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New Taxpayer Funded Patents for Tuesday, January 22, 2019 

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FedInvent analyzed 127 taxpayer-funded patents this week.

On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted 127 taxpayer-funded patents; including 117 patents containing government interest statements and 33 patents where federal government agencies were an assignee or applicant. Together, 127 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 10182708
 
Simultaneous acquisition of differing image types 
002 10182711
 
Method and apparatus for aiding in the diagnosis of otitis media by classifying tympanic membrane images 
003 10182766
 
Intelligent apparatus for patient guidance and data capture during physical therapy and wheelchair usage 
004 10182791
 
Integrated ultrasound, OCT, PA and/or florescence imaging endoscope for diagnosing cancers in gastrointestinal, respiratory, and urogenital tracts 
005 10182795
 
Devices for integrated, repeated, prolonged, and/or reliable sweat stimulation and biosensing 
006 10182984
 
Targeted interferons demonstrate potent apoptotic and anti-tumor activities 
007 10182985
 
Residence structures and related methods 
008 10182986
 
Method of delivering therapeutics and imaging agents to the brain by nanoparticles that cross the blood brain barrier 
009 10182988
 
Liposomal particles, methods of making same and uses thereof 
010 10182994
 
Nanoparticulate complex of nicotine and cerium oxide and use thereof 
011 10183011
 
Anti-depression compounds 
012 10183032
 
Methods for treating bacterial infection 
013 10183039
 
Methods for the production of collagen IV 
014 10183069
 
Rapid and prolonged immunologic-therapeutic 
015 10183078
 
Receptor targeting constructs and uses thereof 
016 10183079
 
Hydrogel microspheres containing peptide ligands for growth factor regulation in blood products 
017 10183080
 
Use of single dendritic wedge cell penetrating peptides to facilitate cellular delivery of nanoparticles and nanoparticles carrying cargos 
018 10183141
 
Systems and methods for treating dementia 
019 10183144
 
Ultraviolet Sterilizing Drainage Catheter 
020 10183251
 
Microcapsule fabric for absorption and release 
021 10183292
 
Capacitance detection in a droplet actuator 
022 10183317
 
Chemical oxidation method and compounds 
023 10183477
 
Absorbant and reflecting biocompatible dyes for highly accurate medical implants 
024 10183754
 
Three dimensional graphene foam reinforced composite coating and deicing systems therefrom 
025 10183755
 
Helicopter rotor icing detection system and method 
026 10183904
 
Production of 1,5-pentanediol via upgrading of tetrahydrofufuryl alcohol 
027 10183936
 
Hepatitis B core protein allosteric modulators 
028 10183957
 
Organoboron compounds and methods of making organoboron compounds 
029 10183963
 
Utility of nematode small molecules 
030 10183971
 
SAA-domain-specific antibodies and peptide antagonists and use thereof to treat inflammatory diseases 
031 10183972
 
BK channel-modulating peptides and their use 
032 10183977
 
Stabilized STAT3 decoy oligonucleotides and uses therefor 
033 10183978
 
Animal models of duchenne muscular dystrophy 
034 10183980
 
Superagonists and antagonists of interleukin-2 
035 10183991
 
Antibodies that recognize a DENN/MADD-domain-containing 1A variant 2 (DENND1A variant 2) 
036 10183993
 
Compositions and methods for treating cancer with anti-mesothelin immunotherapy 
037 10184004
 
CD47 targeted therapies for the treatment of infectious disease 
038 10184050
 
Carbon nanotube coated structure and associated method of fabrication 
039 10184051
 
Solar energy absorbing coatings and methods of fabrication 
040 10184102
 
Controlling pressure 
041 10184129
 
Method and compositions to promote plant growth in metal contaminated environments 
042 10184138
 
Bacteria engineered for conversion of ethylene to ethanol 
043 10184140
 
Materials and methods for production of bi-functional fatty acids in recombinant bacteria 
044 10184141
 
Microorganisms for producing glycogen and methods of using same 
045 10184152
 
Transcriptional signature for chlamydial pelvic inflammatory disease 
046 10184153
 
System and method for diagnosis and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders 
047 10184155
 
Genetic testing for improved cattle fertility 
048 10184166
 
Methods for preparing superalloy articles and related articles 
049 10184277
 
Lock mechanism for securing a lockable volume 
050 10184331
 
Explosive assembly and method 
051 10184340
 
Geared turbofan engine having a reduced number of fan blades and improved acoustics 
052 10184341
 
Airfoil baffle with wedge region 
053 10184347
 
Non-contact seal with resilient biasing element(s) 
054 10184350
 
Unison ring self-centralizers and method of centralizing 
055 10184353
 
Blade outer air seal cooling scheme 
056 10184399
 
Inlet particle separator systems and methods 
057 10184400
 
Methods of cooling a fluid using an annular heat exchanger 
058 10184405
 
Aircraft engine icing event avoidance and mitigation through real-time simulation and controls 
059 10184473
 
Non-contracting bidirectional seal for gaseous rotary machines 
060 10184553
 
Blast mitigating differential housing 
061 10184579
 
Stacked disk check valve 
062 10184664
 
Fuel injector for high flame speed fuel combustion 
063 10184666
 
Fuel nozzle having respective arrays of pre-mixing conduits with respective vortex generators 
064 10184697
 
Device for cooling fluid, method for cooling fluid 
065 10184726
 
Cooling systems and methods for thermoelectric power generation 
066 10184764
 
Insensitive munitions liner 
067 10184777
 
Material damage system and method for determining same 
068 10184799
 
Systems and methods for targeting objects of interest in denied GPS environments 
069 10184804
 
High-temperature sensor interface and network 
070 10184839
 
Nanostructured vanadium oxide uncooled bolometers and method of fabrication 
071 10184841
 
Interferometric technique for measuring upper atmospheric Doppler winds utilizing projections of a satellite\'s velocity 
072 10184845
 
Methods and apparatus for ultra-sensitive temperature detection using resonant devices 
073 10184883
 
Detecting isotopologues of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in concomitance of water or methane 
074 10184884
 
Assay cartridges and method of using the same 
075 10184933
 
Compositions, systems and methods for gene expression noise drug screening and uses thereof 
076 10184968
 
E-field based projectile detection and characterization system 
077 10185001
 
Circuits for magnetic resonance imaging systems for integrated parallel reception, excitation, and shimming 
078 10185029
 
Timing and synchronization of radio waves for scanning, detection, and measurement of surface non-uniformity 
079 10185061
 
Self patterning plasmonic array structures 
080 10185087
 
Compact and low loss Y-junction for submicron silicon waveguide 
081 10185205
 
CMOS compatible optical modulators 
082 10185569
 
Precise-restartable parallel execution of programs 
083 10185584
 
System and method for self-protecting data 
084 10185655
 
Systems and methods for rapid processing and storage of data 
085 10185713
 
Optimized statistical machine translation system with rapid adaptation capability 
086 10185816
 
Controlling user access to electronic resources without password 
087 10185824
 
System and method for uncovering covert timing channels 
088 10185832
 
Methods and systems for defending cyber attack in real-time 
089 10185833
 
Compliance method for a cyber-physical system 
090 10185911
 
Dynamically interactive RFID tag with optical control 
091 10186029
 
Object characterization 
092 10186040
 
Systems and methods for detection of significant and attractive components in digital images 
093 10186123
 
Complex event recognition in a sensor network 
094 10186139
 
Apparatus and methods to promote sustainable behavior among smartphone users 
095 10186168
 
Inquiry skills tutoring system 
096 10186336
 
Packaging design for storage, transportation, and disposal of disused radiological sources 
097 10186384
 
Carbon fiber and parylene structural capacitor 
098 10186392
 
Ultrafast electromechanical disconnect switch 
099 10186409
 
Ion trapping with integrated electromagnets 
100 10186412
 
Digital waveform manipulations to produce MSn collision induced dissociation 
101 10186584
 
Systems and methods for forming diamond heterojunction junction devices 
102 10186595
 
Noncentrosymmetric metal electrodes for ferroic devices 
103 10186629
 
Thin film lift-off via combination of epitaxial lift-off and spalling 
104 10186650
 
System and method for work function reduction and thermionic energy conversion 
105 10186660
 
Memristor device 
106 10186705
 
Instrumentation to dry-deliver SLMP particles to the lithium-ion electrode 
107 10186710
 
Methods of fabricating solid oxide fuel cells 
108 10186711
 
Photocatalytic methods for preparation of electrocatalyst materials 
109 10186716
 
Non-aqueous flow cell comprising a polyurethane separator 
110 10186740
 
Electrochemical cell having a vanadium phosphorous alloy electrode 
111 10186767
 
Elevation angle correction for a two-dimensional metamaterial cloak 
112 10186773
 
Electrically conductive resonator for communications 
113 10186775
 
Patch antenna element with parasitic feed probe 
114 10186783
 
Modified antipodal vivaldi antenna with elliptical loading 
115 10186910
 
Signal comparison and direction 
116 10186949
 
Coupled-inductor DC-DC power converter 
117 10186981
 
Systems and methods of delivering rectified voltage to a load 
118 10186995
 
Rotating switching strategy for power converters 
119 10187065
 
Four spin couplers for quantum information processing 
120 10187171
 
Method for free space optical communication utilizing patterned light and convolutional neural networks 
121 10187225
 
System and method to enable secondary transmission in the presence of an active primary transmission 
122 10187404
 
System and method for detecting attacks on mobile ad hoc networks based on network flux 
123 10187417
 
Methods and apparatus for application isolation 
124 10187626
 
Apparatuses and methods for three-dimensional imaging of an object 
125 PP30126
 
Gravevine named ‘Solbrio’ 
126 PP30127
 
Barberry plant named ‘UCONNBTB048’ 
127 PP30128
 
Barberry plant named ‘UCONNBTB039’ 

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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) 46 156
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 35 194
Department of Energy (DOE) 26 104
National Science Foundation (NSF) 14 75
Department of Agriculture (USDA) 5 13
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 4 17
Department of Commerce (DOC) 1 6
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) 1 6
United States Postal Service (USPS) 1 1

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 10184350
 
Unison ring self-centralizers and method of centralizing 
002 10184579
 
Stacked disk check valve 
003 10184799
 
Systems and methods for targeting objects of interest in denied GPS environments 
004 10185205
 
CMOS compatible optical modulators 
005 10186412
 
Digital waveform manipulations to produce MSn collision induced dissociation 
006 10186650
 
System and method for work function reduction and thermionic energy conversion 

Department of the ARMY (DOA)

Patent Title
001 10183754
 
Three dimensional graphene foam reinforced composite coating and deicing systems therefrom 
002 10184102
 
Controlling pressure 
003 10184399
 
Inlet particle separator systems and methods 
004 10184473
 
Non-contracting bidirectional seal for gaseous rotary machines 
005 10184553
 
Blast mitigating differential housing 
006 10184764
 
Insensitive munitions liner 
007 10184845
 
Methods and apparatus for ultra-sensitive temperature detection using resonant devices 
008 10184968
 
E-field based projectile detection and characterization system 
009 10185029
 
Timing and synchronization of radio waves for scanning, detection, and measurement of surface non-uniformity 
010 10185832
 
Methods and systems for defending cyber attack in real-time 
011 10186409
 
Ion trapping with integrated electromagnets 
012 10186595
 
Noncentrosymmetric metal electrodes for ferroic devices 
013 10186629
 
Thin film lift-off via combination of epitaxial lift-off and spalling 
014 10186650
 
System and method for work function reduction and thermionic energy conversion 
015 10186775
 
Patch antenna element with parasitic feed probe 
016 10186783
 
Modified antipodal vivaldi antenna with elliptical loading 
017 10186910
 
Signal comparison and direction 
018 10187417
 
Methods and apparatus for application isolation 

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

Patent Title
001 10183080
 
Use of single dendritic wedge cell penetrating peptides to facilitate cellular delivery of nanoparticles and nanoparticles carrying cargos 
002 10183755
 
Helicopter rotor icing detection system and method 
003 10184400
 
Methods of cooling a fluid using an annular heat exchanger 
004 10184804
 
High-temperature sensor interface and network 
005 10184841
 
Interferometric technique for measuring upper atmospheric Doppler winds utilizing projections of a satellite\'s velocity 
006 10185061
 
Self patterning plasmonic array structures 
007 10185911
 
Dynamically interactive RFID tag with optical control 
008 10186123
 
Complex event recognition in a sensor network 
009 10186767
 
Elevation angle correction for a two-dimensional metamaterial cloak 
010 10186773
 
Electrically conductive resonator for communications 
011 10187171
 
Method for free space optical communication utilizing patterned light and convolutional neural networks 

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

Patent Title
001 10182795
 
Devices for integrated, repeated, prolonged, and/or reliable sweat stimulation and biosensing 
002 10183317
 
Chemical oxidation method and compounds 
003 10184050
 
Carbon nanotube coated structure and associated method of fabrication 
004 10184341
 
Airfoil baffle with wedge region 
005 10184347
 
Non-contact seal with resilient biasing element(s) 
006 10184350
 
Unison ring self-centralizers and method of centralizing 
007 10184353
 
Blade outer air seal cooling scheme 
008 10185087
 
Compact and low loss Y-junction for submicron silicon waveguide 
009 10185833
 
Compliance method for a cyber-physical system 
010 10186660
 
Memristor device 
011 10187065
 
Four spin couplers for quantum information processing 
012 10187404
 
System and method for detecting attacks on mobile ad hoc networks based on network flux 

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Patent Title
001 10182711
 
Method and apparatus for aiding in the diagnosis of otitis media by classifying tympanic membrane images 
002 10182766
 
Intelligent apparatus for patient guidance and data capture during physical therapy and wheelchair usage 
003 10182791
 
Integrated ultrasound, OCT, PA and/or florescence imaging endoscope for diagnosing cancers in gastrointestinal, respiratory, and urogenital tracts 
004 10182984
 
Targeted interferons demonstrate potent apoptotic and anti-tumor activities 
005 10182985
 
Residence structures and related methods 
006 10182986
 
Method of delivering therapeutics and imaging agents to the brain by nanoparticles that cross the blood brain barrier 
007 10182988
 
Liposomal particles, methods of making same and uses thereof 
008 10182994
 
Nanoparticulate complex of nicotine and cerium oxide and use thereof 
009 10183011
 
Anti-depression compounds 
010 10183032
 
Methods for treating bacterial infection 
011 10183039
 
Methods for the production of collagen IV 
012 10183069
 
Rapid and prolonged immunologic-therapeutic 
013 10183078
 
Receptor targeting constructs and uses thereof 
014 10183079
 
Hydrogel microspheres containing peptide ligands for growth factor regulation in blood products 
015 10183141
 
Systems and methods for treating dementia 
016 10183292
 
Capacitance detection in a droplet actuator 
017 10183477
 
Absorbant and reflecting biocompatible dyes for highly accurate medical implants 
018 10183936
 
Hepatitis B core protein allosteric modulators 
019 10183957
 
Organoboron compounds and methods of making organoboron compounds 
020 10183963
 
Utility of nematode small molecules 
021 10183971
 
SAA-domain-specific antibodies and peptide antagonists and use thereof to treat inflammatory diseases 
022 10183972
 
BK channel-modulating peptides and their use 
023 10183977
 
Stabilized STAT3 decoy oligonucleotides and uses therefor 
024 10183978
 
Animal models of duchenne muscular dystrophy 
025 10183980
 
Superagonists and antagonists of interleukin-2 
026 10183991
 
Antibodies that recognize a DENN/MADD-domain-containing 1A variant 2 (DENND1A variant 2) 
027 10183993
 
Compositions and methods for treating cancer with anti-mesothelin immunotherapy 
028 10184004
 
CD47 targeted therapies for the treatment of infectious disease 
029 10184152
 
Transcriptional signature for chlamydial pelvic inflammatory disease 
030 10184153
 
System and method for diagnosis and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders 
031 10184845
 
Methods and apparatus for ultra-sensitive temperature detection using resonant devices 
032 10184884
 
Assay cartridges and method of using the same 
033 10184933
 
Compositions, systems and methods for gene expression noise drug screening and uses thereof 
034 10185001
 
Circuits for magnetic resonance imaging systems for integrated parallel reception, excitation, and shimming 
035 10187626
 
Apparatuses and methods for three-dimensional imaging of an object 

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Patent Title
001 10182708
 
Simultaneous acquisition of differing image types 
002 10183251
 
Microcapsule fabric for absorption and release 
003 10183904
 
Production of 1,5-pentanediol via upgrading of tetrahydrofufuryl alcohol 
004 10184051
 
Solar energy absorbing coatings and methods of fabrication 
005 10184138
 
Bacteria engineered for conversion of ethylene to ethanol 
006 10184166
 
Methods for preparing superalloy articles and related articles 
007 10184331
 
Explosive assembly and method 
008 10184664
 
Fuel injector for high flame speed fuel combustion 
009 10184666
 
Fuel nozzle having respective arrays of pre-mixing conduits with respective vortex generators 
010 10184697
 
Device for cooling fluid, method for cooling fluid 
011 10184726
 
Cooling systems and methods for thermoelectric power generation 
012 10184883
 
Detecting isotopologues of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in concomitance of water or methane 
013 10185655
 
Systems and methods for rapid processing and storage of data 
014 10185816
 
Controlling user access to electronic resources without password 
015 10186336
 
Packaging design for storage, transportation, and disposal of disused radiological sources 
016 10186384
 
Carbon fiber and parylene structural capacitor 
017 10186584
 
Systems and methods for forming diamond heterojunction junction devices 
018 10186650
 
System and method for work function reduction and thermionic energy conversion 
019 10186705
 
Instrumentation to dry-deliver SLMP particles to the lithium-ion electrode 
020 10186710
 
Methods of fabricating solid oxide fuel cells 
021 10186711
 
Photocatalytic methods for preparation of electrocatalyst materials 
022 10186716
 
Non-aqueous flow cell comprising a polyurethane separator 
023 10186740
 
Electrochemical cell having a vanadium phosphorous alloy electrode 
024 10186949
 
Coupled-inductor DC-DC power converter 
025 10186981
 
Systems and methods of delivering rectified voltage to a load 
026 10186995
 
Rotating switching strategy for power converters 

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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
Y02A Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change
10184004  CD47 targeted therapies for the treatment of infectious disease      
Y02B Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications
10184697  Device for cooling fluid, method for cooling fluid      
Y02E Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution
10184051  Solar energy absorbing coatings and methods of fabrication      
10184138  Bacteria engineered for conversion of ethylene to ethanol      
10186384  Carbon fiber and parylene structural capacitor      
10186629  Thin film lift-off via combination of epitaxial lift-off and spalling      
10186710  Methods of fabricating solid oxide fuel cells      
10186716  Non-aqueous flow cell comprising a polyurethane separator      
Y02P Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods
10184050  Carbon nanotube coated structure and associated method of fabrication      
Y02T Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation
10184340  Geared turbofan engine having a reduced number of fan blades and improved acoustics      
10184341  Airfoil baffle with wedge region      
10184400  Methods of cooling a fluid using an annular heat exchanger      
Y02W Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Wastewater Treatment or Waste Management
10184129  Method and compositions to promote plant growth in metal contaminated environments      

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)35194
National Institutes of Health (NIH)33190
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)631
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)629
National Cancer Institute (NCI)659
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)319
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)25
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)213
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)211
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)26
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)22
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)111
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)15
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)11
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)14
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)14
National Institute on Aging (NIA)15
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)13

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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 35
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components 27
1700 Chemical and Materials Engineering 19
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Gaming and Medical Devices/Processes 16
2600 Communications 10
2400 Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security 9
3600 Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review 7
2100 Computer Architecture Software and Information Security 4

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 19 217
CPC C07 Organic Chemistry 12 77
CPC H01 Basic Electric Elements 18 68
CPC C12 Biochemistry; Beer; Spirits; Wine; Vinegar; Microbiology; Enzymology; Mutation or Genetic Engineering 8 70
CPC G06 Computing; Calculating; Counting 11 66
CPC G01 Measuring; Testing 12 56
CPC B01 Physical or Chemical Processes or Apparatus in General 2 64
CPC H04 Electric Communication Technique 5 37
CPC F05 Indexing Schemes Relating to Engines or Pumps in Various Subclasses of Classes F01-F04 0 22
CPC G02 Optics 3 18
CPC C01 Inorganic Chemistry 0 21
CPC H02 Generation; Conversion or Distribution of Electric Power 4 16
CPC Y02 Technologies or Applications for Mitigation or Adaptation Against Climate Change 0 20
CPC F01 Machines or Engines in General; Engine Plants in General; Steam Engines 5 14
CPC F42 Ammunition; Blasting 1 16
CPC B64 Aircraft; Aviation; Cosmonautics 2 12
CPC Y10 Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC 0 14
CPC A01 Agriculture; Forestry; Animal Husbandry; Hunting; Trapping; Fishing 2 11
CPC C08 Organic Macromolecular Compounds; Their Preparation or Chemical Working-up; Compositions Based Thereon 0 13
CPC F02 Combustion Engines; Hot-gas or Combustion-product Engine Plants 3 9
CPC C02 Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge 0 12
CPC F23 Combustion Apparatus; Combustion Processes 2 9
CPC F28 Heat Exchange in General 1 9
CPC G21 Nuclear Physics; Nuclear Engineering 1 8
CPC F16 Engineering Elements and Units; General Measures for Producing and Maintaining Effective Functioning of Machines or Installations; Thermal Insulation in General 2 6
CPC E05 Locks; Keys; Window or Door Fittings; Safes 1 7
CPC C09 Dyes; Paints; Polishes; Natural Resins; Adhesives; Compositions Not Otherwise Provided For; Applications of Materials Not Otherwise Provided for 2 4
CPC F04 Positive - Displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps for Liquids or Elastic Fluids 1 5
CPC G08 Signalling 2 3
CPC C22 Metallurgy; Ferrous or Non-ferrous Alloys; Treatment of Alloys or Non-ferrous Metals 1 4
CPC B09 Disposal of Solid Waste; Reclamation of Contaminated Soil 1 3
CPC G09 Education; Cryptography; Display; Advertising; Seals 1 3
CPC B33 Additive Manufacturing Technology 1 2
CPC E21 Earth Drilling; Mining 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 1
CPC H03 Basic Electronic Circuitry 1 1
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 126 387
China PRC 1 3
Germany 0 5
Japan 0 3
Australia 0 1
Brazil 0 1
Canada 0 1
India 0 1
Portugal 0 1
U.S. State First Named Inventors All Inventors
California 28 78
Massachusetts 10 31
Maryland 8 33
New York 8 27
Pennsylvania 7 19
Wisconsin 6 16
Connecticut 6 12
Ohio 6 12
Illinois 5 17
Virginia 5 17
Florida 4 12
Michigan 3 14
New Mexico 3 11
Indiana 3 6
North Carolina 2 9
Iowa 2 8
New Jersey 2 7
Texas 2 7
District of Columbia 2 6
Maine 2 5
Oklahoma 2 5
South Carolina 2 3
Arizona 1 7
Washington 1 6
Tennessee 1 4
Colorado 1 3
Missouri 1 3
Minnesota 1 2
Alabama 1 1
Arkansas 1 1
Delaware 0 2
Georgia 0 1
Idaho 0 1
Montana 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 141171
Canada 11
Japan 11
U.S. State Assignees Applicants
California 2530
District of Columbia 2317
Illinois 911
Massachusetts 99
New York 810
Pennsylvania 88
Connecticut 77
Maryland 620
Wisconsin 66
Florida 59
New Mexico 55
Indiana 44
Texas 44
Virginia 34
Iowa 33
New Jersey 33
Ohio 25
Michigan 24
Oklahoma 22
Washington 22
Missouri 12
Colorado 11
Maine 11
North Carolina 11
Tennessee 11
Idaho 01
Kentucky 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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