generating X-ray diffraction data for integral detection of twin defects in super-hetero-epitaxial materials 
076 07558419
 
System and method for detecting integrated circuit pattern defects 
077 07558450
 
Microwave photonic delay line with separate tuning of optical carrier 
078 07558461
 
High SBS threshold optical fiber with aluminum dopant 
079 07558583
 
System and methods of radio interference based localization in sensor networks 
080 07558612
 
Motion compensated spiral FISP MRI 
081 07558688
 
Angle calibration of long baseline antennas 
082 07558887
 
Method for supporting partial cache line read and write operations to a memory module to reduce read and write data traffic on a memory channel 
083 RE40839
 
Taxol treatment of cancer 

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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) 31 636
Department of Defense (DOD) 29 801
Department of Energy (DOE) 9 325
National Science Foundation (NSF) 9 221
Department of Agriculture (USDA) 3 35
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 3 96
Small Business Administration (SBA) 3 26
Department of Commerce (DOC) 2 52
Classified Government Agency 1 1
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) 1 8
U.S. State Government 1 11
Government Rights Acknowledged 3 64

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 07555941
 
Scanner for probe microscopy 
002 07556743
 
Nanocomposites and methods for synthesis and use thereof 
003 07556808
 
Dual inhibitors of HIV-1 gp-120 interactions 
004 07556810
 
Compositions and methods to control angiogenesis with cupredoxins 
005 07556816
 
Ehrlichia chaffeensis 28 kDa outer membrane protein multigene family 
006 07556921
 
Methods for mapping signal transduction pathways to gene expression programs 
007 07556922
 
Motion resolved molecular sequencing 
008 07556924
 
Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection with padlock probes and polymerase chain reactions 
009 07556925
 
ανβ3 integrin-binding polypeptide monobodies and their use 
010 07556927
 
Methods for diagnosing, imaging and treating atherosclerotic disease 
011 07556929
 
Compositions and methods for screening anti-cancer agents in yeast 
012 07556935
 
Induction of apoptosis by cellular stress 
013 07556942
 
Tumor suppressor designated Hippo 
014 07556944
 
Methods and compositions for use in preparing siRNAs 
015 07556967
 
Foldable polymers as probes 
016 07557085
 
Metabolic-based methods for modulating gene expression 
017 07557086
 
Method and peptide for regulating cellular activity 
018 07557090
 
Anthracycline antibiotics and methods of treating cancer using the same 
019 07557092
 
Purinergic modulation of smell 
020 07557096
 
Synthesis of combretastatin A-4 prodrugs and trans-isomers thereof 
021 07557097
 
Structural, behavioral characterization, and synthesis of attractants for migratory lamprey 
022 07557119
 
Large substituent, non-phenolic opioids 
023 07557141
 
Method of treating autoimmune diseases 
024 07557144
 
Modulation of protein expression using carbocyclic aryl alkenoic acid derivatives 
025 07557181
 
Pan-HER antagonists and methods of use 
026 07557184
 
Isolated staphylococcus DNAX subunit and use thereof 
027 07557191
 
Sialoadhesin factor-2 antibodies 
028 07557194
 
Antibody materials for an IBD-associated polypeptide 
029 07557196
 
hGC-1, a gene encoding a member of the olfactomedin-related protein family 
030 07558612
 
Motion compensated spiral FISP MRI 
031 RE40839
 
Taxol treatment of cancer 

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Department of Defense (DOD) Agencies

Patent Title
001 07558305
 
Intersubband mid-infrared electroluminescent semiconductor devices 
002 07558887
 
Method for supporting partial cache line read and write operations to a memory module to reduce read and write data traffic on a memory channel 

Department of the ARMY (DOA)

Patent Title
001 07555824
 
Method for large scale integration of quartz-based devices 
002 07556108
 
Robotic platform 
003 07556532
 
Electrical connector configured as a fastening element 
004 07556925
 
ανβ3 integrin-binding polypeptide monobodies and their use 
005 07557046
 
Systems and methods for interconnect metallization using a stop-etch layer 
006 07557348
 
Method and system for imaging an object using multiple distinguishable electromagnetic waves transmitted by a source array 
007 07557734
 
Airborne visibility indicator system and method 
008 07558450
 
Microwave photonic delay line with separate tuning of optical carrier 

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

Patent Title
001 07555873
 
Self-locating feature for a pi-joint assembly 
002 07555904
 
Thermally compliant rivet connection for connecting turbine engine liner to convergent flap and seal for turbine nozzle 
003 07556471
 
Inter-ship personnel transfer device and method of moving between compacted state and non-compacted state 
004 07556695
 
Apparatus to make nanolaminate thermal barrier coatings 
005 07556775
 
Microelectro-mechanical chemical sensor 
006 07557068
 
Evolving new molecular function 
007 07557220
 
Tetrazole based linear polymers 
008 07557250
 
Picric acid explosive compound and environmentally friendly methods for making the same 
009 07557485
 
Ion conducting electrolyte brush additives 
010 07557747
 
Method and apparatus using fast electronic switching for multi-channelizing a single-channel radar system 
011 07558305
 
Intersubband mid-infrared electroluminescent semiconductor devices 

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

Patent Title
001 07555835
 
Fabricating a monolithic microwave integrated circuit 
002 07555938
 
Thermoelastic self-actuation in piezoresistive resonators 
003 07557372
 
Memory devices based on electric field programmable films 
004 07557753
 
Spacecraft hardware tracker 
005 07558583
 
System and methods of radio interference based localization in sensor networks 

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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)31636
National Institutes of Health (NIH)28570
National Cancer Institute (NCI)483
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)316
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)316
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)24
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)15
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)14
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)122

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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 34
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components 23
1700 Chemical and Materials Engineering 9
3600 Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review 8
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Gaming and Medical Devices/Processes 4
2600 Communications 3
2100 Computer Architecture Software and Information Security 1
2400 Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security 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 435 Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 11 0
USPC 514 Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 10 0
USPC 257 Active solid-state devices 4 0
USPC 530 Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 4 0
USPC 310 Electrical generator or motor structure 3 0
USPC 424 Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 3 0
USPC 029 Metal working 2 0
USPC 073 Measuring and testing 2 0
USPC 166 Wells 2 0
USPC 342 Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 2 0
USPC 356 Optics: Measuring and testing 2 0
USPC 378 X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 2 0
USPC 385 Optical waveguides 2 0
USPC 428 Stock material or miscellaneous articles 2 0
USPC 436 Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 2 0
USPC 438 Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 2 0
USPC 052 Static structures 1 0
USPC 060 Power plants 1 0
USPC 095 Gas separation: Processes 1 0
USPC 096 Gas separation: Apparatus 1 0
USPC 118 Coating apparatus 1 0
USPC 180 Motor vehicles 1 0
USPC 228 Metal fusion bonding 1 0
USPC 250 Radiant energy 1 0
USPC 252 Compositions 1 0
USPC 333 Wave transmission lines and networks 1 0
USPC 340 Communications: Electrical 1 0
USPC 359 Optical: Systems and elements 1 0
USPC 370 Multiplex communications 1 0
USPC 372 Coherent light generators 1 0
USPC 382 Image analysis 1 0
USPC 414 Material or article handling 1 0
USPC 422 Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 1 0
USPC 426 Food or edible material: Processes, compositions, and products 1 0
USPC 439 Electrical connectors 1 0
USPC 449 Bee culture 1 0
USPC 455 Telecommunications 1 0
USPC 506 Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 1 0
USPC 536 Organic compounds 1 0
USPC 548 Organic compounds 1 0
USPC 568 Organic compounds 1 0
USPC 600 Surgery 1 0
USPC 702 Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 1 0
USPC 710 Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 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 81 239
Canada 1 3
United Kingdom 1 1
Hungary 0 6
Poland 0 2
South Korea 0 1
Sweden 0 1
Slovakia 0 1
U.S. State First Named Inventors All Inventors
California 16 45
Massachusetts 9 29
Texas 6 16
Pennsylvania 6 13
New York 5 19
Illinois 5 16
Virginia 5 10
Maryland 4 16
Washington 3 5
Wisconsin 2 9
Georgia 2 7
Tennessee 2 3
Arizona 2 2
Florida 1 7
Minnesota 1 7
North Carolina 1 5
New Mexico 1 5
Utah 1 4
District of Columbia 1 3
Missouri 1 3
Alabama 1 2
Connecticut 1 2
Oregon 1 2
Vermont 1 2
Kentucky 1 1
Michigan 1 1
North Dakota 1 1
New Jersey 0 2
Indiana 0 1
Louisiana 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 880
U.S. State Assignees Applicants
California 160
District of Columbia 130
Massachusetts 100
Illinois 70
New York 70
Texas 70
Pennsylvania 50
Connecticut 20
Georgia 20
Maryland 20
Minnesota 20
Washington 20
Wisconsin 20
Arizona 10
Kentucky 10
Louisiana 10
Nevada 10
New Hampshire 10
New Jersey 10
New Mexico 10
North Carolina 10
Tennessee 10
Utah 10
Vermont 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

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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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