FedInvent™ Patents

New Taxpayer Funded Patents for Tuesday, July 12, 2022 

This page was updated on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 01:48 AM GMT

FedInvent analyzed 131 taxpayer-funded patents this week.

On Tuesday, July 12, 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued 7,264 patents. One hundred thirty-one (131) of these patents benefitted from taxpayer funding. Here is how they break down .

  • One hundred twenty-six (126) patents have Government Interest Statements.
  • A federal department is an assignee or applicant on 28 patents.
  • A federal department is the only assignee on 16 patents.
  • The 150 new patents have 150 department-level funding citations.
  • These patents are the work of 432 inventors.
  • The 415 American inventors come from 35 states and the District of Columbia.
  • The 17 foreign inventors come from six (6) countries.  This includes two inventors from the People's Republic of China (PRC).
  • There are 81 patents (62%) where at least one assignee is a college or university, the HERD.
  • Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) received 14 patents.
  • Four (4) patent were assigned Y CPC symbols indicating that the invention may be useful in mitigating the impact of climate change.
  • There are no Bayh-Dole scofflaw patents this week.

The Big Three States

This week's top three states are:

  1. California has 25 first-named inventors and 86 total inventors.
  2. Massachusetts has 11 first-named inventors and 36 total inventors.
  3. Ohio has 10 first-named inventors and 27 total inventors.

Six (6) states — California, Massachusetts, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia — account for more than half of the American inventors cited on patents this week.

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The List of This Week's Patents

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Patent Title
001 11382316
 
Transgenic mice with inducible neuron-specific inactivation of HuR gene and method of screening 
002 11382502
 
Systems and methods for providing surface contrast to display images for micro-surgical applications 
003 11382503
 
User interface for efficiently displaying relevant OCT imaging data 
004 11382525
 
Handheld blood-flow imaging device 
005 11382562
 
Method and device for in-home sleep and signal analysis 
006 11382571
 
Noninvasive predictive and/or estimative blood pressure monitoring 
007 11382646
 
Capture-tool for manipulating and entubulating nerves 
008 11382681
 
Device and methods for delivery of high frequency electrical pulses for non-thermal ablation 
009 11382716
 
Adjustable retaining arm system 
010 11382775
 
Modular prosthetic devices and prosthesis systems 
011 11382885
 
Compositions for treating fungal and bacterial biofilms and methods of using the same 
012 11382895
 
Methods for treating injury associated with exposure to an alkylating species 
013 11382898
 
BAX activators and uses thereof in cancer therapy 
014 11382906
 
Compositions and methods for reducing muscle contraction 
015 11382947
 
Targeting G3BP proteins to accelerate nerve regeneration 
016 11382955
 
Long-acting VEGF inhibitors for intraocular neovascularization 
017 11382964
 
Core/shell structure platform for immunotherapy 
018 11382974
 
Methods and compositions for treatment of amyloid deposition diseases 
019 11382976
 
Ultra-stable protein ionic liquids 
020 11382989
 
Engineered microbial population 
021 11382990
 
Imageable polymers, methods of making and methods of use thereof 
022 11382991
 
Molecular probes for imaging of myelin 
023 11383179
 
Method and apparatus for desalinating water 
024 11383218
 
System and method for rapid, high throughput, high pressure synthesis of materials from a liquid precursor 
025 11383234
 
Electronic control of fluidic species 
026 11383235
 
Device and method for microscale chemical reactions 
027 11383241
 
Mechano-node pore sensing 
028 11383280
 
Devices and methods for performing shear-assisted extrusion, extrusion feedstocks, extrusion processes, and methods for preparing metal sheets 
029 11383298
 
Polarity inversion of gold nanorod materials 
030 11383302
 
Heat exchangers fabricated by additive manufacturing, related components, and related methods 
031 11383349
 
Reduced noise abrasive blasting systems 
032 11383386
 
Robotic drawing 
033 11383494
 
Ceramic matrix composite articles having different localized properties and methods for forming same 
034 11383860
 
System and method of space object tracking and surveillance network control 
035 11383985
 
Hybrid silica gel made of porous silica particles 
036 11383989
 
Polar oxysulfide for nonlinear optical applications 
037 11384029
 
Formulations and processing of cementitious components to meet target strength and CO2 uptake criteria 
038 11384084
 
First-in-class of SHMT2 and MTHFD2 inhibitors as antitumor agents 
039 11384106
 
Metal tricarbonyl complexes comprising substituted iminodiactic acid ligands and uses as radioisotope tracers 
040 11384115
 
Nuclear sulfated oxysterol, potent regulator of lipid homeostasis, for therapy of hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglycerides, fatty liver diseases, and atherosclerosis 
041 11384122
 
Compositions and methods for preventing and treating coronavirus infection—SARS-CoV-2 vaccines 
042 11384126
 
Compositions and methods for inhibiting DHHC-type palmitoyltransferases for cancer treatment 
043 11384131
 
Superagonists, partial agonists and antagonists of interleukin-2 
044 11384133
 
Engineering t cell receptors 
045 11384134
 
Recombinant vector and expression system comprising a nucleic acid encoding a variable lymphocyte receptor (VLR) 
046 11384137
 
MVA-gH/gL-PC vaccine derived antibodies neutralizing human cytomegalovirus infectivity and methods thereof 
047 11384139
 
Antibody targeting cell surface deposited complement protein C3d and use thereof 
048 11384144
 
T cell receptor-like antibodies specific for a PRAME peptide 
049 11384156
 
Adoptive T-cell therapy using EMPD-specific chimeric antigen receptors for treating IgE-mediated allergic diseases 
050 11384198
 
High-gap yellow and orange electrochromic polymers 
051 11384219
 
Carbon supports for oxygen reduction catalysts 
052 11384269
 
Deicing agents containing oxygen release compounds 
053 11384286
 
GaAs1-xSbx nanowires on a graphitic substrate 
054 11384327
 
Microfluidic devices and methods for purifying rare antigen-specific T cell populations 
055 11384328
 
Cartridge-based system for long term culture of cell clusters 
056 11384336
 
Compositions and methods for in vitro cultivation and/or expansion of regulatory T cells 
057 11384339
 
Influenza viruses with mutant PB2 gene segment as live attenuated vaccines 
058 11384344
 
CRISPR-associated transposase systems and methods of use thereof 
059 11384350
 
Cytotoxic molecules responsive to intracellular ligands for selective T cell mediated killing 
060 11384356
 
Composition and method for oligonucleotide delivery 
061 11384358
 
Method of regulating gene expression in a cell 
062 11384360
 
Gene targeting in plants using DNA viruses 
063 11384364
 
Methods of enhancing biological potency of baculovirus system-produced recombinant adeno-associated virus 
064 11384367
 
Synthesis of bioproducts from lignin-derived aromatics by genetically modified microorganisms 
065 11384380
 
Compositions and methods for detecting N6-methyladenine in the mammalian genome 
066 11384389
 
Non-invasive diagnosis of graft rejection in organ transplant patients 
067 11384400
 
Methods of treating cancers containing fusion genes 
068 11384421
 
High temperature sputtered stoichiometric amorphous aluminum oxide 
069 11384448
 
Optimized Heteroepitaxial growth of semiconductors 
070 11384450
 
Method of making thin films 
071 11384478
 
Moisture control fabrics 
072 11384681
 
Control of an opposed-piston engine with a mass airflow sensor located after a charge air cooler 
073 11384712
 
Active control of scramjet isolator shock systems 
074 11384751
 
Multichannel pumps and applications of same 
075 11384939
 
Air-fuel micromix injector having multibank ports for adaptive cooling of high temperature combustor 
076 11385098
 
Method and system for characterizing power in a high-power laser 
077 11385104
 
On-chip polarization detection and polarimetric imaging 
078 11385116
 
Ludion pressure measurement system 
079 11385169
 
Self-indicating colorimetric response materials for removal and sensing of toxic chemicals and narcotics 
080 11385201
 
Ultra-stable protein ionic liquids 
081 11385205
 
Inspection system 
082 11385223
 
Anastasis biosensor 
083 11385229
 
Amplification technology using dual enzyme cascade detection 
084 11385232
 
Phenotypic profiling of hepatocellular carcinoma circulating tumor cells for treatment selection 
085 11385235
 
DNA ink—near-field absorption coupling for colorimetric detection, DNA ink, chromic photoswitches, and chromic molecular ruler 
086 11385237
 
Methods for evaluating glycemic regulation and applications thereof 
087 11385240
 
Reagents and methods for detecting protein lysine 3-hydroxybutyrylation 
088 11385307
 
Strongly coupled fourth-order resonance coil systems for enhanced signal detection 
089 11385311
 
System and method for improved magnetic resonance fingerprinting using inner product space 
090 11385327
 
CubeSat radar systems 
091 11385331
 
Enclosure for light detection and ranging unit and related methods 
092 11385361
 
Electronic devices and related methods 
093 11385362
 
Scintillation detector and associated scintillation detector ring and method 
094 11385376
 
Electric field sensing devices and systems and method of making the same 
095 11385386
 
Plasmonic metal nitride and transparent conductive oxide nanostructures for plasmon assisted catalysis 
096 11385410
 
Millimeter scale long grating coupler 
097 11385453
 
Adaptive retro-reflector (AR) 
098 11386243
 
Process for guiding rapid development of novel cermets 
099 11386369
 
Multi-attribute evaluation of narratives using event datasets 
100 11386386
 
Systems and methods for creating and using a hybrid-digital mailbox 
101 11386506
 
System and technique for influence estimation on social media networks using causal inference 
102 11386515
 
Mobile customs declaration validation system and method 
103 11386559
 
System and method for tissue viability screening 
104 11386572
 
Calibration system and method to align a 3D virtual scene and a 3D real world for a stereoscopic head-mounted display 
105 11386648
 
Polarization-based mapping and perception method and system 
106 11386655
 
Image processing neural network systems and methods with scene understanding 
107 11386977
 
Enhanced amplicon sequencing analysis 
108 11387007
 
Inertial confinement fusion system which decouples life-limited component from plant availability 
109 11387013
 
Residue free electrically conductive material 
110 11387103
 
Process for fabricating semiconductor nanofibers 
111 11387420
 
Methods for producing perovskite halide films 
112 11387438
 
Direct printing of 3-d microbatteries and electrodes 
113 11387440
 
Lithium ions cell designs with high capacity anode materials and high cell capacities 
114 11387450
 
Electrolytes for lithium metal electrodes and rechargeable batteries using same 
115 11387492
 
Rechargeable non-aqueous sodium-air batteries 
116 11387500
 
Multi-tab battery cycle life extension through alternating electrode charging 
117 11387520
 
Silanated silica-ceramic materials, and methods of making and using the same 
118 11387651
 
Coordinated voltage control and reactive power regulation between transmission and distribution systems 
119 11387654
 
Battery energy storage control systems and methods for a grid tie inverter coupled to a photovoltaic system 
120 11387685
 
Load-induced resonance-shift-keying modulation scheme for simultaneous near-field wireless power and data transmission through a pair of inductive coils 
121 11387693
 
Motor cooling system and method 
122 11387699
 
Rotating cooling system for wind turbine generator 
123 11387746
 
Current source inverter with bi-directional switches 
124 11387802
 
Hybrid piezoelectric microresonator 
125 11387915
 
Dipole-coupled defects as entangled photon pair sources 
126 11388044
 
Independent situational awareness for a network 
127 11388153
 
One-time pad encryption in a secure communication network 
128 11388178
 
Systems and methods for detecting and mitigating cyber attacks on power systems comprising distributed energy resources 
129 11388736
 
Multiscale approach to predictable wireless networking 
130 11388840
 
Condensers and electronic assemblies 
131 RE49130
 
Ladder attachment platform 

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Patent Count By Department

This is the count of taxpayer-funded patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) this week. These patents contain a Government Interest Statement in the body of the patent document or are patents where the government is an assignee. Agency numbers are aggregated by the agency named in the Government Interests Statement and the contract number cited in the government interest section of the patent.

Department This Week This Year
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 52 1451
Department of Defense (DOD) 43 1036
Department of Energy (DOE) 27 650
National Science Foundation (NSF) 19 605
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2 119
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 1 41
Department of the Interior (DOI) 1 2
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 1 7
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) 1 15
Small Business Administration (SBA) 1 50
U.S. State Government 1 14
United States Postal Service (USPS) 1 26

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 11382316
 
Transgenic mice with inducible neuron-specific inactivation of HuR gene and method of screening 
002 11382502
 
Systems and methods for providing surface contrast to display images for micro-surgical applications 
003 11382503
 
User interface for efficiently displaying relevant OCT imaging data 
004 11382525
 
Handheld blood-flow imaging device 
005 11382562
 
Method and device for in-home sleep and signal analysis 
006 11382775
 
Modular prosthetic devices and prosthesis systems 
007 11382885
 
Compositions for treating fungal and bacterial biofilms and methods of using the same 
008 11382895
 
Methods for treating injury associated with exposure to an alkylating species 
009 11382898
 
BAX activators and uses thereof in cancer therapy 
010 11382947
 
Targeting G3BP proteins to accelerate nerve regeneration 
011 11382955
 
Long-acting VEGF inhibitors for intraocular neovascularization 
012 11382964
 
Core/shell structure platform for immunotherapy 
013 11382974
 
Methods and compositions for treatment of amyloid deposition diseases 
014 11382990
 
Imageable polymers, methods of making and methods of use thereof 
015 11382991
 
Molecular probes for imaging of myelin 
016 11383235
 
Device and method for microscale chemical reactions 
017 11383241
 
Mechano-node pore sensing 
018 11384084
 
First-in-class of SHMT2 and MTHFD2 inhibitors as antitumor agents 
019 11384106
 
Metal tricarbonyl complexes comprising substituted iminodiactic acid ligands and uses as radioisotope tracers 
020 11384115
 
Nuclear sulfated oxysterol, potent regulator of lipid homeostasis, for therapy of hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglycerides, fatty liver diseases, and atherosclerosis 
021 11384122
 
Compositions and methods for preventing and treating coronavirus infection—SARS-CoV-2 vaccines 
022 11384126
 
Compositions and methods for inhibiting DHHC-type palmitoyltransferases for cancer treatment 
023 11384131
 
Superagonists, partial agonists and antagonists of interleukin-2 
024 11384133
 
Engineering t cell receptors 
025 11384134
 
Recombinant vector and expression system comprising a nucleic acid encoding a variable lymphocyte receptor (VLR) 
026 11384137
 
MVA-gH/gL-PC vaccine derived antibodies neutralizing human cytomegalovirus infectivity and methods thereof 
027 11384139
 
Antibody targeting cell surface deposited complement protein C3d and use thereof 
028 11384144
 
T cell receptor-like antibodies specific for a PRAME peptide 
029 11384156
 
Adoptive T-cell therapy using EMPD-specific chimeric antigen receptors for treating IgE-mediated allergic diseases 
030 11384327
 
Microfluidic devices and methods for purifying rare antigen-specific T cell populations 
031 11384328
 
Cartridge-based system for long term culture of cell clusters 
032 11384336
 
Compositions and methods for in vitro cultivation and/or expansion of regulatory T cells 
033 11384339
 
Influenza viruses with mutant PB2 gene segment as live attenuated vaccines 
034 11384344
 
CRISPR-associated transposase systems and methods of use thereof 
035 11384350
 
Cytotoxic molecules responsive to intracellular ligands for selective T cell mediated killing 
036 11384356
 
Composition and method for oligonucleotide delivery 
037 11384364
 
Methods of enhancing biological potency of baculovirus system-produced recombinant adeno-associated virus 
038 11384380
 
Compositions and methods for detecting N6-methyladenine in the mammalian genome 
039 11384389
 
Non-invasive diagnosis of graft rejection in organ transplant patients 
040 11384400
 
Methods of treating cancers containing fusion genes 
041 11384751
 
Multichannel pumps and applications of same 
042 11385223
 
Anastasis biosensor 
043 11385229
 
Amplification technology using dual enzyme cascade detection 
044 11385232
 
Phenotypic profiling of hepatocellular carcinoma circulating tumor cells for treatment selection 
045 11385235
 
DNA ink—near-field absorption coupling for colorimetric detection, DNA ink, chromic photoswitches, and chromic molecular ruler 
046 11385237
 
Methods for evaluating glycemic regulation and applications thereof 
047 11385240
 
Reagents and methods for detecting protein lysine 3-hydroxybutyrylation 
048 11385307
 
Strongly coupled fourth-order resonance coil systems for enhanced signal detection 
049 11385311
 
System and method for improved magnetic resonance fingerprinting using inner product space 
050 11385362
 
Scintillation detector and associated scintillation detector ring and method 
051 11386559
 
System and method for tissue viability screening 
052 11386977
 
Enhanced amplicon sequencing analysis 

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Department of Defense (DOD) Agencies

Patent Title
001 11382646
 
Capture-tool for manipulating and entubulating nerves 
002 11382947
 
Targeting G3BP proteins to accelerate nerve regeneration 
003 11382989
 
Engineered microbial population 
004 11385205
 
Inspection system 
005 11385410
 
Millimeter scale long grating coupler 
006 11386369
 
Multi-attribute evaluation of narratives using event datasets 
007 11386572
 
Calibration system and method to align a 3D virtual scene and a 3D real world for a stereoscopic head-mounted display 
008 11387500
 
Multi-tab battery cycle life extension through alternating electrode charging 
009 11387685
 
Load-induced resonance-shift-keying modulation scheme for simultaneous near-field wireless power and data transmission through a pair of inductive coils 
010 11387693
 
Motor cooling system and method 

Department of the ARMY (DOA)

Patent Title
001 11382571
 
Noninvasive predictive and/or estimative blood pressure monitoring 
002 11382646
 
Capture-tool for manipulating and entubulating nerves 
003 11382906
 
Compositions and methods for reducing muscle contraction 
004 11382947
 
Targeting G3BP proteins to accelerate nerve regeneration 
005 11382964
 
Core/shell structure platform for immunotherapy 
006 11384400
 
Methods of treating cancers containing fusion genes 
007 11384681
 
Control of an opposed-piston engine with a mass airflow sensor located after a charge air cooler 
008 11385169
 
Self-indicating colorimetric response materials for removal and sensing of toxic chemicals and narcotics 
009 11385205
 
Inspection system 
010 11385361
 
Electronic devices and related methods 
011 11385376
 
Electric field sensing devices and systems and method of making the same 
012 11386243
 
Process for guiding rapid development of novel cermets 
013 11386572
 
Calibration system and method to align a 3D virtual scene and a 3D real world for a stereoscopic head-mounted display 
014 11386648
 
Polarization-based mapping and perception method and system 
015 11387103
 
Process for fabricating semiconductor nanofibers 
016 11387802
 
Hybrid piezoelectric microresonator 

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

Patent Title
001 11384286
 
GaAs1-xSbx nanowires on a graphitic substrate 
002 11384421
 
High temperature sputtered stoichiometric amorphous aluminum oxide 
003 11385116
 
Ludion pressure measurement system 
004 11385386
 
Plasmonic metal nitride and transparent conductive oxide nanostructures for plasmon assisted catalysis 
005 11385453
 
Adaptive retro-reflector (AR) 
006 11387685
 
Load-induced resonance-shift-keying modulation scheme for simultaneous near-field wireless power and data transmission through a pair of inductive coils 
007 11388153
 
One-time pad encryption in a secure communication network 

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

Patent Title
001 11382571
 
Noninvasive predictive and/or estimative blood pressure monitoring 
002 11382976
 
Ultra-stable protein ionic liquids 
003 11383298
 
Polarity inversion of gold nanorod materials 
004 11383349
 
Reduced noise abrasive blasting systems 
005 11383494
 
Ceramic matrix composite articles having different localized properties and methods for forming same 
006 11383860
 
System and method of space object tracking and surveillance network control 
007 11384198
 
High-gap yellow and orange electrochromic polymers 
008 11384448
 
Optimized Heteroepitaxial growth of semiconductors 
009 11384712
 
Active control of scramjet isolator shock systems 
010 11385104
 
On-chip polarization detection and polarimetric imaging 
011 11385201
 
Ultra-stable protein ionic liquids 
012 11385376
 
Electric field sensing devices and systems and method of making the same 
013 11386506
 
System and technique for influence estimation on social media networks using causal inference 
014 11386655
 
Image processing neural network systems and methods with scene understanding 
015 11387013
 
Residue free electrically conductive material 
016 11387500
 
Multi-tab battery cycle life extension through alternating electrode charging 
017 11388044
 
Independent situational awareness for a network 

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Patent Title
001 11383179
 
Method and apparatus for desalinating water 
002 11383218
 
System and method for rapid, high throughput, high pressure synthesis of materials from a liquid precursor 
003 11383280
 
Devices and methods for performing shear-assisted extrusion, extrusion feedstocks, extrusion processes, and methods for preparing metal sheets 
004 11383302
 
Heat exchangers fabricated by additive manufacturing, related components, and related methods 
005 11383985
 
Hybrid silica gel made of porous silica particles 
006 11383989
 
Polar oxysulfide for nonlinear optical applications 
007 11384029
 
Formulations and processing of cementitious components to meet target strength and CO2 uptake criteria 
008 11384219
 
Carbon supports for oxygen reduction catalysts 
009 11384358
 
Method of regulating gene expression in a cell 
010 11384367
 
Synthesis of bioproducts from lignin-derived aromatics by genetically modified microorganisms 
011 11384751
 
Multichannel pumps and applications of same 
012 11384939
 
Air-fuel micromix injector having multibank ports for adaptive cooling of high temperature combustor 
013 11385331
 
Enclosure for light detection and ranging unit and related methods 
014 11387007
 
Inertial confinement fusion system which decouples life-limited component from plant availability 
015 11387420
 
Methods for producing perovskite halide films 
016 11387440
 
Lithium ions cell designs with high capacity anode materials and high cell capacities 
017 11387450
 
Electrolytes for lithium metal electrodes and rechargeable batteries using same 
018 11387492
 
Rechargeable non-aqueous sodium-air batteries 
019 11387651
 
Coordinated voltage control and reactive power regulation between transmission and distribution systems 
020 11387654
 
Battery energy storage control systems and methods for a grid tie inverter coupled to a photovoltaic system 
021 11387699
 
Rotating cooling system for wind turbine generator 
022 11387746
 
Current source inverter with bi-directional switches 
023 11387802
 
Hybrid piezoelectric microresonator 
024 11387915
 
Dipole-coupled defects as entangled photon pair sources 
025 11388178
 
Systems and methods for detecting and mitigating cyber attacks on power systems comprising distributed energy resources 
026 11388840
 
Condensers and electronic assemblies 
027 RE49130
 
Ladder attachment platform 

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Take Me To The Details
Patent Title
001 11382571
 
Noninvasive predictive and/or estimative blood pressure monitoring 
002 11382681
 
Device and methods for delivery of high frequency electrical pulses for non-thermal ablation 
003 11382716
 
Adjustable retaining arm system 
004 11383234
 
Electronic control of fluidic species 
005 11383386
 
Robotic drawing 
006 11384269
 
Deicing agents containing oxygen release compounds 
007 11384328
 
Cartridge-based system for long term culture of cell clusters 
008 11384350
 
Cytotoxic molecules responsive to intracellular ligands for selective T cell mediated killing 
009 11384360
 
Gene targeting in plants using DNA viruses 
010 11384450
 
Method of making thin films 
011 11384478
 
Moisture control fabrics 
012 11385098
 
Method and system for characterizing power in a high-power laser 
013 11385104
 
On-chip polarization detection and polarimetric imaging 
014 11385235
 
DNA ink—near-field absorption coupling for colorimetric detection, DNA ink, chromic photoswitches, and chromic molecular ruler 
015 11385386
 
Plasmonic metal nitride and transparent conductive oxide nanostructures for plasmon assisted catalysis 
016 11386655
 
Image processing neural network systems and methods with scene understanding 
017 11387438
 
Direct printing of 3-d microbatteries and electrodes 
018 11387520
 
Silanated silica-ceramic materials, and methods of making and using the same 
019 11388736
 
Multiscale approach to predictable wireless networking 

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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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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) 52 1451
National Institutes of Health (NIH) 49 1375
National Cancer Institute (NCI) 12 332
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) 10 204
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) 6 178
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) 5 128
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) 5 97
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) 5 166
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) 4 125
National Eye Institute (NEI) 3 52
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) 2 56
NIH Office of the Director (NIHOD) 2 36
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) 2 32
National Institute on Aging (NIA) 2 62
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) 1 19
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) 1 23
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) 1 34
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 1 5
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) 1 13
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) 1 12

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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.

WATCH This SPACE

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 43
1700 Chemical and Materials Engineering 31
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components 19
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Gaming and Medical Devices/Processes 14
2600 Communications 8
3600 Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review 8
2400 Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security 5
2100 Computer Architecture Software and Information Security 2
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 21 192
CPC G01 Measuring; Testing 19 91
CPC C12 Biochemistry; Beer; Spirits; Wine; Vinegar; Microbiology; Enzymology; Mutation or Genetic Engineering 14 89
CPC H01 Basic Electric Elements 9 80
CPC B01 Physical or Chemical Processes or Apparatus in General 5 84
CPC C07 Organic Chemistry 12 73
CPC G06 Computing; Calculating; Counting 9 55
CPC C04 Cements; Concrete; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories 1 26
CPC H02 Generation; Conversion or Distribution of Electric Power 6 19
CPC H04 Electric Communication Technique 5 18
CPC C01 Inorganic Chemistry 2 19
CPC G16 Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for Specific Application Fields 1 18
CPC G02 Optics 3 15
CPC C08 Organic Macromolecular Compounds; Their Preparation or Chemical Working-up; Compositions Based Thereon 2 12
CPC C09 Dyes; Paints; Polishes; Natural Resins; Adhesives; Compositions Not Otherwise Provided For; Applications of Materials Not Otherwise Provided for 2 10
CPC C30 Crystal Growth 2 10
CPC A41 Wearing Apparel 0 12
CPC A01 Agriculture; Forestry; Animal Husbandry; Hunting; Trapping; Fishing 1 10
CPC B32 Layered Products 1 10
CPC B22 Casting; Powder Metallurgy 2 8
CPC F02 Combustion Engines; Hot-gas or Combustion-product Engine Plants 2 5
CPC G21 Nuclear Physics; Nuclear Engineering 1 6
CPC H03 Basic Electronic Circuitry 1 5
CPC B24 Grinding; Polishing 1 4
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 1 4
CPC F04 Positive - Displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps for Liquids or Elastic Fluids 1 4
CPC H05 Electric Techniques Not Otherwise Provided for 1 4
CPC B25 Hand Tools; Portable Power-driven Tools; Manipulators 1 3
CPC B64 Aircraft; Aviation; Cosmonautics 1 3
CPC F23 Combustion Apparatus; Combustion Processes 1 3
CPC Y02 Technologies or Applications for Mitigation or Adaptation Against Climate Change 0 4
CPC D06 Furnishings 2 1
CPC B21 Mechanical Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material; Punching Metal 1 2
CPC B61 Railways 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 129 415
Netherlands 2 7
South Korea 0 3
Belgium 0 2
China PRC 0 2
Japan 0 2
France 0 1
U.S. State First Named Inventors All Inventors
California 25 86
Massachusetts 11 36
Ohio 10 27
New York 9 29
Maryland 7 20
Pennsylvania 6 18
Virginia 6 17
Arizona 5 17
North Carolina 4 15
Colorado 4 10
Illinois 4 8
South Carolina 4 6
Georgia 3 12
Indiana 3 11
Wisconsin 3 9
Texas 3 7
Washington 2 13
New Jersey 2 10
Oregon 2 10
Tennessee 2 10
Florida 2 8
Idaho 2 6
District of Columbia 1 6
Alabama 1 3
Michigan 1 3
Minnesota 1 3
Missouri 1 2
New Mexico 1 2
Connecticut 1 1
Hawaii 1 1
Iowa 1 1
Kansas 1 1
Rhode Island 0 3
North Dakota 0 2
Delaware 0 1
Kentucky 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 146 163
Denmark 1 1
South Korea 1 1
Spain 1 1
Japan 0 1
U.S. State Assignees Applicants
California 26 37
Massachusetts 11 12
Ohio 11 11
District of Columbia 10 2
New York 9 9
Pennsylvania 6 6
Arizona 5 6
Illinois 5 6
South Carolina 5 4
Maryland 4 8
Colorado 4 6
Virginia 4 6
New Jersey 4 4
Wisconsin 4 4
North Carolina 4 3
Georgia 3 4
Tennessee 3 4
Washington 3 4
Florida 3 3
Michigan 3 3
New Mexico 3 3
Texas 3 3
Indiana 2 3
Oregon 2 3
Idaho 2 2
Rhode Island 2 2
Alabama 1 1
Connecticut 1 1
Hawaii 1 1
Kansas 1 1
Minnesota 1 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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