FedInvent™ Patents

New Taxpayer Funded Patents for Tuesday, August 07, 2018 

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FedInvent analyzed 167 taxpayer-funded patents this week.

On Tuesday, August 07, 2018, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted 167 taxpayer-funded patents; including 156 patents containing government interest statements and 36 patents where federal government agencies were an assignee or applicant. Together, 167 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 10039285
 
Ceragenin particulate materials and methods for making same 
002 10039445
 
Biosensors, communicators, and controllers monitoring eye movement and methods for using them 
003 10039474
 
System for tracking microsurgical instrumentation 
004 10039530
 
Interferometric force sensor for surgical instruments 
005 10039562
 
Ultrasound based method and apparatus for stone detection and to facilitate clearance thereof 
006 10039723
 
Onychomycosis treatment system and method 
007 10039741
 
Use of delta tocopherol for the treatment of lysosomal storage disorders 
008 10039751
 
Reversing intestinal inflammation by inhibiting retinoic acid metabolism 
009 10039756
 
Reducing memory loss in mammals suffering from alzheimer\'s disease 
010 10039764
 
Treatment and diagnosis of cancer and precancerous conditions using PDE10A inhibitors and methods to measure PDE10A expression 
011 10039772
 
Methods and compositions for treating alcohol use disorders 
012 10039782
 
Onychomycosis treatment apparatus and method 
013 10039785
 
HUCBC treatment of amyloid-associated disease 
014 10039796
 
Mutant herpes simplex virus-2 for cancer therapy 
015 10039807
 
bFGF-polymer conjugates, methods for making the same and applications thereof 
016 10039813
 
Use of antagonists of ghrelin or ghrelin receptor to prevent or treat stress-sensitive psychiatric illness 
017 10039816
 
Siderophore-based immunization against gram-negative bacteria 
018 10039818
 
Attenuated pasteurella multocida strains 
019 10039819
 
Attenuated Mannheimia haemolytica strains 
020 10039820
 
West nile virus vaccine comprising WN-80E recombinant subunit protein 
021 10039825
 
Combination therapy with CD4 lymphocyte depletion and MTOR inhibitors 
022 10039838
 
Car peptide for homing, diagnosis and targeted therapy for pulmonary and fibrotic disorders 
023 10039844
 
Imaging tumor glycolysis by non-invasive measurement of pyruvate kinase M2 
024 10039847
 
Multimodal silica-based nanoparticles 
025 10039848
 
Reusable portable decontamination system for transportation assets 
026 10039850
 
Sterilization device and methods 
027 10039860
 
3-dimensional cardiac fibroblast derived extracellular matrix 
028 10039916
 
Implantable high voltage electrode 
029 10039917
 
Adjustable nerve electrode 
030 10039921
 
Retina prosthesis 
031 10039999
 
Zeolites for separation of ethanol and water 
032 10040047
 
Device for recovery and isolation of biomolecules 
033 10040057
 
Catalytic nanosheets to lower soot light off temperatures, method for making nanosheets to lower soot light off temperatures 
034 10040062
 
Device and method for transferring a target between locations 
035 10040069
 
Amplification and detection of nucleic acids 
036 10040113
 
Self-aligning swaging punch and method for swaging 
037 10040146
 
Integrated single grating compressor for variable pulse-front tilt in simultaneously spatially and temporally focused systems 
038 10040534
 
Fuselage to wing attachment 
039 10040549
 
Single use logistic glider 
040 10040575
 
Dual mode aircraft light assembly 
041 10040682
 
Functionally switchable self-assembled coating compound for controlling translocation of molecule through nanopores 
042 10040783
 
Prostaglandin receptor EP2 antagonists, derivatives, compositions, and uses related thereto 
043 10040784
 
Compositions and methods for acylating lactams 
044 10040821
 
Compositions containing HC-HA/PTX3 complexes and methods of use thereof 
045 10040822
 
Neuroprotective composition and method of use 
046 10040825
 
Soluble forms of Hendra and Nipah virus F glycoprotein and uses thereof 
047 10040826
 
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) N-terminal deleted GP120 immunogens 
048 10040830
 
Methods and compositions for protein delivery 
049 10040834
 
Biopolymer optofluidic device and method of manufacturing the same 
050 10040835
 
Vectors encoding rod-derived cone viability factor 
051 10040840
 
Bi-specific annexin A5/IGF-1 proteins and methods of use thereof to promote regeneration and survival of tissue 
052 10040846
 
Compositions and methods for generating a persisting population of T cells useful for the treatment of cancer 
053 10040853
 
Methods and compositions involving NKG2D inhibitors and cancer 
054 10040856
 
Anti-DEspR inhibitors as therapeutics for inhibition of pathological angiogenesis and tumor cell invasiveness and for molecular imaging and targeted delivery 
055 10040859
 
Methods of treating hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with an IL-33 receptor antibody 
056 10040865
 
T cell receptor-like antibodies specific for a WTI peptide presented by HLA-A2 
057 10040867
 
Cell penetrating anti-guanosine antibody based therapy for cancers with Ras mutations 
058 10040874
 
Multifunctional and multicoordinating amphiphilic polymer ligands for interfacing semiconducting, magnetic, and metallic nanocrystals with biological systems 
059 10040993
 
Chemiluminescent materials and method of making same 
060 10041044
 
Age-associated clonal hematopoiesis accelerates cardio-metabolic disease development 
061 10041045
 
Microfluidic three-dimensional osteocyte network reconstructed with microbeads as scaffold 
062 10041046
 
Compositions and methods for epithelial stem cell expansion and culture 
063 10041047
 
Compositions and methods for epithelial stem cell expansion and culture 
064 10041048
 
Immortalization of epithelial cells and methods of use 
065 10041057
 
Near-infrared light-activated proteins 
066 10041060
 
Method of nucleic acid cassette assembly 
067 10041065
 
De novo design of allosteric proteins 
068 10041067
 
Methods and compositions for rapid assembly of genetic modules 
069 10041071
 
Cell-type specific aptamer-siRNA delivery system for HIV-1 therapy 
070 10041072
 
Method for expression of small antiviral RNA molecules with reduced cytotoxicity within a cell 
071 10041075
 
Modulation of pre-mRNA using splice modulating oligonucleotides as therapeutic agents in the treatment of disease 
072 10041092
 
Methods for genomic integration 
073 10041101
 
Compositions comprising a polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity and a heterocyclic compound and uses thereof 
074 10041105
 
Methods and devices for detection of resistance to an enzyme inhibitor 
075 10041107
 
Methods and compositions for detection of small RNAs 
076 10041108
 
Methods and compositions relating to optical super-resolution patterning 
077 10041112
 
Multiplexed, continuous-flow, droplet-based platform for high-throughput genetic detection 
078 10041123
 
Recurrent gene fusions in prostate cancer 
079 10041129
 
Immune gene signatures in cancer 
080 10041136
 
Glycosyl hydrolase xylanases, compositions and methods of use for efficient hydrolysis and processing of xylan 
081 10041168
 
Graphene structure 
082 10041171
 
Particulates for additive manufacturing techniques 
083 10041179
 
Non-noble metal based electro-catalyst compositions for proton exchange membrane based water electrolysis and methods of making 
084 10041356
 
Showerhead hole scheme apparatus and system 
085 10041357
 
Cored airfoil platform with outlet slots 
086 10041358
 
Gas turbine engine blade squealer pockets 
087 10041369
 
BOAS with radial load feature 
088 10041374
 
Gas turbine engine component with platform cooling circuit 
089 10041622
 
Vibration suspension system 
090 10041701
 
Heating and cooling devices, systems and related method 
091 10041767
 
Blast/impact frequency tuning and mitigation 
092 10041812
 
Modified eddy current probe for low conductivity surfaces 
093 10041832
 
Mid-infrared super-continuum laser 
094 10041833
 
System and method for active multispectral imaging and optical communications 
095 10041859
 
Parameter distribution mapping in a gas turbine engine 
096 10041866
 
Reproducible sample preparation method for quantitative stain detection 
097 10041910
 
Method and system with oppositely-facing ultrasonic transducers for determining tissue pathology 
098 10041936
 
Neuronal cells cultured on microparticles and methods of using same 
099 10041938
 
Measuring a level of a 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in a sample from a subject having a cancer or suspected of having cancer 
100 10041945
 
Methods of diagnosing and treating tuberculosis 
101 10041949
 
Multiplexed imaging of tissues using mass tags and secondary ion mass spectrometry 
102 10041951
 
Imaging probe including nanoparticle 
103 10041956
 
Methods and kits for predicting a response to an erythropoietic agent 
104 10041959
 
Micro-RNA, autoantibody and protein markers for diagnosis of neuronal injury 
105 10041971
 
Nanoscale scanning sensors 
106 10042025
 
System and method for chemical shift magnetic resonance imaging using magnetization transfer 
107 10042048
 
Superpixels for improved structure and terrain classification using multiple synthetic aperture radar image products 
108 10042067
 
Safety system for a towed source 
109 10042078
 
System and method for viewing images on a portable image viewing device related to image screening 
110 10042091
 
Holey optical device 
111 10042094
 
Weatherable solar reflector with high abrasion resistance 
112 10042123
 
Rugged passively cooled high power laser fiber optic connectors and methods of use 
113 10042147
 
Glass concentrator mirror assembly 
114 10042149
 
Multi-focal structured illumination microscopy systems and methods 
115 10042177
 
Grid-based measuring and aiming reticle for optical sight 
116 10042384
 
System and methods for computer clock synchronization without frequency error estimation 
117 10042397
 
Energetic potting materials, electronic devices potted with the energetic potting materials, and related methods 
118 10042511
 
Graphical user control for multidimensional datasets 
119 10042517
 
Systems and methods of generating a chart matrix in a data visualization region 
120 10042644
 
Method and apparatus for speculative decompression 
121 10042762
 
Light-weight cache coherence for data processors with limited data sharing 
122 10042805
 
Tunable bus-mediated coupling between remote qubits 
123 10042901
 
Systems and methods of generating a plurality of data visualizations in a data visualization region 
124 10042928
 
System and method for automated reasoning with and searching of documents 
125 10042960
 
Target tracking system 
126 10042977
 
Method utilizing repeat PSA screening for diagnosis of virulent prostate cancer 
127 10043004
 
Method of correlating static and dynamic application security testing results for a web and mobile application 
128 10043009
 
Technologies for software basic block similarity analysis 
129 10043012
 
Method of correlating static and dynamic application security testing results for a web application 
130 10043099
 
Automatically computing emotions aroused from images through shape modeling 
131 10043110
 
Scene understanding using a neurosynaptic system 
132 10043129
 
Functional assessment of a network 
133 10043135
 
Textual information extraction, parsing, and inferential analysis 
134 10043241
 
Lens distortion correction using a neurosynaptic circuit 
135 10043248
 
Lens distortion correction using a neurosynaptic system 
136 10043250
 
Interactive non-uniformity correction and intensity standardization of MR images 
137 10043565
 
Ferroelectric mechanical memory based on remanent displacement and method 
138 10043607
 
Electrolessly formed high resistivity magnetic materials 
139 10043687
 
Bumped electrode arrays for microassemblers 
140 10043765
 
Damaging integrated circuit components 
141 10043855
 
Compensating for parasitic voltage drops in circuit arrays 
142 10043898
 
Enhancement-mode III-nitride devices 
143 10043922
 
Back contact layer for photovoltaic cells 
144 10043925
 
Guided-wave photodetector apparatus employing mid-bandgap states of semiconductor materials, and fabrication methods for same 
145 10043932
 
Internally-heated thermal and externally-cool photovoltaic cascade solar energy system for full solar spectrum utilization 
146 10043939
 
Top to bottom solution deposition of metal oxides 
147 10043964
 
Pyroelectric device 
148 10043990
 
Dual-gate chemical field effect transistor sensor 
149 10043993
 
Electro-optical device 
150 10044031
 
Graphene oxide as a sulfur immobilizer in high performance lithium/sulfur cells 
151 10044038
 
Nitride- and oxide-modified electrode compositions and their methods of making 
152 10044039
 
Nitrogen-sulfur-carbon nanocomposites and their application as cathode materials in lithium-sulfur batteries 
153 10044056
 
Fuel cell system including sacrificial nickel source 
154 10044057
 
Porous ceramic molten metal composite solid oxide fuel cell anode 
155 10044058
 
Reactivation of flow battery electrode by exposure to oxidizing solution 
156 10044061
 
Methods for growth of lithium-rich antiperovskite electrolyte films and use thereof 
157 10044062
 
Silicone-containing ionic materials 
158 10044085
 
Stretchable transmission lines and circuits for microwave and millimeter wave frequency wearable electronics 
159 10044107
 
Multi-band helical antenna system 
160 10044108
 
Helical antenna apparatus and methods 
161 10044227
 
Magnetic resonance coupling arrangement 
162 10044320
 
Robust waveguide millimeter wave noise source 
163 10044504
 
Long-haul high rate quantum key distribution 
164 10044626
 
Reliable out-of order end-to-end protocol with robust window state overflow management and a multi-node system using same 
165 10044748
 
Methods and systems for detecting compromised computers 
166 10045463
 
Fabricating cooled electronic system with liquid-cooled cold plate and thermal spreader 
167 PP29575
 
Prunus x cistena ‘UCONNPC001’ 

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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) 71 1854
Department of Defense (DOD) 52 1467
Department of Energy (DOE) 32 859
National Science Foundation (NSF) 12 690
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 5 34
Department of Agriculture (USDA) 4 92
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) 4 44
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 4 160
National Security Agency (NSA) 3 24
Small Business Administration (SBA) 3 70
Department of Commerce (DOC) 1 40
Department of Justice (DOJ) 1 7
Department of Transportation (USDOT) 1 27
Government Rights Acknowledged 2 51

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 10039285
 
Ceragenin particulate materials and methods for making same 
002 10039445
 
Biosensors, communicators, and controllers monitoring eye movement and methods for using them 
003 10039474
 
System for tracking microsurgical instrumentation 
004 10039530
 
Interferometric force sensor for surgical instruments 
005 10039562
 
Ultrasound based method and apparatus for stone detection and to facilitate clearance thereof 
006 10039723
 
Onychomycosis treatment system and method 
007 10039741
 
Use of delta tocopherol for the treatment of lysosomal storage disorders 
008 10039751
 
Reversing intestinal inflammation by inhibiting retinoic acid metabolism 
009 10039756
 
Reducing memory loss in mammals suffering from alzheimer\'s disease 
010 10039764
 
Treatment and diagnosis of cancer and precancerous conditions using PDE10A inhibitors and methods to measure PDE10A expression 
011 10039772
 
Methods and compositions for treating alcohol use disorders 
012 10039782
 
Onychomycosis treatment apparatus and method 
013 10039785
 
HUCBC treatment of amyloid-associated disease 
014 10039796
 
Mutant herpes simplex virus-2 for cancer therapy 
015 10039807
 
bFGF-polymer conjugates, methods for making the same and applications thereof 
016 10039813
 
Use of antagonists of ghrelin or ghrelin receptor to prevent or treat stress-sensitive psychiatric illness 
017 10039816
 
Siderophore-based immunization against gram-negative bacteria 
018 10039820
 
West nile virus vaccine comprising WN-80E recombinant subunit protein 
019 10039825
 
Combination therapy with CD4 lymphocyte depletion and MTOR inhibitors 
020 10039838
 
Car peptide for homing, diagnosis and targeted therapy for pulmonary and fibrotic disorders 
021 10039844
 
Imaging tumor glycolysis by non-invasive measurement of pyruvate kinase M2 
022 10039847
 
Multimodal silica-based nanoparticles 
023 10039860
 
3-dimensional cardiac fibroblast derived extracellular matrix 
024 10039917
 
Adjustable nerve electrode 
025 10039921
 
Retina prosthesis 
026 10040047
 
Device for recovery and isolation of biomolecules 
027 10040062
 
Device and method for transferring a target between locations 
028 10040146
 
Integrated single grating compressor for variable pulse-front tilt in simultaneously spatially and temporally focused systems 
029 10040682
 
Functionally switchable self-assembled coating compound for controlling translocation of molecule through nanopores 
030 10040783
 
Prostaglandin receptor EP2 antagonists, derivatives, compositions, and uses related thereto 
031 10040784
 
Compositions and methods for acylating lactams 
032 10040821
 
Compositions containing HC-HA/PTX3 complexes and methods of use thereof 
033 10040822
 
Neuroprotective composition and method of use 
034 10040825
 
Soluble forms of Hendra and Nipah virus F glycoprotein and uses thereof 
035 10040826
 
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) N-terminal deleted GP120 immunogens 
036 10040830
 
Methods and compositions for protein delivery 
037 10040834
 
Biopolymer optofluidic device and method of manufacturing the same 
038 10040835
 
Vectors encoding rod-derived cone viability factor 
039 10040840
 
Bi-specific annexin A5/IGF-1 proteins and methods of use thereof to promote regeneration and survival of tissue 
040 10040846
 
Compositions and methods for generating a persisting population of T cells useful for the treatment of cancer 
041 10040853
 
Methods and compositions involving NKG2D inhibitors and cancer 
042 10040856
 
Anti-DEspR inhibitors as therapeutics for inhibition of pathological angiogenesis and tumor cell invasiveness and for molecular imaging and targeted delivery 
043 10040859
 
Methods of treating hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with an IL-33 receptor antibody 
044 10040865
 
T cell receptor-like antibodies specific for a WTI peptide presented by HLA-A2 
045 10041044
 
Age-associated clonal hematopoiesis accelerates cardio-metabolic disease development 
046 10041045
 
Microfluidic three-dimensional osteocyte network reconstructed with microbeads as scaffold 
047 10041046
 
Compositions and methods for epithelial stem cell expansion and culture 
048 10041047
 
Compositions and methods for epithelial stem cell expansion and culture 
049 10041048
 
Immortalization of epithelial cells and methods of use 
050 10041057
 
Near-infrared light-activated proteins 
051 10041071
 
Cell-type specific aptamer-siRNA delivery system for HIV-1 therapy 
052 10041072
 
Method for expression of small antiviral RNA molecules with reduced cytotoxicity within a cell 
053 10041075
 
Modulation of pre-mRNA using splice modulating oligonucleotides as therapeutic agents in the treatment of disease 
054 10041105
 
Methods and devices for detection of resistance to an enzyme inhibitor 
055 10041107
 
Methods and compositions for detection of small RNAs 
056 10041108
 
Methods and compositions relating to optical super-resolution patterning 
057 10041112
 
Multiplexed, continuous-flow, droplet-based platform for high-throughput genetic detection 
058 10041123
 
Recurrent gene fusions in prostate cancer 
059 10041129
 
Immune gene signatures in cancer 
060 10041910
 
Method and system with oppositely-facing ultrasonic transducers for determining tissue pathology 
061 10041936
 
Neuronal cells cultured on microparticles and methods of using same 
062 10041938
 
Measuring a level of a 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in a sample from a subject having a cancer or suspected of having cancer 
063 10041945
 
Methods of diagnosing and treating tuberculosis 
064 10041949
 
Multiplexed imaging of tissues using mass tags and secondary ion mass spectrometry 
065 10041951
 
Imaging probe including nanoparticle 
066 10041956
 
Methods and kits for predicting a response to an erythropoietic agent 
067 10042025
 
System and method for chemical shift magnetic resonance imaging using magnetization transfer 
068 10042149
 
Multi-focal structured illumination microscopy systems and methods 
069 10042977
 
Method utilizing repeat PSA screening for diagnosis of virulent prostate cancer 
070 10043135
 
Textual information extraction, parsing, and inferential analysis 
071 10043250
 
Interactive non-uniformity correction and intensity standardization of MR images 

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Department of Defense (DOD) Agencies

Patent Title
001 10039445
 
Biosensors, communicators, and controllers monitoring eye movement and methods for using them 
002 10039820
 
West nile virus vaccine comprising WN-80E recombinant subunit protein 
003 10039848
 
Reusable portable decontamination system for transportation assets 
004 10039850
 
Sterilization device and methods 
005 10040069
 
Amplification and detection of nucleic acids 
006 10041067
 
Methods and compositions for rapid assembly of genetic modules 
007 10041092
 
Methods for genomic integration 
008 10041971
 
Nanoscale scanning sensors 
009 10042644
 
Method and apparatus for speculative decompression 
010 10043110
 
Scene understanding using a neurosynaptic system 
011 10043241
 
Lens distortion correction using a neurosynaptic circuit 
012 10043248
 
Lens distortion correction using a neurosynaptic system 
013 10043765
 
Damaging integrated circuit components 
014 10043925
 
Guided-wave photodetector apparatus employing mid-bandgap states of semiconductor materials, and fabrication methods for same 
015 10044626
 
Reliable out-of order end-to-end protocol with robust window state overflow management and a multi-node system using same 

Department of the ARMY (DOA)

Patent Title
001 10039445
 
Biosensors, communicators, and controllers monitoring eye movement and methods for using them 
002 10039813
 
Use of antagonists of ghrelin or ghrelin receptor to prevent or treat stress-sensitive psychiatric illness 
003 10039820
 
West nile virus vaccine comprising WN-80E recombinant subunit protein 
004 10040062
 
Device and method for transferring a target between locations 
005 10040534
 
Fuselage to wing attachment 
006 10040575
 
Dual mode aircraft light assembly 
007 10040826
 
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) N-terminal deleted GP120 immunogens 
008 10041832
 
Mid-infrared super-continuum laser 
009 10041959
 
Micro-RNA, autoantibody and protein markers for diagnosis of neuronal injury 
010 10042177
 
Grid-based measuring and aiming reticle for optical sight 
011 10043565
 
Ferroelectric mechanical memory based on remanent displacement and method 
012 10043964
 
Pyroelectric device 
013 10043993
 
Electro-optical device 
014 10044057
 
Porous ceramic molten metal composite solid oxide fuel cell anode 
015 10044062
 
Silicone-containing ionic materials 
016 10044748
 
Methods and systems for detecting compromised computers 

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

Patent Title
001 10041358
 
Gas turbine engine blade squealer pockets 
002 10041369
 
BOAS with radial load feature 
003 10041767
 
Blast/impact frequency tuning and mitigation 
004 10042067
 
Safety system for a towed source 
005 10042091
 
Holey optical device 
006 10042147
 
Glass concentrator mirror assembly 
007 10042511
 
Graphical user control for multidimensional datasets 
008 10043607
 
Electrolessly formed high resistivity magnetic materials 
009 10043765
 
Damaging integrated circuit components 
010 10043939
 
Top to bottom solution deposition of metal oxides 
011 10044108
 
Helical antenna apparatus and methods 
012 10044227
 
Magnetic resonance coupling arrangement 
013 10044748
 
Methods and systems for detecting compromised computers 

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

Patent Title
001 10039848
 
Reusable portable decontamination system for transportation assets 
002 10039850
 
Sterilization device and methods 
003 10039916
 
Implantable high voltage electrode 
004 10040146
 
Integrated single grating compressor for variable pulse-front tilt in simultaneously spatially and temporally focused systems 
005 10040834
 
Biopolymer optofluidic device and method of manufacturing the same 
006 10040993
 
Chemiluminescent materials and method of making same 
007 10041356
 
Showerhead hole scheme apparatus and system 
008 10041357
 
Cored airfoil platform with outlet slots 
009 10041374
 
Gas turbine engine component with platform cooling circuit 
010 10043687
 
Bumped electrode arrays for microassemblers 
011 10044085
 
Stretchable transmission lines and circuits for microwave and millimeter wave frequency wearable electronics 
012 10044107
 
Multi-band helical antenna system 

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Patent Title
001 10039999
 
Zeolites for separation of ethanol and water 
002 10040057
 
Catalytic nanosheets to lower soot light off temperatures, method for making nanosheets to lower soot light off temperatures 
003 10040113
 
Self-aligning swaging punch and method for swaging 
004 10041060
 
Method of nucleic acid cassette assembly 
005 10041065
 
De novo design of allosteric proteins 
006 10041101
 
Compositions comprising a polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity and a heterocyclic compound and uses thereof 
007 10041171
 
Particulates for additive manufacturing techniques 
008 10041179
 
Non-noble metal based electro-catalyst compositions for proton exchange membrane based water electrolysis and methods of making 
009 10041701
 
Heating and cooling devices, systems and related method 
010 10041812
 
Modified eddy current probe for low conductivity surfaces 
011 10041859
 
Parameter distribution mapping in a gas turbine engine 
012 10041956
 
Methods and kits for predicting a response to an erythropoietic agent 
013 10042048
 
Superpixels for improved structure and terrain classification using multiple synthetic aperture radar image products 
014 10042094
 
Weatherable solar reflector with high abrasion resistance 
015 10042123
 
Rugged passively cooled high power laser fiber optic connectors and methods of use 
016 10042397
 
Energetic potting materials, electronic devices potted with the energetic potting materials, and related methods 
017 10042517
 
Systems and methods of generating a chart matrix in a data visualization region 
018 10042762
 
Light-weight cache coherence for data processors with limited data sharing 
019 10042901
 
Systems and methods of generating a plurality of data visualizations in a data visualization region 
020 10042960
 
Target tracking system 
021 10043855
 
Compensating for parasitic voltage drops in circuit arrays 
022 10043898
 
Enhancement-mode III-nitride devices 
023 10043922
 
Back contact layer for photovoltaic cells 
024 10043932
 
Internally-heated thermal and externally-cool photovoltaic cascade solar energy system for full solar spectrum utilization 
025 10044031
 
Graphene oxide as a sulfur immobilizer in high performance lithium/sulfur cells 
026 10044038
 
Nitride- and oxide-modified electrode compositions and their methods of making 
027 10044039
 
Nitrogen-sulfur-carbon nanocomposites and their application as cathode materials in lithium-sulfur batteries 
028 10044056
 
Fuel cell system including sacrificial nickel source 
029 10044058
 
Reactivation of flow battery electrode by exposure to oxidizing solution 
030 10044061
 
Methods for growth of lithium-rich antiperovskite electrolyte films and use thereof 
031 10044504
 
Long-haul high rate quantum key distribution 
032 10045463
 
Fabricating cooled electronic system with liquid-cooled cold plate and thermal spreader 

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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
Y02E Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution
10041101  Compositions comprising a polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity and a heterocyclic compound and uses thereof      
10043922  Back contact layer for photovoltaic cells      
10043925  Guided-wave photodetector apparatus employing mid-bandgap states of semiconductor materials, and fabrication methods for same      
10043932  Internally-heated thermal and externally-cool photovoltaic cascade solar energy system for full solar spectrum utilization      
10043939  Top to bottom solution deposition of metal oxides      
10043993  Electro-optical device      
10044039  Nitrogen-sulfur-carbon nanocomposites and their application as cathode materials in lithium-sulfur batteries      
10044058  Reactivation of flow battery electrode by exposure to oxidizing solution      
10044062  Silicone-containing ionic materials      
Y02T Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation
10041356  Showerhead hole scheme apparatus and system      
10041374  Gas turbine engine component with platform cooling circuit      

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)711854
National Institutes of Health (NIH)681769
National Cancer Institute (NCI)20404
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)7142
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)7206
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)6139
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)5213
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)5274
National Eye Institute (NEI)573
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)358
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)247
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)2114
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)236
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)246
National Institute on Aging (NIA)246
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)267
National Library of Medicine (NLM)13
NIH Office of the Director (NIHOD)136
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)125
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)120
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)17
U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS)113
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)114

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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 69
1700 Chemical and Materials Engineering 28
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components 25
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Gaming and Medical Devices/Processes 17
2600 Communications 9
2100 Computer Architecture Software and Information Security 7
3600 Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review 7
2400 Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security 5

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)
CPC A61 Medical or Veterinary Science; Hygiene 29 243
CPC C12 Biochemistry; Beer; Spirits; Wine; Vinegar; Microbiology; Enzymology; Mutation or Genetic Engineering 21 176
CPC H01 Basic Electric Elements 23 146
CPC G01 Measuring; Testing 18 120
CPC C07 Organic Chemistry 16 89
CPC G06 Computing; Calculating; Counting 21 78
CPC B01 Physical or Chemical Processes or Apparatus in General 5 54
CPC G02 Optics 6 48
CPC H04 Electric Communication Technique 3 27
CPC B32 Layered Products 0 28
CPC F01 Machines or Engines in General; Engine Plants in General; Steam Engines 5 22
CPC F05 Indexing Schemes Relating to Engines or Pumps in Various Subclasses of Classes F01-F04 0 19
CPC Y02 Technologies or Applications for Mitigation or Adaptation Against Climate Change 0 17
CPC G11 Information Storage 1 15
CPC B22 Casting; Powder Metallurgy 0 13
CPC B82 Nanotechnology 1 10
CPC C01 Inorganic Chemistry 0 11
CPC B64 Aircraft; Aviation; Cosmonautics 3 7
CPC C23 Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Chemical Surface Treatment; Diffusion Treatment of Metallic Material; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General; Inhibiting Corrosion of Metallic Material or Incrustation in General 2 8
CPC H05 Electric Techniques Not Otherwise Provided for 1 9
CPC C09 Dyes; Paints; Polishes; Natural Resins; Adhesives; Compositions Not Otherwise Provided For; Applications of Materials Not Otherwise Provided for 1 7
CPC A01 Agriculture; Forestry; Animal Husbandry; Hunting; Trapping; Fishing 1 5
CPC C08 Organic Macromolecular Compounds; Their Preparation or Chemical Working-up; Compositions Based Thereon 1 3
CPC H02 Generation; Conversion or Distribution of Electric Power 1 3
CPC H03 Basic Electronic Circuitry 1 3
CPC C25 Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes; Apparatus Therefor 1 2
CPC F16 Engineering Elements and Units; General Measures for Producing and Maintaining Effective Functioning of Machines or Installations; Thermal Insulation in General 1 2
CPC F25 Refrigeration or Cooling; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat Pump Systems; Manufacture or Storage of Ice; Liquefaction Solidification of Gases 1 2
CPC F41 Weapons 1 2
CPC B23 Machine Tools; Metal-working Not Otherwise Provided for 1 1
CPC B21 Mechanical Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material; Punching Metal 1 0
USPC PLT Plants 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 164 520
Japan 1 4
Singapore 1 2
United Kingdom 1 1
China PRC 0 2
Germany 0 2
Austria 0 1
Switzerland 0 1
U.S. State First Named Inventors All Inventors
California 33 100
Massachusetts 17 60
Maryland 15 49
New York 8 32
Pennsylvania 8 30
Connecticut 8 25
Florida 8 20
Wisconsin 5 14
Texas 5 13
Washington 4 15
Ohio 4 14
Colorado 4 13
New Jersey 4 12
Tennessee 4 12
New Mexico 4 11
Utah 4 10
Michigan 4 9
Georgia 2 14
Indiana 2 8
South Carolina 2 8
Iowa 2 5
Minnesota 2 4
North Carolina 1 6
Nevada 1 4
Arizona 1 3
Illinois 1 3
Missouri 1 3
District of Columbia 1 2
Idaho 1 2
Kentucky 1 2
New Hampshire 1 2
Oregon 1 2
Rhode Island 1 2
Virginia 1 2
Wyoming 1 2
Alabama 1 1
Louisiana 1 1
Hawaii 0 2
Maine 0 2
Mississippi 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 181215
U.S. State Assignees Applicants
California 3439
District of Columbia 2417
Massachusetts 2022
New York 1219
Florida 910
Maryland 817
Connecticut 88
Pennsylvania 88
New Mexico 66
Wisconsin 55
Colorado 45
Texas 45
Utah 44
Georgia 43
Michigan 35
Illinois 34
Ohio 34
Washington 24
North Carolina 23
Indiana 22
Iowa 22
New Jersey 22
Tennessee 22
Virginia 21
Minnesota 14
Missouri 12
South Carolina 12
Alabama 11
Hawaii 11
Idaho 11
Kentucky 11
Wyoming 11
Nevada 02
Rhode Island 02
Louisiana 01

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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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