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New Taxpayer Funded Patents for Tuesday, May 17, 2011 

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FedInvent analyzed 117 taxpayer-funded patents this week.

On Tuesday, May 17, 2011, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted 117 taxpayer-funded patents; including 107 patents containing government interest statements and 22 patents where federal government agencies were an assignee or applicant. Together, 117 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 07941920
 
Blade outer seal assembly and method 
002 07941978
 
Deployable heirarchical structure 
003 07942001
 
Cascaded organic rankine cycles for waste heat utilization 
004 07942009
 
Gas turbine engine with an air cooled bearing 
005 07942036
 
Rheometer allowing direct visualization of continuous simple shear in non-newtonian fluid 
006 07942038
 
Systems and methods of monitoring acoustic pressure to detect a flame condition in a gas turbine 
007 07942058
 
System and methods to determine and monitor changes in microstructural properties 
008 07942090
 
Enhanced operating life blank fire attachment for gas-operated weapons 
009 07942092
 
Blast shield for armored vehicle 
010 07942097
 
Modular initiator with integrated optical diagnostic 
011 07942105
 
Foot operated scupper plug 
012 07942107
 
Delivery systems for pressure protecting and delivering a submerged payload and methods for using the same 
013 07942160
 
Valves and pumps for microfluidic systems and method for making microfluidic systems 
014 07942197
 
Methods and systems for producing fluid from an in situ conversion process 
015 07942527
 
Compact adaptive optic-optical coherence tomography system 
016 07942568
 
Active micromixer using surface acoustic wave streaming 
017 07942635
 
Twin spool rotor assembly for a small gas turbine engine 
018 07942642
 
Method and apparatus for highly efficient compact vapor compression cooling 
019 07942646
 
Miniature high speed compressor having embedded permanent magnet motor 
020 07942818
 
Obstetric analgesia system 
021 07942824
 
Integrated sleep diagnostic and therapeutic system and method 
022 07942989
 
Porous silicon-based explosive 
023 07943026
 
Reference electrode having a flowing liquid junction and filter members 
024 07943049
 
Water purification method using plant molecules 
025 07943062
 
Emissive polymers and devices incorporating these polymers 
026 07943063
 
Thermochromic indicator materials with controlled reversibility 
027 07943067
 
Nanogels and their production using liposomes as reactors 
028 07943073
 
Composite materials and method of making 
029 07943084
 
Metal powders with improved flowability 
030 07943091
 
Chemical exposure indication device 
031 07943116
 
High-yield synthesis of brookite TiO2 nanoparticles 
032 07943130
 
Methods and compositions relating to CCR5 antagonist, IFN-γ and IL-13 induced inflammation 
033 07943136
 
Parathyroid hormone receptor activation and stem and progenitor cell expansion 
034 07943138
 
Survivin peptides as cancer vaccines 
035 07943142
 
Euglenoid derived alkaloid 
036 07943148
 
Amino acid sites in Flavivirus E proteins useful for development of diagnostics and vaccines 
037 07943159
 
Female sex pheromone of the dogwood borer (DWB), Synanthedon scitula, and attraction inhibitor (antagonist) 
038 07943168
 
Nanoparticle delivery systems comprising a hydrophobic core and a lipid/surfactant layer comprising a membrane-lytic peptide 
039 07943179
 
pH triggerable polymeric particles 
040 07943196
 
Nanotransfer and nanoreplication using deterministically grown sacrificial nanotemplates 
041 07943208
 
Materials and methods for the preparation of anisotropically-ordered solids 
042 07943259
 
Method of controlled delivery for use of electrochemical power source 
043 07943266
 
SOFC seal and cell thermal management 
044 07943269
 
Ion-/proton-conducting apparatus and method 
045 07943270
 
Electrochemical device configurations 
046 07943297
 
Analysis of HIV-1 coreceptor use in the clinical care of HIV-1-infected patients 
047 07943305
 
High speed nucleic acid sequencing 
048 07943306
 
Gene expression signature for prediction of human cancer progression 
049 07943307
 
Methods for analyzing nucleic acid sequences 
050 07943312
 
Enzyme treatment of foodstuffs for celiac sprue 
051 07943317
 
Polymorphism in the Apo(a) gene predict responsiveness to acetylsalicylic acid treatment 
052 07943318
 
Microrna-based methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of lung cancer 
053 07943319
 
Utility of RET mutant in diagnosis and treatment of melanoma 
054 07943330
 
Tailored glycoproteomic methods for the sequencing, mapping and identification of cellular glycoproteins 
055 07943350
 
Methods for degrading lignocellulosic materials 
056 07943355
 
Sulfotransferase 1E1 sequence variants 
057 07943362
 
Biosynthesis of phloroglucinol and preparation of 1,3-dihydroxybenzene therefrom 
058 07943366
 
Genetically modified yeast species and fermentation processes using genetically modified yeast 
059 07943379
 
Production of rAAV in vero cells using particular adenovirus helpers 
060 07943388
 
Acoustic sensors and methods 
061 07943390
 
Supported molecular biofluid viscosity sensors for in vitro and in vivo use 
062 07943391
 
Method of performing in situ calibrated potentiometric pH measurements 
063 07943396
 
Peptide-coated nanoparticles with graded shell compositions 
064 07943419
 
Organic triodes with novel grid structures and method of production 
065 07943491
 
Pattern transfer printing by kinetic control of adhesion to an elastomeric stamp 
066 07943548
 
Catalysts to reduce NOx in an exhaust gas stream and methods of preparation 
067 07943552
 
Inventory control 
068 07943568
 
Antitumor agents 
069 07943569
 
Composition and method for providing localized delivery of a therapeutic agent 
070 07943576
 
Methods of using enterostatin as inhibitor of angiogenesis 
071 07943586
 
Antineoplastic agents targeted via glut transporters 
072 07943588
 
Method for preventing or treating neuropathic pain 
073 07943589
 
siRNA microbicides for preventing and treating diseases 
074 07943600
 
Antimicrobial combination therapy 
075 07943631
 
Method of treating drug addiction using dextro-morphine 
076 07943680
 
Stress relaxation in crosslinked polymers 
077 07943703
 
Modified acrylic block copolymers for hydrogels and pressure sensitive wet adhesives 
078 07943729
 
Dominant B cell epitopes and methods of making and using thereof 
079 07943733
 
Spacers to increase the expression of recombinant fusion proteins 
080 07943751
 
Ladder copolymers 
081 07943756
 
Anti-microRNA oligonucleotide molecules 
082 07943766
 
Low-carbohydrate digestible hydrocolloidal fiber compositions 
083 07943775
 
Small molecules for imaging protein-protein interactions 
084 07943800
 
Migrastatin analogs and uses thereof 
085 07943847
 
Apparatus and methods for solar energy conversion using nanoscale cometal structures 
086 07943906
 
High spatial resolution X-ray and gamma ray imaging system using diffraction crystals 
087 07943908
 
Sensor system with surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP) enhanced selective fluorescence excitation and method 
088 07943972
 
Methods of fabricating transistors having buried P-type layers coupled to the gate 
089 07944008
 
Suspended membrane pressure sensing array 
090 07944115
 
Traveling wave grids with agitated surface using piezoelectric effect and acoustic traveling waves 
091 07944121
 
Negative vertical deflection piezoelectric MEMS actuators and method of fabrication 
092 07944206
 
Method and apparatus for acquiring high resolution spectral data or high definition images in inhomogeneous environments 
093 07944253
 
Digital programmable frequency divider 
094 07944304
 
High efficiency millimeter wave field-effect transistor (FET) amplifier with coupled line matching network 
095 07944396
 
Retrodirective transmit and receive radio frequency system based on pseudorandom modulated waveforms 
096 07944467
 
Task-based imaging systems 
097 07944647
 
Optical path for a thermal-assisted magnetic recording head 
098 07944864
 
Method and system for supporting dynamic stream attributes 
099 07944991
 
Constrained clipping for peak-to-average power ratio (crest factor) reduction in multicarrier transmission systems 
100 07944997
 
GPS M-code receiver tracking system 
101 07945061
 
Scalable architecture for subspace signal tracking 
102 07945077
 
Hyperspectral microscope for in vivo imaging of microstructures and cells in tissues 
103 07945086
 
Tungsten plug deposition quality evaluation method by EBACE technology 
104 07945098
 
Method for characterizing the density and cross-section morphology of trees 
105 07945107
 
System and method for providing gradient preservation for image processing 
106 07945165
 
Optical signal synchronizer 
107 07945168
 
Free-space quantum communications system and process operative absent line-of-sight 
108 07945303
 
Noninvasive pulmonary performance measurement method and system 
109 07945305
 
Adaptive acquisition and reconstruction of dynamic MR images 
110 07945308
 
Systems, methods and apparatus for an endo-rectal receive-only probe 
111 07945415
 
Detection of faults in an injector arrangement 
112 07945526
 
Method of organizing and presenting data in a table 
113 07945570
 
Identifying optimal multi-scale patterns in time-series streams 
114 07945572
 
Pattern discovery through reversing time flow 
115 07945808
 
Fanout connectivity structure for use in facilitating processing within a parallel computing environment 
116 07945947
 
Method of providing a computer user with high-level privileges 
117 D638088
 
Adaptor for rifle fired bullet trap grenades 

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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) 44 811
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 38 677
Department of Energy (DOE) 20 347
National Science Foundation (NSF) 19 254
Department of Agriculture (USDA) 4 47
National Security Agency (NSA) 3 37
Department of Transportation (USDOT) 2 7
Small Business Administration (SBA) 2 37
Department of Commerce (DOC) 1 41
Department of Justice (DOJ) 1 5
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 1 112
Government Rights Acknowledged 2 32

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 07943355
 
Sulfotransferase 1E1 sequence variants 
002 07943388
 
Acoustic sensors and methods 
003 07944864
 
Method and system for supporting dynamic stream attributes 
004 07945165
 
Optical signal synchronizer 
005 07945808
 
Fanout connectivity structure for use in facilitating processing within a parallel computing environment 

Department of the ARMY (DOA)

Patent Title
001 07942009
 
Gas turbine engine with an air cooled bearing 
002 07942090
 
Enhanced operating life blank fire attachment for gas-operated weapons 
003 07942092
 
Blast shield for armored vehicle 
004 07942635
 
Twin spool rotor assembly for a small gas turbine engine 
005 07942642
 
Method and apparatus for highly efficient compact vapor compression cooling 
006 07943062
 
Emissive polymers and devices incorporating these polymers 
007 07943148
 
Amino acid sites in Flavivirus E proteins useful for development of diagnostics and vaccines 
008 07943179
 
pH triggerable polymeric particles 
009 07943259
 
Method of controlled delivery for use of electrochemical power source 
010 07943270
 
Electrochemical device configurations 
011 07943355
 
Sulfotransferase 1E1 sequence variants 
012 07943847
 
Apparatus and methods for solar energy conversion using nanoscale cometal structures 
013 07944115
 
Traveling wave grids with agitated surface using piezoelectric effect and acoustic traveling waves 
014 07944121
 
Negative vertical deflection piezoelectric MEMS actuators and method of fabrication 
015 07944396
 
Retrodirective transmit and receive radio frequency system based on pseudorandom modulated waveforms 
016 07944467
 
Task-based imaging systems 
017 07944991
 
Constrained clipping for peak-to-average power ratio (crest factor) reduction in multicarrier transmission systems 
018 07945086
 
Tungsten plug deposition quality evaluation method by EBACE technology 
019 07945168
 
Free-space quantum communications system and process operative absent line-of-sight 
020 07945415
 
Detection of faults in an injector arrangement 
021 D638088
 
Adaptor for rifle fired bullet trap grenades 

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

Patent Title
001 07941920
 
Blade outer seal assembly and method 
002 07942105
 
Foot operated scupper plug 
003 07942107
 
Delivery systems for pressure protecting and delivering a submerged payload and methods for using the same 
004 07942160
 
Valves and pumps for microfluidic systems and method for making microfluidic systems 
005 07942989
 
Porous silicon-based explosive 
006 07943062
 
Emissive polymers and devices incorporating these polymers 
007 07943084
 
Metal powders with improved flowability 
008 07943362
 
Biosynthesis of phloroglucinol and preparation of 1,3-dihydroxybenzene therefrom 
009 07943391
 
Method of performing in situ calibrated potentiometric pH measurements 
010 07943751
 
Ladder copolymers 
011 07943972
 
Methods of fabricating transistors having buried P-type layers coupled to the gate 
012 07944253
 
Digital programmable frequency divider 

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

Patent Title
001 07941978
 
Deployable heirarchical structure 
002 07942160
 
Valves and pumps for microfluidic systems and method for making microfluidic systems 
003 07943091
 
Chemical exposure indication device 
004 07943419
 
Organic triodes with novel grid structures and method of production 
005 07943491
 
Pattern transfer printing by kinetic control of adhesion to an elastomeric stamp 
006 07943751
 
Ladder copolymers 
007 07944304
 
High efficiency millimeter wave field-effect transistor (FET) amplifier with coupled line matching network 
008 07944997
 
GPS M-code receiver tracking system 
009 07945165
 
Optical signal synchronizer 

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Patent Title
001 07942824
 
Integrated sleep diagnostic and therapeutic system and method 
002 07943130
 
Methods and compositions relating to CCR5 antagonist, IFN-γ and IL-13 induced inflammation 
003 07943136
 
Parathyroid hormone receptor activation and stem and progenitor cell expansion 
004 07943138
 
Survivin peptides as cancer vaccines 
005 07943168
 
Nanoparticle delivery systems comprising a hydrophobic core and a lipid/surfactant layer comprising a membrane-lytic peptide 
006 07943179
 
pH triggerable polymeric particles 
007 07943297
 
Analysis of HIV-1 coreceptor use in the clinical care of HIV-1-infected patients 
008 07943305
 
High speed nucleic acid sequencing 
009 07943306
 
Gene expression signature for prediction of human cancer progression 
010 07943307
 
Methods for analyzing nucleic acid sequences 
011 07943317
 
Polymorphism in the Apo(a) gene predict responsiveness to acetylsalicylic acid treatment 
012 07943318
 
Microrna-based methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of lung cancer 
013 07943319
 
Utility of RET mutant in diagnosis and treatment of melanoma 
014 07943330
 
Tailored glycoproteomic methods for the sequencing, mapping and identification of cellular glycoproteins 
015 07943355
 
Sulfotransferase 1E1 sequence variants 
016 07943379
 
Production of rAAV in vero cells using particular adenovirus helpers 
017 07943390
 
Supported molecular biofluid viscosity sensors for in vitro and in vivo use 
018 07943396
 
Peptide-coated nanoparticles with graded shell compositions 
019 07943568
 
Antitumor agents 
020 07943569
 
Composition and method for providing localized delivery of a therapeutic agent 
021 07943576
 
Methods of using enterostatin as inhibitor of angiogenesis 
022 07943586
 
Antineoplastic agents targeted via glut transporters 
023 07943589
 
siRNA microbicides for preventing and treating diseases 
024 07943600
 
Antimicrobial combination therapy 
025 07943631
 
Method of treating drug addiction using dextro-morphine 
026 07943680
 
Stress relaxation in crosslinked polymers 
027 07943703
 
Modified acrylic block copolymers for hydrogels and pressure sensitive wet adhesives 
028 07943729
 
Dominant B cell epitopes and methods of making and using thereof 
029 07943733
 
Spacers to increase the expression of recombinant fusion proteins 
030 07943751
 
Ladder copolymers 
031 07943756
 
Anti-microRNA oligonucleotide molecules 
032 07943775
 
Small molecules for imaging protein-protein interactions 
033 07943800
 
Migrastatin analogs and uses thereof 
034 07944008
 
Suspended membrane pressure sensing array 
035 07944206
 
Method and apparatus for acquiring high resolution spectral data or high definition images in inhomogeneous environments 
036 07945303
 
Noninvasive pulmonary performance measurement method and system 
037 07945305
 
Adaptive acquisition and reconstruction of dynamic MR images 
038 07945308
 
Systems, methods and apparatus for an endo-rectal receive-only probe 

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Take Me To The Details
Patent Title
001 07942001
 
Cascaded organic rankine cycles for waste heat utilization 
002 07942038
 
Systems and methods of monitoring acoustic pressure to detect a flame condition in a gas turbine 
003 07942058
 
System and methods to determine and monitor changes in microstructural properties 
004 07942097
 
Modular initiator with integrated optical diagnostic 
005 07942197
 
Methods and systems for producing fluid from an in situ conversion process 
006 07942527
 
Compact adaptive optic-optical coherence tomography system 
007 07942568
 
Active micromixer using surface acoustic wave streaming 
008 07943073
 
Composite materials and method of making 
009 07943116
 
High-yield synthesis of brookite TiO2 nanoparticles 
010 07943196
 
Nanotransfer and nanoreplication using deterministically grown sacrificial nanotemplates 
011 07943266
 
SOFC seal and cell thermal management 
012 07943269
 
Ion-/proton-conducting apparatus and method 
013 07943305
 
High speed nucleic acid sequencing 
014 07943307
 
Methods for analyzing nucleic acid sequences 
015 07943350
 
Methods for degrading lignocellulosic materials 
016 07943366
 
Genetically modified yeast species and fermentation processes using genetically modified yeast 
017 07943491
 
Pattern transfer printing by kinetic control of adhesion to an elastomeric stamp 
018 07943548
 
Catalysts to reduce NOx in an exhaust gas stream and methods of preparation 
019 07943906
 
High spatial resolution X-ray and gamma ray imaging system using diffraction crystals 
020 07945077
 
Hyperspectral microscope for in vivo imaging of microstructures and cells in tissues 

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Take Me To The Details
Patent Title
001 07942036
 
Rheometer allowing direct visualization of continuous simple shear in non-newtonian fluid 
002 07942160
 
Valves and pumps for microfluidic systems and method for making microfluidic systems 
003 07942818
 
Obstetric analgesia system 
004 07943026
 
Reference electrode having a flowing liquid junction and filter members 
005 07943049
 
Water purification method using plant molecules 
006 07943179
 
pH triggerable polymeric particles 
007 07943208
 
Materials and methods for the preparation of anisotropically-ordered solids 
008 07943305
 
High speed nucleic acid sequencing 
009 07943307
 
Methods for analyzing nucleic acid sequences 
010 07943312
 
Enzyme treatment of foodstuffs for celiac sprue 
011 07943391
 
Method of performing in situ calibrated potentiometric pH measurements 
012 07943419
 
Organic triodes with novel grid structures and method of production 
013 07943491
 
Pattern transfer printing by kinetic control of adhesion to an elastomeric stamp 
014 07943552
 
Inventory control 
015 07943703
 
Modified acrylic block copolymers for hydrogels and pressure sensitive wet adhesives 
016 07943751
 
Ladder copolymers 
017 07943908
 
Sensor system with surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP) enhanced selective fluorescence excitation and method 
018 07945107
 
System and method for providing gradient preservation for image processing 
019 07945305
 
Adaptive acquisition and reconstruction of dynamic MR images 

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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)38677
National Institutes of Health (NIH)37613
National Cancer Institute (NCI)783
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)441
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)441
National Research Service Award (NRSA)22
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)220
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)249
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)217
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)126
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)18
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)17
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)15
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)132
National Eye Institute (NEI)130
U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS)110

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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 40
1700 Chemical and Materials Engineering 23
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components 16
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Gaming and Medical Devices/Processes 12
2600 Communications 11
3600 Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review 8
2100 Computer Architecture Software and Information Security 4
2400 Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security 2
2900 Design 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 14 0
USPC 424 Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 8 0
USPC 514 Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 8 0
USPC 600 Surgery 5 0
USPC 382 Image analysis 4 0
USPC 429 Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 4 0
USPC 436 Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 4 0
USPC 073 Measuring and testing 3 0
USPC 536 Organic compounds 3 0
USPC 060 Power plants 2 0
USPC 089 Ordnance 2 0
USPC 114 Ships 2 0
USPC 250 Radiant energy 2 0
USPC 252 Compositions 2 0
USPC 257 Active solid-state devices 2 0
USPC 264 Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 2 0
USPC 310 Electrical generator or motor structure 2 0
USPC 375 Pulse or digital communications 2 0
USPC 398 Optical communications 2 0
USPC 417 Pumps 2 0
USPC 438 Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 2 0
USPC 530 Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 2 0
USPC 707 Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 2 0
USPC 029 Metal working 1 0
USPC 052 Static structures 1 0
USPC 102 Ammunition and explosives 1 0
USPC 136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 1 0
USPC 137 Fluid handling 1 0
USPC 149 Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 1 0
USPC 166 Wells 1 0
USPC 204 Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 1 0
USPC 210 Liquid purification or separation 1 0
USPC 324 Electricity: Measuring and testing 1 0
USPC 327 Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 1 0
USPC 330 Amplifiers 1 0
USPC 342 Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 1 0
USPC 348 Television 1 0
USPC 351 Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 1 0
USPC 360 Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval 1 0
USPC 366 Agitating 1 0
USPC 370 Multiplex communications 1 0
USPC 381 Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 1 0
USPC 416 Fluid reaction surfaces 1 0
USPC 419 Powder metallurgy processes 1 0
USPC 422 Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 1 0
USPC 423 Chemistry of inorganic compounds 1 0
USPC 427 Coating processes 1 0
USPC 428 Stock material or miscellaneous articles 1 0
USPC 502 Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 1 0
USPC 506 Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 1 0
USPC 522 Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 1 0
USPC 525 Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 1 0
USPC 546 Organic compounds 1 0
USPC 568 Organic compounds 1 0
USPC 702 Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 1 0
USPC 706 Data processing: Artificial intelligence 1 0
USPC 714 Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 1 0
USPC 726 Information security 1 0
USPC D22 Arms, pyrotechnics, hunting and fishing equipment 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 114 362
Israel 1 3
Germany 1 2
United Kingdom 1 1
Finland 0 4
France 0 4
Japan 0 4
Canada 0 3
Switzerland 0 1
China PRC 0 1
South Korea 0 1
Taiwan 0 1
U.S. State First Named Inventors All Inventors
California 20 58
New York 12 49
Massachusetts 10 35
Florida 8 32
New Jersey 7 23
Maryland 6 14
Illinois 5 16
Ohio 5 8
New Mexico 4 7
Minnesota 3 24
Tennessee 3 11
Missouri 3 7
Wisconsin 3 7
Colorado 2 8
Texas 2 8
Pennsylvania 2 5
Virginia 2 5
Connecticut 2 4
North Carolina 2 4
Michigan 1 5
South Carolina 1 5
Vermont 1 4
Georgia 1 3
New Hampshire 1 3
Washington 1 3
Kansas 1 2
Maine 1 2
Rhode Island 1 2
Utah 1 2
Iowa 1 1
Indiana 1 1
Nebraska 1 1
Nevada 0 2
West Virginia 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 1240
Israel 10
Taiwan 10
U.S. State Assignees Applicants
California 180
New York 160
District of Columbia 150
Massachusetts 140
Florida 90
Illinois 60
Ohio 50
Connecticut 40
Minnesota 40
Maryland 30
Michigan 30
New Jersey 30
New Mexico 30
Missouri 20
New Hampshire 20
Tennessee 20
Virginia 20
Colorado 10
Georgia 10
Iowa 10
Louisiana 10
Nebraska 10
Nevada 10
North Carolina 10
Pennsylvania 10
Rhode Island 10
Texas 10
Vermont 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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