FedInvent™ Patents

New Taxpayer Funded Patents for Tuesday, December 07, 2021 

This page was updated on Tuesday, December 07, 2021 at 10:10 PM GMT

FedInvent analyzed 143 taxpayer-funded patents this week.

The Patent Office granted 6,760 new patents on Tuesday, December 7, 2021. One hundred forty-three (143) benefitted from taxpayer funding. Here are the numbers.

  • One hundred thirty-four (134) patents have Government Interest Statements.
  • Thirty-three (35) have an applicant or an assignee that is a government agency.
  • The 143 new patents have 158 department-level funding citations.
  • These patents are the work of 451 inventors.
  • The 451 American inventors come from 34 states and the District of Columbia.
  • The Big Three States:
    1. California has 20 first-named inventors and 73 total inventors. 
    2. Massachusetts has 19 1st first-named inventors and 52 total inventors. 
    3. Maryland has 11 first-named inventors and 34 total inventors. 
    4.  
  • The sixteen (16) foreign inventors come from seven (7) countries.
  • There are 81 patents (57%) where at least one assignee is a college or university, the HERD.
  • Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) received ten (10) patents.
  • A federal department is an assignee on 23 patents.

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The List of This Week's Patents

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Patent Title
001 11191273
 
Methods of making pyranopyrans such as pyranopyran nitrile and methods of using pyranopyrans such as pyranopyran nitrile 
002 11191275
 
Plant antimicrobial compositions including an emulsifier and/or ozone and methods of use 
003 11191309
 
Integrated protective knee pad assembly 
004 11191459
 
ECG-based analyte assessments with adjustments for variances in patient posture 
005 11191474
 
Method for low-voltage termination of cardiac arrhythmias by effectively unpinning anatomical reentries 
006 11191493
 
Method and apparatus for predicting a need for a blood transfusion 
007 11191519
 
Device, system, and method for hemispheric breast imaging 
008 11191667
 
Method and system for regulating core body temperature 
009 11191721
 
Particle delivery via small-scale morphology materials for antibacterial applications 
010 11191724
 
Branched peptides for enzymatic assembly and mitochondria drug delivery 
011 11191727
 
Multivalent nanoparticle-based vaccines 
012 11191732
 
Glutaminase inhibitor discovery and nanoparticle-enhanced delivery for cancer therapy 
013 11191743
 
Modulators of zinc activated cation channel 
014 11191745
 
Silica nanoparticle with an insoluble drug 
015 11191750
 
Use of mTOR inhibitors for treatment of familial adenomatous polyposis 
016 11191752
 
Compounds and methods of treating retinal degeneration 
017 11191754
 
Inhibitors of nucleotidyl transferases and uses in herpes and hepatitis viral infections therefor 
018 11191755
 
Compositions and methods for providing cardioprotective effects 
019 11191763
 
HIV post-exposure prophylaxis 
020 11191773
 
Methods of treatment for bacterial infections 
021 11191774
 
Drug formulations for cancer treatment 
022 11191778
 
Multifunctional linker technology containing an N4 group 
023 11191785
 
Lymph node as a site for transplantation, organogenesis and function for multiple tissues and organs 
024 11191805
 
Cyclic prosaposin peptides and uses thereof 
025 11191811
 
Osteocalcin as a treatment for frailty associated with aging 
026 11191821
 
Peptide vaccine formulations and use thereof for inducing an immune response 
027 11191823
 
Compositions and methods for treating arenavirus infection 
028 11191824
 
Method of purifying virus-like-particles 
029 11191841
 
Supramolecular modification of proteins 
030 11191850
 
Molecular probes for detection and imaging of pancreatic cancer 
031 11191851
 
Anti-C3d antibody conjugates and methods of detecting complement activation 
032 11191871
 
Particulate coated hydrogel microparticles 
033 11191872
 
Compositions and methods for grafts modified with a non-thrombogenic and pro-migratory cell-derived extracellular matrix 
034 11191875
 
Salivary tissue regeneration using laminin peptide-modified hydrogels 
035 11191886
 
Motion-assisted systems, devices and methods for minimizing obstruction of medical devices 
036 11191958
 
Non-invasive method to treat urological and gastrointestinal disorders 
037 11192109
 
Microfluidic devices for the rapid and automated processing of sample populations 
038 11192182
 
Method and substrate for easy release of parts made by cold spray 
039 11192261
 
Touch-down sensing for robotic devices 
040 11192266
 
Variable stiffness series elastic actuator 
041 11192292
 
3D printing using phase changing matertials as support 
042 11192612
 
Non-invasive method of affixing surface components to maritime equipment 
043 11192667
 
Multi-layered self-healing material system towards impact mitigation 
044 11192760
 
Locking side pull hoist ring assembly 
045 11192780
 
Templated nanostructure sensors and methods of manufacture 
046 11192783
 
Ternary borides and borohydrides for hydrogen storage and method of synthesis 
047 11192850
 
N-aryl oxamic acids 
048 11192859
 
Quinoline compounds as modulators of RAGE activity and uses thereof 
049 11192866
 
Synthesis of tetracyclines and analogues thereof 
050 11192869
 
CFTR regulators and methods of use thereof 
051 11192871
 
5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 7 activity modulators and their method of use 
052 11192889
 
Tetrahydronaphthyridinepentanamide integrin antagonists 
053 11192893
 
Pyrazoloquinazolinone antitumor agents 
054 11192903
 
Zirconium-89 oxine complex as a cell labeling agent for positron emission tomography 
055 11192913
 
C-glycoside amine derivatives and methods of making 
056 11192915
 
Synthesis of polyphosphorylated molecules from polyphosphates 
057 11192923
 
Polypeptides including a beta-tricalcium phosphate-binding sequence and uses thereof 
058 11192929
 
Site-specific DNA base editing using modified APOBEC enzymes 
059 11192942
 
Targeted protein silencing using chimeras between antibodies and ubiquitination enzymes 
060 11192958
 
Monoclonal antibodies for use in diagnosis and therapy of cancers and autoimmune disease 
061 11192967
 
Thermosetting polyimides derived from resveratrol 
062 11192978
 
Reversibly crosslinked micelle systems 
063 11192994
 
Three-dimensional porous polyurea networks and methods of manufacture 
064 11193042
 
Process for manufacturing a sub-nanometer-thick coating on an amorphous material, exhibiting nanometer-scale chemical patterns 
065 11193075
 
Fatty acid derived alkyl ether fuels for compression ignition 
066 11193078
 
Olefins and methods for making the same 
067 11193110
 
Methods to generate gastrointestinal epithelial tissue constructs 
068 11193111
 
Viral nanoparticle multimers 
069 11193118
 
Molecular filter 
070 11193127
 
Methods for cleaving DNA and RNA molecules 
071 11193133
 
Modulation of expression of acyltransferases to modify hydroxycinnamic acid content 
072 11193141
 
Nuclease-mediated genome editing of primary cells and enrichment thereof 
073 11193149
 
Compositions and methods for robust dynamic metabolic control of alanine production 
074 11193153
 
Programmable nucleic acid synthesis cascade 
075 11193155
 
Designer α 6-fucosidase mutants enable direct core fucosylation of intact N-glycopeptides and N-glycoproteins 
076 11193190
 
Low-cost cast creep-resistant austenitic stainless steels that form alumina for high temperature oxidation resistance 
077 11193513
 
Efficient mechanical generation of cavitation in liquids 
078 11193526
 
Compliant shaft enclosure support system to limit rotation 
079 11193551
 
Stable shape-reconfigurable structures and mechanisms 
080 11193558
 
Transmission with dual bi-directional input and single bi-directional output 
081 11193593
 
Hydrostatic seal 
082 11193688
 
Fusion-based occupancy sensing for building systems 
083 11193696
 
Advanced multi-layer active magnetic regenerator systems and processes for magnetocaloric liquefaction 
084 11193743
 
Cook-off mitigation system 
085 11193745
 
Single-point munition arming interface 
086 11193746
 
Methods of initiating insensitive explosive formulations 
087 11193750
 
Dynamic optical interferometer locking using entangled photons 
088 11193825
 
Short pulsewidth high repetition rate nanosecond transient absorption spectrometer 
089 11193829
 
Sub-millimeter real-time circular dichroism spectrometer with metasurfaces 
090 11193834
 
Electromagnetic radiation power and irradiance measurement device and methods 
091 11193884
 
System and method for structural characterization of materials by supervised machine learning-based analysis of their spectra 
092 11193906
 
Solid-contact ion-selective and reference electrodes covalently attached to functionalized polymers 
093 11193914
 
Photoacoustic photon meter and process for measuring photon fluence 
094 11193928
 
Unmanned vehicle based detection of chemical warfare agents 
095 11193945
 
Methods for detecting sinusoidal obstructive syndrome (SOS) 
096 11193947
 
B-type natriuretic peptide proteolytic assay for cardiovascular disease risk assessment 
097 11193979
 
Determination of characteristics of electrochemical systems using acoustic signals 
098 11194014
 
System, method and apparatus for recovering polarization radar data 
099 11194038
 
Methods and systems for near-field microwave imaging 
100 11194059
 
Methods of fabricating vacuum housings with hermetic solder seals using capillary solder wicks 
101 11194082
 
Ultra-compact, aberration corrected, visible chiral spectrometer with meta-lenses 
102 11194094
 
Multilayered structures and uses thereof in security markings 
103 11194223
 
Densely-packed optical phased arrays via k-vector mismatch and metamaterial rods 
104 11194290
 
Holograms using birefringent lenses 
105 11194373
 
Hybrid prioritized resource allocation in thermally-or power-constrained computing devices 
106 11194550
 
System and method for migrating legacy software to a system common architecture 
107 11194634
 
Apparatus and method for providing workload distribution of threads among multiple compute units 
108 11194636
 
Technologies for generating triggered conditional events 
109 11194707
 
Systems and methods for rapid processing and storage of data 
110 11194744
 
In-line memory module (IMM) computing node with an embedded processor(s) to support local processing of memory-based operations for lower latency and reduced power consumption 
111 11194763
 
Scalable augmented enumeration and metadata operations for large filesystems 
112 11194834
 
Systems and methods for enabling situational awareness for events via data visualization 
113 11194915
 
Methods, systems, and media for testing insider threat detection systems 
114 11194936
 
System and method for analyzing and testing multi-degree of freedom objects 
115 11194978
 
Combined radio frequency identification (RFID)-based asset management and component authentication 
116 11195072
 
Internal radio-frequency instrumentation system and method 
117 11195107
 
Method of malicious social activity prediction using spatial-temporal social network data 
118 11195117
 
Fault-tolerant scalable modular quantum computer architecture with an enhanced control of multi-mode couplings between trapped ion qubits 
119 11195280
 
Progressive and multi-path holistically nested networks for segmentation 
120 11195281
 
Imaging system and method for assessing wounds 
121 11195318
 
Rapid avatar capture and simulation using commodity depth sensors 
122 11195504
 
Additively manufactured locally resonant interpenetrating lattice structure 
123 11195596
 
Analyzing characteristics of genomic regions of a genome 
124 11195602
 
System and method to electronically coordinate and document patient care regardless of physical setting 
125 11195615
 
Method and system for distributed management of in vivo exposure therapy 
126 11195644
 
Iron nitride magnetic material including coated nanoparticles 
127 11195667
 
Methods of making non-covalently bonded carbon-titania nanocomposite thin films and applications of the same 
128 11195967
 
High radiation detection performance from photoactive semiconductor single crystals 
129 11195968
 
Solid-state neutron detector 
130 11196053
 
Solid oxide fuel cells with cathode functional layers 
131 11196057
 
Metal-air cell with performance enhancing additive 
132 11196072
 
Composite proton-conducting membrane 
133 11196098
 
Systems and processes for assessing electrochemical cell quality 
134 11196179
 
Wideband dual-polarized electrically coupled and connected radiators on a triangular lattice 
135 11196182
 
Radio frequency circuit board interconnect assembly 
136 11196184
 
Broadband antenna array 
137 11196338
 
Semiconductor topologies and devices for soft starting and active fault protection of power converters 
138 11196430
 
High-bandwidth phase lock loop circuit with sideband rejection 
139 11196486
 
Array-based free-space optical communication links 
140 11196611
 
Systems and methods for electronic communication with a device using an unknown communications protocol 
141 11196782
 
Providing survivable calling and conferencing 
142 11197401
 
System and method for large-scale PCB production including continuous selective adhesion 
143 RE48842
 
Pyrimido-pyrrolo-oxazine-dione compound inhibitors of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein and uses therefor 

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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
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 56
Department of Defense (DOD) 38
Department of Energy (DOE) 26
National Science Foundation (NSF) 18
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 5
Department of Agriculture (USDA) 3
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 3
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) 2
Department of Commerce (DOC) 1
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) 1
National Security Agency (NSA) 1
Non-Profit Organization (NPO) 1
Government Rights Acknowledged 3

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 11191459
 
ECG-based analyte assessments with adjustments for variances in patient posture 
002 11191474
 
Method for low-voltage termination of cardiac arrhythmias by effectively unpinning anatomical reentries 
003 11191519
 
Device, system, and method for hemispheric breast imaging 
004 11191667
 
Method and system for regulating core body temperature 
005 11191724
 
Branched peptides for enzymatic assembly and mitochondria drug delivery 
006 11191727
 
Multivalent nanoparticle-based vaccines 
007 11191732
 
Glutaminase inhibitor discovery and nanoparticle-enhanced delivery for cancer therapy 
008 11191743
 
Modulators of zinc activated cation channel 
009 11191745
 
Silica nanoparticle with an insoluble drug 
010 11191750
 
Use of mTOR inhibitors for treatment of familial adenomatous polyposis 
011 11191752
 
Compounds and methods of treating retinal degeneration 
012 11191754
 
Inhibitors of nucleotidyl transferases and uses in herpes and hepatitis viral infections therefor 
013 11191755
 
Compositions and methods for providing cardioprotective effects 
014 11191763
 
HIV post-exposure prophylaxis 
015 11191773
 
Methods of treatment for bacterial infections 
016 11191774
 
Drug formulations for cancer treatment 
017 11191778
 
Multifunctional linker technology containing an N4 group 
018 11191785
 
Lymph node as a site for transplantation, organogenesis and function for multiple tissues and organs 
019 11191805
 
Cyclic prosaposin peptides and uses thereof 
020 11191811
 
Osteocalcin as a treatment for frailty associated with aging 
021 11191821
 
Peptide vaccine formulations and use thereof for inducing an immune response 
022 11191823
 
Compositions and methods for treating arenavirus infection 
023 11191841
 
Supramolecular modification of proteins 
024 11191850
 
Molecular probes for detection and imaging of pancreatic cancer 
025 11191871
 
Particulate coated hydrogel microparticles 
026 11191872
 
Compositions and methods for grafts modified with a non-thrombogenic and pro-migratory cell-derived extracellular matrix 
027 11191875
 
Salivary tissue regeneration using laminin peptide-modified hydrogels 
028 11191886
 
Motion-assisted systems, devices and methods for minimizing obstruction of medical devices 
029 11191958
 
Non-invasive method to treat urological and gastrointestinal disorders 
030 11192109
 
Microfluidic devices for the rapid and automated processing of sample populations 
031 11192850
 
N-aryl oxamic acids 
032 11192859
 
Quinoline compounds as modulators of RAGE activity and uses thereof 
033 11192866
 
Synthesis of tetracyclines and analogues thereof 
034 11192869
 
CFTR regulators and methods of use thereof 
035 11192871
 
5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 7 activity modulators and their method of use 
036 11192889
 
Tetrahydronaphthyridinepentanamide integrin antagonists 
037 11192893
 
Pyrazoloquinazolinone antitumor agents 
038 11192903
 
Zirconium-89 oxine complex as a cell labeling agent for positron emission tomography 
039 11192929
 
Site-specific DNA base editing using modified APOBEC enzymes 
040 11192942
 
Targeted protein silencing using chimeras between antibodies and ubiquitination enzymes 
041 11192958
 
Monoclonal antibodies for use in diagnosis and therapy of cancers and autoimmune disease 
042 11192978
 
Reversibly crosslinked micelle systems 
043 11193110
 
Methods to generate gastrointestinal epithelial tissue constructs 
044 11193111
 
Viral nanoparticle multimers 
045 11193118
 
Molecular filter 
046 11193127
 
Methods for cleaving DNA and RNA molecules 
047 11193141
 
Nuclease-mediated genome editing of primary cells and enrichment thereof 
048 11193155
 
Designer α 6-fucosidase mutants enable direct core fucosylation of intact N-glycopeptides and N-glycoproteins 
049 11193945
 
Methods for detecting sinusoidal obstructive syndrome (SOS) 
050 11193947
 
B-type natriuretic peptide proteolytic assay for cardiovascular disease risk assessment 
051 11194290
 
Holograms using birefringent lenses 
052 11195280
 
Progressive and multi-path holistically nested networks for segmentation 
053 11195281
 
Imaging system and method for assessing wounds 
054 11195596
 
Analyzing characteristics of genomic regions of a genome 
055 11195615
 
Method and system for distributed management of in vivo exposure therapy 
056 RE48842
 
Pyrimido-pyrrolo-oxazine-dione compound inhibitors of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein and uses therefor 

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Department of Defense (DOD) Agencies

Patent Title
001 11193149
 
Compositions and methods for robust dynamic metabolic control of alanine production 
002 11193928
 
Unmanned vehicle based detection of chemical warfare agents 
003 11193947
 
B-type natriuretic peptide proteolytic assay for cardiovascular disease risk assessment 
004 11194223
 
Densely-packed optical phased arrays via k-vector mismatch and metamaterial rods 
005 11194636
 
Technologies for generating triggered conditional events 
006 11194744
 
In-line memory module (IMM) computing node with an embedded processor(s) to support local processing of memory-based operations for lower latency and reduced power consumption 
007 11194978
 
Combined radio frequency identification (RFID)-based asset management and component authentication 
008 11196182
 
Radio frequency circuit board interconnect assembly 
009 11196430
 
High-bandwidth phase lock loop circuit with sideband rejection 
010 11196782
 
Providing survivable calling and conferencing 

Department of the ARMY (DOA)

Patent Title
001 11191309
 
Integrated protective knee pad assembly 
002 11192261
 
Touch-down sensing for robotic devices 
003 11192923
 
Polypeptides including a beta-tricalcium phosphate-binding sequence and uses thereof 
004 11193558
 
Transmission with dual bi-directional input and single bi-directional output 
005 11193745
 
Single-point munition arming interface 
006 11193829
 
Sub-millimeter real-time circular dichroism spectrometer with metasurfaces 
007 11193928
 
Unmanned vehicle based detection of chemical warfare agents 
008 11193947
 
B-type natriuretic peptide proteolytic assay for cardiovascular disease risk assessment 
009 11195117
 
Fault-tolerant scalable modular quantum computer architecture with an enhanced control of multi-mode couplings between trapped ion qubits 
010 11195318
 
Rapid avatar capture and simulation using commodity depth sensors 
011 11195602
 
System and method to electronically coordinate and document patient care regardless of physical setting 
012 11196179
 
Wideband dual-polarized electrically coupled and connected radiators on a triangular lattice 
013 11196486
 
Array-based free-space optical communication links 
014 11196782
 
Providing survivable calling and conferencing 

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

Patent Title
001 11192182
 
Method and substrate for easy release of parts made by cold spray 
002 11192612
 
Non-invasive method of affixing surface components to maritime equipment 
003 11192967
 
Thermosetting polyimides derived from resveratrol 
004 11193042
 
Process for manufacturing a sub-nanometer-thick coating on an amorphous material, exhibiting nanometer-scale chemical patterns 
005 11193149
 
Compositions and methods for robust dynamic metabolic control of alanine production 
006 11193153
 
Programmable nucleic acid synthesis cascade 
007 11193551
 
Stable shape-reconfigurable structures and mechanisms 
008 11193743
 
Cook-off mitigation system 
009 11193746
 
Methods of initiating insensitive explosive formulations 
010 11193834
 
Electromagnetic radiation power and irradiance measurement device and methods 
011 11196072
 
Composite proton-conducting membrane 
012 11196179
 
Wideband dual-polarized electrically coupled and connected radiators on a triangular lattice 
013 11196184
 
Broadband antenna array 
014 11196486
 
Array-based free-space optical communication links 
015 11196782
 
Providing survivable calling and conferencing 

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

Patent Title
001 11191493
 
Method and apparatus for predicting a need for a blood transfusion 
002 11193829
 
Sub-millimeter real-time circular dichroism spectrometer with metasurfaces 
003 11194014
 
System, method and apparatus for recovering polarization radar data 
004 11194038
 
Methods and systems for near-field microwave imaging 
005 11194082
 
Ultra-compact, aberration corrected, visible chiral spectrometer with meta-lenses 
006 11194550
 
System and method for migrating legacy software to a system common architecture 
007 11196184
 
Broadband antenna array 

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Patent Title
001 11192760
 
Locking side pull hoist ring assembly 
002 11192783
 
Ternary borides and borohydrides for hydrogen storage and method of synthesis 
003 11193075
 
Fatty acid derived alkyl ether fuels for compression ignition 
004 11193078
 
Olefins and methods for making the same 
005 11193133
 
Modulation of expression of acyltransferases to modify hydroxycinnamic acid content 
006 11193190
 
Low-cost cast creep-resistant austenitic stainless steels that form alumina for high temperature oxidation resistance 
007 11193688
 
Fusion-based occupancy sensing for building systems 
008 11193696
 
Advanced multi-layer active magnetic regenerator systems and processes for magnetocaloric liquefaction 
009 11193825
 
Short pulsewidth high repetition rate nanosecond transient absorption spectrometer 
010 11193884
 
System and method for structural characterization of materials by supervised machine learning-based analysis of their spectra 
011 11193979
 
Determination of characteristics of electrochemical systems using acoustic signals 
012 11194059
 
Methods of fabricating vacuum housings with hermetic solder seals using capillary solder wicks 
013 11194373
 
Hybrid prioritized resource allocation in thermally-or power-constrained computing devices 
014 11194634
 
Apparatus and method for providing workload distribution of threads among multiple compute units 
015 11194707
 
Systems and methods for rapid processing and storage of data 
016 11194763
 
Scalable augmented enumeration and metadata operations for large filesystems 
017 11195504
 
Additively manufactured locally resonant interpenetrating lattice structure 
018 11195644
 
Iron nitride magnetic material including coated nanoparticles 
019 11195667
 
Methods of making non-covalently bonded carbon-titania nanocomposite thin films and applications of the same 
020 11195968
 
Solid-state neutron detector 
021 11196053
 
Solid oxide fuel cells with cathode functional layers 
022 11196057
 
Metal-air cell with performance enhancing additive 
023 11196072
 
Composite proton-conducting membrane 
024 11196338
 
Semiconductor topologies and devices for soft starting and active fault protection of power converters 
025 11196611
 
Systems and methods for electronic communication with a device using an unknown communications protocol 
026 11197401
 
System and method for large-scale PCB production including continuous selective adhesion 

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Patent Title
001 11191721
 
Particle delivery via small-scale morphology materials for antibacterial applications 
002 11191724
 
Branched peptides for enzymatic assembly and mitochondria drug delivery 
003 11191773
 
Methods of treatment for bacterial infections 
004 11191774
 
Drug formulations for cancer treatment 
005 11192266
 
Variable stiffness series elastic actuator 
006 11192292
 
3D printing using phase changing matertials as support 
007 11192915
 
Synthesis of polyphosphorylated molecules from polyphosphates 
008 11192929
 
Site-specific DNA base editing using modified APOBEC enzymes 
009 11192994
 
Three-dimensional porous polyurea networks and methods of manufacture 
010 11193111
 
Viral nanoparticle multimers 
011 11193149
 
Compositions and methods for robust dynamic metabolic control of alanine production 
012 11193513
 
Efficient mechanical generation of cavitation in liquids 
013 11193829
 
Sub-millimeter real-time circular dichroism spectrometer with metasurfaces 
014 11193884
 
System and method for structural characterization of materials by supervised machine learning-based analysis of their spectra 
015 11193906
 
Solid-contact ion-selective and reference electrodes covalently attached to functionalized polymers 
016 11194059
 
Methods of fabricating vacuum housings with hermetic solder seals using capillary solder wicks 
017 11194094
 
Multilayered structures and uses thereof in security markings 
018 11194834
 
Systems and methods for enabling situational awareness for events via data visualization 

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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
11191727  Multivalent nanoparticle-based vaccines      
Y02B Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications
11193696  Advanced multi-layer active magnetic regenerator systems and processes for magnetocaloric liquefaction      
Y02E Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution
11195667  Methods of making non-covalently bonded carbon-titania nanocomposite thin films and applications of the same      
11196053  Solid oxide fuel cells with cathode functional layers      
11196057  Metal-air cell with performance enhancing additive      
Y02P Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods
11193078  Olefins and methods for making the same      

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
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 56
National Institutes of Health (NIH) 53
National Cancer Institute (NCI) 15
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) 8
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) 8
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) 7
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) 6
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) 5
National Eye Institute (NEI) 5
National Institute on Aging (NIA) 3
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) 2
NIH Office of the Director (NIHOD) 2
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) 2
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) 2
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) 2
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) 1
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (NIHCL) 1
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) 1
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) 1
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) 1

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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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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 53
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components 24
1700 Chemical and Materials Engineering 22
3600 Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review 13
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Gaming and Medical Devices/Processes 12
2100 Computer Architecture Software and Information Security 9
2600 Communications 6
2400 Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security 3
3900 Reexamination/Abandonments 1

For more information on the types of inventions examined in each Technology Center, see the About Tech Centers section of this page.

Patents By Scientific Domain.

This section contains the number of patents by high level scientific and technical domain. The data is arranged by the first Cooperative Patent Classification System (CPC) patent symbol assigned to the patent. This indicates the scope and nature of the invention for a patent or a patent application.

Global patent offices use patent classification as their lingua franca — the common language — for exchanging information about inventions and what scientific and technical art a patent contains. The classifications assigned to a patent are used by patent examiners to find prior art and to determine if a particular patent's claims are novel. Patent classifications are also used for global enforcement of patent rights, treaties, and agreements.

Class Class Definition First
(Original)
Inventive
(CrossRef)
CPC A61 Medical or Veterinary Science; Hygiene 33 289
CPC C07 Organic Chemistry 15 112
CPC G01 Measuring; Testing 14 90
CPC C12 Biochemistry; Beer; Spirits; Wine; Vinegar; Microbiology; Enzymology; Mutation or Genetic Engineering 9 80
CPC G06 Computing; Calculating; Counting 17 67
CPC H01 Basic Electric Elements 11 69
CPC H04 Electric Communication Technique 3 20
CPC C08 Organic Macromolecular Compounds; Their Preparation or Chemical Working-up; Compositions Based Thereon 3 15
CPC G16 Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for Specific Application Fields 3 15
CPC B01 Physical or Chemical Processes or Apparatus in General 1 15
CPC F16 Engineering Elements and Units; General Measures for Producing and Maintaining Effective Functioning of Machines or Installations; Thermal Insulation in General 4 11
CPC C01 Inorganic Chemistry 1 14
CPC F42 Ammunition; Blasting 3 11
CPC G02 Optics 3 11
CPC C10 Petroleum, Gas or Coke Industries; Technical Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide; Fuels; Lubricants; Peat 2 12
CPC A01 Agriculture; Forestry; Animal Husbandry; Hunting; Trapping; Fishing 2 11
CPC B29 Working of Plastics; Working of Substances in a Plastic State in General 1 11
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 0 11
CPC C22 Metallurgy; Ferrous or Non-ferrous Alloys; Treatment of Alloys or Non-ferrous Metals 1 8
CPC F24 Heating; Ranges; Ventilating 1 8
CPC B25 Hand Tools; Portable Power-driven Tools; Manipulators 2 6
CPC C09 Dyes; Paints; Polishes; Natural Resins; Adhesives; Compositions Not Otherwise Provided For; Applications of Materials Not Otherwise Provided for 1 7
CPC Y02 Technologies or Applications for Mitigation or Adaptation Against Climate Change 0 8
CPC H05 Electric Techniques Not Otherwise Provided for 1 6
CPC F25 Refrigeration or Cooling; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat Pump Systems; Manufacture or Storage of Ice; Liquefaction Solidification of Gases 1 5
CPC G03 Photography; Cinematography; Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Electrography; Holography 1 5
CPC B22 Casting; Powder Metallurgy 1 4
CPC H03 Basic Electronic Circuitry 1 4
CPC B63 Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Related Equipment 1 2
CPC H02 Generation; Conversion or Distribution of Electric Power 1 2
CPC A41 Wearing Apparel 1 1
CPC B64 Aircraft; Aviation; Cosmonautics 1 1
CPC G10 Musical Instruments; Acoustics 1 1
CPC B66 Hoisting; Lifting; Hauling 1 0
CPC B81 Microstructural Technology 1 0
CPC F15 Fluid-pressure Actuators; Hydraulics or Pneumatics in General 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 142 451
China PRC 1 1
Japan 0 8
Spain 0 2
India 0 2
Canada 0 1
Switzerland 0 1
France 0 1
U.S. State First Named Inventors All Inventors
California 20 73
Massachusetts 19 52
Maryland 11 34
Texas 9 38
New York 9 29
Minnesota 7 25
Ohio 7 20
Illinois 5 17
Arizona 5 13
North Carolina 4 16
Indiana 4 10
Pennsylvania 4 9
Missouri 4 8
Connecticut 4 7
Oregon 3 14
Virginia 3 9
Georgia 3 8
New Jersey 3 8
New Mexico 3 6
South Carolina 2 2
Tennessee 1 12
Washington 1 7
Colorado 1 6
Montana 1 4
Utah 1 4
Florida 1 3
Michigan 1 3
Wisconsin 1 3
Mississippi 1 2
Alabama 1 1
Kentucky 1 1
New Hampshire 1 1
Oklahoma 1 1
District of Columbia 0 4
Idaho 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 151 174
Canada 1 1
Spain 0 1
U.S. State Assignees Applicants
California 21 22
Massachusetts 19 19
District of Columbia 16 8
Maryland 14 18
New York 10 13
Ohio 7 7
Minnesota 6 7
New Mexico 6 6
Pennsylvania 6 6
Texas 6 6
North Carolina 6 4
Illinois 5 5
Indiana 4 5
Virginia 3 7
Missouri 3 3
Tennessee 3 3
Arizona 2 6
Washington 2 5
Georgia 2 3
Connecticut 2 2
South Carolina 2 2
New Jersey 1 4
Florida 1 2
Wisconsin 1 2
Michigan 1 1
Oregon 1 1
Utah 1 1
Montana 0 4
Colorado 0 1
Idaho 0 1

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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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