FedInvent™ Patents

New Taxpayer Funded Patents for Tuesday, November 23, 2010 

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FedInvent analyzed 139 taxpayer-funded patents this week.

On Tuesday, November 23, 2010, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted 139 taxpayer-funded patents; including 129 patents containing government interest statements and 31 patents where federal government agencies were an assignee or applicant. Together, 139 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 07836566
 
Microfabricated bulk wave acoustic bandgap device 
002 07836585
 
Method of operatively combining a plurality of components to form a land grip array interposer (LGA) structure utilizing metal-on-elastomer hemi-torus and other multiple points of contact geometries 
003 07836596
 
Turbine engine rotor retaining methods 
004 07836681
 
Mechanism for a vectoring exhaust nozzle 
005 07836699
 
Combustor nozzle 
006 07836723
 
Air conditioning system 
007 07836754
 
Cryogenic feed-through test rig 
008 07836811
 
Tools for use with robotic systems 
009 07836940
 
Microchannel cooling device for small heat sources 
010 07836964
 
All-terrain, drive-by-wire, high-pressure, fire fighting apparatus 
011 07837008
 
Passive acoustic barrier 
012 07837040
 
Acoustic concentration of particles in fluid flow 
013 07837378
 
Mixer-extruder assembly 
014 07837436
 
Method and apparatus for regulating fluid flow through a turbine engine 
015 07837472
 
Neurocognitive and psychomotor performance assessment and rehabilitation system 
016 07837525
 
Autonomous data relay buoy 
017 07837640
 
Dynamic body protector 
018 07837654
 
Precision sensing and treatment delivery device for promoting healing in living tissue 
019 07837723
 
Body thermoregulation using skin temperature feedback 
020 07837801
 
Apparatus and method for cleaning an optical fiber 
021 07837852
 
Energy efficient synthesis of boranes 
022 07837862
 
Method for removing sulfur or other contaminant species from hydrocarbon fuels or other fuels 
023 07837909
 
Mesostructured inorganic materials prepared with controllable orientational ordering 
024 07837913
 
High aspect ratio template and method for producing same 
025 07837914
 
Process of producing a composite component and intermediate product thereof 
026 07837921
 
Method of providing desirable wetting and release characteristics between a mold and a polymerizable composition 
027 07837976
 
Activated aluminum hydride hydrogen storage compositions and uses thereof 
028 07837982
 
Imaging agents 
029 07837987
 
Methods and compositions for treating mammalian nerve tissue injuries 
030 07837990
 
In vivo expanded NKT cells and methods of use thereof 
031 07837993
 
Methods and compositions for regeneration of aged skeletal muscle tissues 
032 07838077
 
Functionalized, hydrogen-passivated silicon surfaces 
033 07838079
 
Coated armor system and process for making the same 
034 07838083
 
Ion beam assisted deposition of thermal barrier coatings 
035 07838134
 
Durable silver mirror with ultra-violet thru far infra-red reflection 
036 07838138
 
Fuel cell electrolyte membrane with basic polymer 
037 07838141
 
Cerium-modified doped strontium titanate compositions for solid oxide fuel cell anodes and electrodes for other electrochemical devices 
038 07838208
 
Programmable self-aligning liquid magnetic nanoparticle masks and methods for their use 
039 07838212
 
Apparatus and method for providing live dinoflagellates for toxicity tests 
040 07838216
 
Human gene related to but distinct from EGF receptor gene 
041 07838217
 
Keratin 8 mutations are risk factors for developing liver disease of multiple etiologies 
042 07838222
 
Methods, devices and kits for multiplex blotting of biological samples from multi-well plates 
043 07838223
 
DNA diagnostic screening for turner syndrome and sex chromosome disorders 
044 07838227
 
Simultaneous detection of biological agents by solid-state hybridization and naked eye visualization 
045 07838231
 
NPH6 nucleic acids and proteins 
046 07838251
 
Nuclear matrix protein alterations associated with colon cancer and colon metastasis to the liver, and uses thereof 
047 07838252
 
Methods and compositions for treating a subject having an anthrax toxin mediated condition 
048 07838253
 
Methods of modulating cold sensory perception via a cold- and menthol-sensitive receptor (CMR1) 
049 07838256
 
Assay and kit for drug efflux transporter activity 
050 07838259
 
Genes of Porphyromonas gingivalis W83 involved in invasion of human cells 
051 07838270
 
Target-dependent transcription using deletion mutants of N4 RNA polymerase 
052 07838273
 
Biomolecular hybrid material and process for preparing same and uses for same 
053 07838275
 
Anti-HIV and anti-tumor peptides and fragments of lysozyme 
054 07838288
 
Modulators of odorant receptors 
055 07838290
 
Hematopoietic stem cells and methods of treatment of neovascular eye diseases therewith 
056 07838292
 
Methods for obtaining adult human olfactory progenitor cells 
057 07838294
 
Inhibitors of the JNK signal transduction pathway and methods of use 
058 07838296
 
Methods and apparatus for ultrasonic determination of red blood cell indices 
059 07838302
 
Sub-diffraction limit image resolution and other imaging techniques 
060 07838305
 
Autoantibody detection for cancer diagnostics 
061 07838330
 
Method of field-controlled diffusion and devices formed thereby 
062 07838377
 
Power semiconductor devices with mesa structures and buffer layers including mesa steps 
063 07838409
 
Structures and methods for an application of a flexible bridge 
064 07838476
 
Generation of residue-free decontaminant using hydrogen peroxide, ammonia, and carbon dioxide 
065 07838490
 
Methods and compositions for inhibition of vascular permeability 
066 07838491
 
Self-assembly and mineralization of peptide-amphiphile nanofibers 
067 07838492
 
Recombinant canine thyroid stimulating hormone and methods of production and use thereof 
068 07838495
 
Compositions and methods of use of EPB1, and ErbB3 binding protein 
069 07838502
 
Compositions and methods to modulate H. influenzae pathogenesis 
070 07838504
 
Methods and compositions for reducing viral genome amounts in a target cell 
071 07838508
 
4′-thio-L-xyloy furanosyl nucleosides, precursors thereof, preparation and use thereof 
072 07838512
 
DNA damaging agents in combination with tyrosine kinase inhibitors 
073 07838531
 
Farnesyltransferase inhibitors for treatment of laminopathies, cellular aging and atherosclerosis 
074 07838556
 
Ethers of 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid as selective gamma-hydroxybutyric acid receptor ligands 
075 07838561
 
Method for preventing or treating cardiac hypertrophy 
076 07838562
 
Methods of inhibiting vascular permeability and apoptosis 
077 07838571
 
Photopolymers and use in dental restorative materials 
078 07838612
 
Arylene fluorinated sulfonimide compositions 
079 07838619
 
Biodegradable polyketal polymers and methods for their formation and use 
080 07838628
 
System for removing contaminants from plastic resin 
081 07838630
 
Biologic replacement for fibrin clot 
082 07838645
 
Function of autophagy genes in cell death 
083 07838665
 
Chemoselective ligation 
084 07838691
 
Palmerolides: methods of preparation and derivatives thereof 
085 07838716
 
High speed swelling, pressure exerting hemostatic device 
086 07838730
 
Engineering single-gene-controlled staygreen potential into plants 
087 07838760
 
Trans-thermoelectric device 
088 07838820
 
Controlled kinetic energy ion source for miniature ion trap and related spectroscopy system and method 
089 07838821
 
Ion mobility spectrometer instrument and method of operating same 
090 07838823
 
Ion mobility spectrometer with virtual aperture grid 
091 07838832
 
Electron beam apparatus and inspection method using dual illumination beams with dynamically controllable offsets 
092 07838841
 
Measuring momentum for charged particle tomography 
093 07838866
 
Method of fabricating turning mirror using sacrificial spacer layer and device made therefrom 
094 07838867
 
Method of fabricating turning mirror using sacrificial spacer layer and device made therefrom 
095 07838869
 
Dual band photodetector 
096 07839023
 
Methods and apparatus for three-phase inverter with reduced energy storage 
097 07839054
 
Piezoelectric actuator 
098 07839169
 
Programmable logic device with embedded switch fabric 
099 07839195
 
Automatic control of clock duty cycle 
100 07839226
 
Method and apparatus for effecting stable operation of resonant tunneling diodes 
101 07839282
 
Capacitance probe for detection of anomalies in non-metallic plastic pipe 
102 07839304
 
Method and system for alerting aircrew to unsafe vibration levels 
103 07839492
 
Laser-induced fluorescence fiber optic probe measurement of oil dilution by fuel 
104 07839497
 
Phase compensator for coupling an electromagnetic wave into an optical condenser 
105 07839499
 
Hydrogen sensor 
106 07839504
 
Multiple order common path spectrometer 
107 07839550
 
Volume holographic filter with broad acceptance angle and narrow spectral bandwidth 
108 07839551
 
Holographic microscopy of holographically trapped three-dimensional structures 
109 07839718
 
Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof 
110 07839721
 
Modal beam processing of acoustic vector sensor data 
111 07839786
 
Method and apparatus for routing data in an inter-nodal communications lattice of a massively parallel computer system by semi-randomly varying routing policies for different packets 
112 07839905
 
Carrier-envelope phase shift using linear media 
113 07839974
 
ARC-sequencing technique for intensity modulated ARC therapy 
114 07840045
 
Method and system for parallel reconstruction in the K-space domain for application in imaging systems 
115 07840086
 
Method for inpainting of images 
116 07840099
 
Ultrafast Ge/Si resonator-based modulators for optical data communications in silicon photonics 
117 07840101
 
Systems and methods for sensing properties of a workpiece and embedding a photonic sensor in metal 
118 07840249
 
Clinical micro-CT (CMCT) methods, techniques and apparatus 
119 07840301
 
System and method for optimizing transmission component life and transmission power 
120 07840353
 
Method and system for managing a network of sensors 
121 07840376
 
Risk-based design and maintenance systems and methods 
122 07840387
 
System and method of designing a load bearing layer that interfaces to a structural pass-through of an inflatable vessel 
123 07840505
 
Classification tool 
124 07840506
 
System and method for geodesic data mining 
125 07840518
 
System and method for object recognition utilizing fusion of multi-system probabalistic output 
126 07840519
 
Organizing and outputting results of a DNA analysis based on firing rules of a rule base 
127 07840625
 
Methods for performing fast discrete curvelet transforms of data 
128 07840626
 
Methods for spectral image analysis by exploiting spatial simplicity 
129 07840703
 
System and method for dynamically supporting indirect routing within a multi-tiered full-graph interconnect architecture 
130 07840748
 
Buffered memory module with multiple memory device data interface ports supporting double the memory capacity 
131 07840779
 
Line-plane broadcasting in a data communications network of a parallel computer 
132 07840803
 
Authentication of integrated circuits 
133 07840834
 
Multi-directional fault detection system 
134 07840852
 
Method and system for environmentally adaptive fault tolerant computing 
135 07840914
 
Distributing computations in a parallel processing environment 
136 07840915
 
Methods and media for forming a bound network 
137 07841009
 
System and method for defending against reverse engineering of software, firmware and hardware 
138 RE41949
 
System and method for tomographic imaging of dynamic properties of a scattering medium 
139 RE41958
 
Memory hierarchy reconfiguration for energy and performance in general-purpose processor architectures 

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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) 53 1797
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 42 1645
Department of Energy (DOE) 25 865
National Science Foundation (NSF) 17 594
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 6 260
Department of Commerce (DOC) 3 122
National Security Agency (NSA) 2 68
Department of Agriculture (USDA) 1 107
Department of Justice (DOJ) 1 7
Small Business Administration (SBA) 1 77
Government Rights Acknowledged 3 124

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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Department of Defense (DOD) Agencies

Patent Title
001 07836585
 
Method of operatively combining a plurality of components to form a land grip array interposer (LGA) structure utilizing metal-on-elastomer hemi-torus and other multiple points of contact geometries 
002 07838077
 
Functionalized, hydrogen-passivated silicon surfaces 
003 07838409
 
Structures and methods for an application of a flexible bridge 
004 07838495
 
Compositions and methods of use of EPB1, and ErbB3 binding protein 
005 07840099
 
Ultrafast Ge/Si resonator-based modulators for optical data communications in silicon photonics 
006 07840703
 
System and method for dynamically supporting indirect routing within a multi-tiered full-graph interconnect architecture 
007 07840748
 
Buffered memory module with multiple memory device data interface ports supporting double the memory capacity 

Department of the ARMY (DOA)

Patent Title
001 07837472
 
Neurocognitive and psychomotor performance assessment and rehabilitation system 
002 07837654
 
Precision sensing and treatment delivery device for promoting healing in living tissue 
003 07837723
 
Body thermoregulation using skin temperature feedback 
004 07837987
 
Methods and compositions for treating mammalian nerve tissue injuries 
005 07838227
 
Simultaneous detection of biological agents by solid-state hybridization and naked eye visualization 
006 07838476
 
Generation of residue-free decontaminant using hydrogen peroxide, ammonia, and carbon dioxide 
007 07838495
 
Compositions and methods of use of EPB1, and ErbB3 binding protein 
008 07838716
 
High speed swelling, pressure exerting hemostatic device 
009 07838832
 
Electron beam apparatus and inspection method using dual illumination beams with dynamically controllable offsets 
010 07839054
 
Piezoelectric actuator 

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

Patent Title
001 07836681
 
Mechanism for a vectoring exhaust nozzle 
002 07836699
 
Combustor nozzle 
003 07836723
 
Air conditioning system 
004 07836811
 
Tools for use with robotic systems 
005 07837436
 
Method and apparatus for regulating fluid flow through a turbine engine 
006 07837525
 
Autonomous data relay buoy 
007 07837801
 
Apparatus and method for cleaning an optical fiber 
008 07837862
 
Method for removing sulfur or other contaminant species from hydrocarbon fuels or other fuels 
009 07838077
 
Functionalized, hydrogen-passivated silicon surfaces 
010 07838212
 
Apparatus and method for providing live dinoflagellates for toxicity tests 
011 07838302
 
Sub-diffraction limit image resolution and other imaging techniques 
012 07838665
 
Chemoselective ligation 
013 07838760
 
Trans-thermoelectric device 
014 07839023
 
Methods and apparatus for three-phase inverter with reduced energy storage 
015 07839304
 
Method and system for alerting aircrew to unsafe vibration levels 
016 07839550
 
Volume holographic filter with broad acceptance angle and narrow spectral bandwidth 
017 07839721
 
Modal beam processing of acoustic vector sensor data 
018 07839905
 
Carrier-envelope phase shift using linear media 
019 07840086
 
Method for inpainting of images 
020 07840506
 
System and method for geodesic data mining 
021 07840518
 
System and method for object recognition utilizing fusion of multi-system probabalistic output 
022 07840803
 
Authentication of integrated circuits 

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

Patent Title
001 07836596
 
Turbine engine rotor retaining methods 
002 07836940
 
Microchannel cooling device for small heat sources 
003 07836964
 
All-terrain, drive-by-wire, high-pressure, fire fighting apparatus 
004 07837008
 
Passive acoustic barrier 
005 07837914
 
Process of producing a composite component and intermediate product thereof 
006 07838330
 
Method of field-controlled diffusion and devices formed thereby 
007 07838491
 
Self-assembly and mineralization of peptide-amphiphile nanofibers 
008 07838869
 
Dual band photodetector 
009 07839169
 
Programmable logic device with embedded switch fabric 
010 07839226
 
Method and apparatus for effecting stable operation of resonant tunneling diodes 
011 07840376
 
Risk-based design and maintenance systems and methods 
012 07841009
 
System and method for defending against reverse engineering of software, firmware and hardware 
013 RE41958
 
Memory hierarchy reconfiguration for energy and performance in general-purpose processor architectures 

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Patent Title
001 07837640
 
Dynamic body protector 
002 07837982
 
Imaging agents 
003 07837987
 
Methods and compositions for treating mammalian nerve tissue injuries 
004 07837990
 
In vivo expanded NKT cells and methods of use thereof 
005 07837993
 
Methods and compositions for regeneration of aged skeletal muscle tissues 
006 07838216
 
Human gene related to but distinct from EGF receptor gene 
007 07838217
 
Keratin 8 mutations are risk factors for developing liver disease of multiple etiologies 
008 07838223
 
DNA diagnostic screening for turner syndrome and sex chromosome disorders 
009 07838231
 
NPH6 nucleic acids and proteins 
010 07838251
 
Nuclear matrix protein alterations associated with colon cancer and colon metastasis to the liver, and uses thereof 
011 07838253
 
Methods of modulating cold sensory perception via a cold- and menthol-sensitive receptor (CMR1) 
012 07838256
 
Assay and kit for drug efflux transporter activity 
013 07838259
 
Genes of Porphyromonas gingivalis W83 involved in invasion of human cells 
014 07838270
 
Target-dependent transcription using deletion mutants of N4 RNA polymerase 
015 07838275
 
Anti-HIV and anti-tumor peptides and fragments of lysozyme 
016 07838288
 
Modulators of odorant receptors 
017 07838290
 
Hematopoietic stem cells and methods of treatment of neovascular eye diseases therewith 
018 07838292
 
Methods for obtaining adult human olfactory progenitor cells 
019 07838294
 
Inhibitors of the JNK signal transduction pathway and methods of use 
020 07838296
 
Methods and apparatus for ultrasonic determination of red blood cell indices 
021 07838302
 
Sub-diffraction limit image resolution and other imaging techniques 
022 07838305
 
Autoantibody detection for cancer diagnostics 
023 07838490
 
Methods and compositions for inhibition of vascular permeability 
024 07838492
 
Recombinant canine thyroid stimulating hormone and methods of production and use thereof 
025 07838495
 
Compositions and methods of use of EPB1, and ErbB3 binding protein 
026 07838502
 
Compositions and methods to modulate H. influenzae pathogenesis 
027 07838508
 
4′-thio-L-xyloy furanosyl nucleosides, precursors thereof, preparation and use thereof 
028 07838512
 
DNA damaging agents in combination with tyrosine kinase inhibitors 
029 07838531
 
Farnesyltransferase inhibitors for treatment of laminopathies, cellular aging and atherosclerosis 
030 07838556
 
Ethers of 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid as selective gamma-hydroxybutyric acid receptor ligands 
031 07838561
 
Method for preventing or treating cardiac hypertrophy 
032 07838562
 
Methods of inhibiting vascular permeability and apoptosis 
033 07838571
 
Photopolymers and use in dental restorative materials 
034 07838619
 
Biodegradable polyketal polymers and methods for their formation and use 
035 07838630
 
Biologic replacement for fibrin clot 
036 07838645
 
Function of autophagy genes in cell death 
037 07838665
 
Chemoselective ligation 
038 07838691
 
Palmerolides: methods of preparation and derivatives thereof 
039 07838821
 
Ion mobility spectrometer instrument and method of operating same 
040 07840045
 
Method and system for parallel reconstruction in the K-space domain for application in imaging systems 
041 07840249
 
Clinical micro-CT (CMCT) methods, techniques and apparatus 
042 RE41949
 
System and method for tomographic imaging of dynamic properties of a scattering medium 

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Patent Title
001 07836566
 
Microfabricated bulk wave acoustic bandgap device 
002 07837040
 
Acoustic concentration of particles in fluid flow 
003 07837852
 
Energy efficient synthesis of boranes 
004 07837976
 
Activated aluminum hydride hydrogen storage compositions and uses thereof 
005 07838079
 
Coated armor system and process for making the same 
006 07838083
 
Ion beam assisted deposition of thermal barrier coatings 
007 07838134
 
Durable silver mirror with ultra-violet thru far infra-red reflection 
008 07838138
 
Fuel cell electrolyte membrane with basic polymer 
009 07838141
 
Cerium-modified doped strontium titanate compositions for solid oxide fuel cell anodes and electrodes for other electrochemical devices 
010 07838273
 
Biomolecular hybrid material and process for preparing same and uses for same 
011 07838491
 
Self-assembly and mineralization of peptide-amphiphile nanofibers 
012 07838612
 
Arylene fluorinated sulfonimide compositions 
013 07838628
 
System for removing contaminants from plastic resin 
014 07838665
 
Chemoselective ligation 
015 07838823
 
Ion mobility spectrometer with virtual aperture grid 
016 07838841
 
Measuring momentum for charged particle tomography 
017 07839282
 
Capacitance probe for detection of anomalies in non-metallic plastic pipe 
018 07839492
 
Laser-induced fluorescence fiber optic probe measurement of oil dilution by fuel 
019 07839499
 
Hydrogen sensor 
020 07839718
 
Device and method for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof 
021 07839786
 
Method and apparatus for routing data in an inter-nodal communications lattice of a massively parallel computer system by semi-randomly varying routing policies for different packets 
022 07840625
 
Methods for performing fast discrete curvelet transforms of data 
023 07840626
 
Methods for spectral image analysis by exploiting spatial simplicity 
024 07840779
 
Line-plane broadcasting in a data communications network of a parallel computer 
025 07840834
 
Multi-directional fault detection 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)421645
National Institutes of Health (NIH)391508
National Cancer Institute (NCI)8249
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)243
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)235
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)142
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)179
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)121
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)118
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)153
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)118
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)1108
National Institute on Aging (NIA)121
National Eye Institute (NEI)139

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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.

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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 41
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components 35
1700 Chemical and Materials Engineering 23
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Gaming and Medical Devices/Processes 14
2100 Computer Architecture Software and Information Security 13
3600 Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review 6
2600 Communications 4
2400 Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security 3

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 19 0
USPC 514 Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 12 0
USPC 250 Radiant energy 5 0
USPC 356 Optics: Measuring and testing 5 0
USPC 264 Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 4 0
USPC 424 Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 4 0
USPC 706 Data processing: Artificial intelligence 4 0
USPC 029 Metal working 3 0
USPC 257 Active solid-state devices 3 0
USPC 427 Coating processes 3 0
USPC 436 Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 3 0
USPC 438 Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 3 0
USPC 528 Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 3 0
USPC 060 Power plants 2 0
USPC 340 Communications: Electrical 2 0
USPC 359 Optical: Systems and elements 2 0
USPC 367 Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 2 0
USPC 382 Image analysis 2 0
USPC 385 Optical waveguides 2 0
USPC 429 Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 2 0
USPC 536 Organic compounds 2 0
USPC 602 Surgery: Splint, brace, or bandage 2 0
USPC 708 Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 2 0
USPC 711 Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 2 0
USPC 714 Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 2 0
USPC 716 Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 2 0
USPC 062 Refrigeration 1 0
USPC 073 Measuring and testing 1 0
USPC 089 Ordnance 1 0
USPC 134 Cleaning and liquid contact with solids 1 0
USPC 136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 1 0
USPC 165 Heat exchange 1 0
USPC 169 Fire extinguishers 1 0
USPC 181 Acoustics 1 0
USPC 205 Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 1 0
USPC 208 Mineral oils: Processes and products 1 0
USPC 209 Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 1 0
USPC 307 Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 1 0
USPC 310 Electrical generator or motor structure 1 0
USPC 326 Electronic digital logic circuitry 1 0
USPC 327 Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 1 0
USPC 331 Oscillators 1 0
USPC 366 Agitating 1 0
USPC 370 Multiplex communications 1 0
USPC 372 Coherent light generators 1 0
USPC 378 X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 1 0
USPC 415 Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 1 0
USPC 423 Chemistry of inorganic compounds 1 0
USPC 428 Stock material or miscellaneous articles 1 0
USPC 430 Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 1 0
USPC 434 Education and demonstration 1 0
USPC 441 Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices 1 0
USPC 510 Cleaning compositions for solid surfaces, auxiliary compositions therefor, or processes of preparing the compositions 1 0
USPC 522 Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 1 0
USPC 530 Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 1 0
USPC 549 Organic compounds 1 0
USPC 600 Surgery 1 0
USPC 604 Surgery 1 0
USPC 607 Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 1 0
USPC 700 Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 1 0
USPC 701 Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 1 0
USPC 702 Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 1 0
USPC 703 Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 1 0
USPC 709 Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 1 0
USPC 712 Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 1 0
USPC 713 Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 1 0
USPC 726 Information security 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 136 416
United Kingdom 1 6
Barbados 1 1
Canada 1 1
Germany 0 2
Italy 0 2
China PRC 0 1
Spain 0 1
India 0 1
Japan 0 1
U.S. State First Named Inventors All Inventors
California 24 61
Massachusetts 15 42
Maryland 12 33
New Mexico 9 30
Texas 8 23
New York 7 20
Pennsylvania 6 18
Minnesota 5 22
Connecticut 5 14
North Carolina 4 20
Colorado 4 6
Indiana 3 10
Tennessee 3 9
Washington 3 9
Virginia 3 7
Illinois 3 6
Florida 2 8
Ohio 2 8
Wisconsin 2 8
Alabama 2 7
New Jersey 2 6
Georgia 2 3
New Hampshire 2 3
Michigan 1 6
Rhode Island 1 4
Idaho 1 3
Kentucky 1 3
Missouri 1 3
Vermont 1 3
Iowa 1 2
District of Columbia 1 1
West Virginia 0 6
Utah 0 3
Arizona 0 2
Delaware 0 2
North Dakota 0 1
Nebraska 0 1
Oregon 0 1
South Carolina 0 1
Wyoming 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 1470
Japan 10
Netherlands 10
U.S. State Assignees Applicants
California 210
District of Columbia 210
Massachusetts 150
New York 140
New Mexico 90
Maryland 60
Connecticut 50
Illinois 50
Colorado 40
North Carolina 40
Texas 40
Indiana 30
Michigan 30
Tennessee 30
Wisconsin 30
Florida 20
Georgia 20
Iowa 20
New Hampshire 20
New Jersey 20
Ohio 20
Pennsylvania 20
Virginia 20
Washington 20
Alabama 10
Delaware 10
Idaho 10
Kentucky 10
Maine 10
Minnesota 10
Missouri 10
Nebraska 10
Utah 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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