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New Taxpayer Funded Patents for Tuesday, November 14, 2023 

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FedInvent analyzed 133 taxpayer-funded patents this week.

On Tuesday, November 14, 2023, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted 133 taxpayer-funded patents; including 128 patents containing government interest statements and 28 patents where federal government agencies were an assignee or applicant. Together, 133 patents granted this week are the result of US government-funded research & development.

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The List of This Week's Patents

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Patent Title
001 11812742
 
Biocidal solar cell 
002 11812966
 
Clips, appliers, and cartridges 
003 11813037
 
Transmission and medium access control techniques for ultrasonic communications in the body 
004 11813047
 
Automatic quantification of cardiac MRI for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 
005 11813051
 
Exhaled breath hypoxia biomarkers 
006 11813054
 
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for conducting an automatic assessment of postural control of a subject 
007 11813056
 
Materials and methods for implementing immunoassay on microneedle patch for detection and quantification of bioanalytes in interstitial fluid 
008 11813100
 
Methods for quantitative and enhanced-contrast molecular medical imaging using cross-modality correction for differing tracer kinetics 
009 11813105
 
Processing pipeline for prompt particle image reconstruction 
010 11813124
 
Gross positioning device and related systems and methods 
011 11813168
 
Artificial meniscus including circumferential and non-circumferential fiber bundles 
012 11813184
 
Systems and methods for implants and deployment devices 
013 11813235
 
Guanfacine as an anti-virulence agent 
014 11813258
 
Therapy for mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation and transport disorders 
015 11813262
 
Compositions and methods to increase muscular strength 
016 11813264
 
PAR1 modulation to alter myelination 
017 11813268
 
Mitofusin activators and uses thereof 
018 11813276
 
Compositions and methods for the treatment of AUD 
019 11813277
 
Methods and agents for modulating inflammation 
020 11813284
 
Topical compositions and methods of using the same 
021 11813289
 
Encapsulated antimicrobials and related methods of treatment 
022 11813298
 
Oncolytic poliovirus for human tumors 
023 11813308
 
Treatment of cardiovascular disease using ActRII ligand traps 
024 11813316
 
Lentiviral vector for treating hemoglobin disorders 
025 11813318
 
Beta-2 microglobulin-deficient cells 
026 11813319
 
Development of a novel live attenuated African Swine Fever vaccine based in the deletion of gene I177L 
027 11813320
 
Genetically engineered foot and mouth disease virus and related proteins, polynucleotides, compositions, methods and systems 
028 11813324
 
Methods for immunizing pre-immune subjects against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) 
029 11813331
 
Combination therapy using riluzole to enhance tumor sensitivity to ionizing radiation 
030 11813333
 
Use of high molecular weight polyethylene glycol compositions to restore the efficacy of pegylated therapeutic compositions 
031 11813338
 
Diagnosing and treating cancer 
032 11813340
 
PSMA targeted radiohalogenated urea-polyaminocarboxylates for cancer radiotherapy 
033 11813358
 
Lipid nanodisc formation by polymers having a pendant hydrophobic group 
034 11813377
 
Microfiber structures and methods of synthesis and use thereof 
035 11813390
 
Extracorporeal blood filtering machine and methods 
036 11813395
 
Catheter configured for use with negative pressure and system comprising same 
037 11813406
 
Software and methods for controlling neural responses in deep brain regions 
038 11813446
 
Methods of for improvement of lower urinary tract function 
039 11813482
 
Advanced cherenkov-based imaging systems, tools, and methods of feedback control, temporal control sequence image capture, and quantification in high resolution dose images 
040 11813485
 
Systems and methods for histotripsy immunosensitization 
041 11813572
 
Materials and methods for producing blood products 
042 11813582
 
Support-free adsorbents for CO2 capture from air 
043 11813592
 
Oxygen carrying materials with surface modification for redox-based catalysis and methods of making and uses thereof 
044 11813594
 
Heterogeneous catalysts for substrate-directed hydrogenation and methods of producing such catalysts 
045 11813605
 
Fluid transfer system for applications including stabilizing biological fluids 
046 11813642
 
Phononic system and method of making the same 
047 11813672
 
System and method for manufacturing a part 
048 11813829
 
Cut processing of layered composites by water vapor annealing 
049 11814009
 
Anti-theft vehicle immobilizer using batteries 
050 11814194
 
Satellite deployer with composite guide rail 
051 11814195
 
Silicon oxide coated aluminized Kapton radiator coating for nano-satellite thermal management 
052 11814285
 
Simultaneous reaction and separation of chemicals 
053 11814299
 
Method for separation of rare earth elements from coal ash using supercritical carbon dioxide 
054 11814321
 
Renewable admixtures for cementitious compositions 
055 11814323
 
High temperature composite structure and system for detecting degradation thereof 
056 11814326
 
Doped materials/alloys and hot isostatic pressing method of making same 
057 11814341
 
Non-peptidic cell-penetrating motifs 
058 11814365
 
PSMA targeted fluorescent agents for image guided surgery 
059 11814385
 
Small molecule inhibitors targeting Clostridioides difficile sporulation 
060 11814396
 
Sesquiterpenoid analogs 
061 11814414
 
Synthetic peptide compounds and methods of use 
062 11814440
 
Glypican 2 as a cancer marker and therapeutic target 
063 11814462
 
Functionalized cyclic polymers and methods of preparing same 
064 11814464
 
Poly(amine-co-ester) polymers and polyplexes with modified end groups and methods of use thereof 
065 11814526
 
Durable photopolymerizable cross-linked anti-fouling coatings 
066 11814533
 
Curable polymeric coatings for functional surface preparations 
067 11814562
 
Electro-responsive ionic liquid crystal elastomer 
068 11814563
 
Bioreachable chiral dopants for liquid crystal applications 
069 11814564
 
Inhibition of ice nucleation with modified polyvinyl alcohol 
070 11814595
 
Additives for improving autoignition reactivity of hydrocarbon-based fuels 
071 11814616
 
Methods of increasing biomass productivity in algae cultures 
072 11814621
 
Expanding the chemical substrates for genetic code reprogramming 
073 11814624
 
Targeted non-viral DNA insertions 
074 11814626
 
Compositions and methods for loading extracellular vesicles with chemical and biological agents/molecules 
075 11814627
 
Circular RNAs and their use in immunomodulation 
076 11814628
 
Composition and method of an orally administered antimicrobial peptide vectored in a bacterial expression vehicle 
077 11814644
 
Extrachromosomal switching auxotrophies progressively by integration (eSwAP-In) for assembly of DNA sequences in yeast 
078 11814655
 
Mutant polymerases and uses thereof 
079 11814659
 
Tunable nanoscale cages from self-assembling DNA and protein building blocks 
080 11814674
 
Random amplification methods for extremely low input nucleic acids 
081 11814677
 
Methods and systems for sensitive and multiplexed analysis of biological samples using cleavable fluorescent streptavidin and anti-hapten antibodies 
082 11814680
 
Biomarkers for detecting senescent cells 
083 11814687
 
Methods for characterizing bladder cancer 
084 11814700
 
Organic acid solution having at least one ionic salt and at least one organic acid which is used for rare earth extraction 
085 11814701
 
High-performance 5000-series aluminum alloys 
086 11814965
 
Turbomachine blade trailing edge cooling circuit with turn passage having set of obstructions 
087 11814966
 
Retention ring with removal features for gas turbine engine 
088 11814977
 
Thermal conditioning of flange with secondary flow 
089 11815029
 
Power assisted engine start bleed system 
090 11815060
 
Flexible wave energy converter 
091 11815074
 
Scalable power processing units for hall-effect thruster propulsion systems and terrestrial systems 
092 11815142
 
Magnetorheological brake with high torque and fast response 
093 11815268
 
Main mixer in an axial staged combustor for a gas turbine engine 
094 11815311
 
Lyophilization container fill fixture, system and method of use 
095 11815376
 
Method and system to measure gas flow 
096 11815419
 
Ballistic pendulum stabilizer 
097 11815456
 
Line scanning mechanical streak systems and methods for phosphorescence lifetime imaging 
098 11815506
 
Apparatus, systems and methods for integrative photo-optical/mechanical test for noncontact measurement of polymerization 
099 11815514
 
Methods and compositions related to toxicity associated with cell therapy 
100 11815528
 
Nanoscale scanning sensors 
101 11815557
 
Systems and methods for managing energy storage operations 
102 11815653
 
Modular weather sensing system and method 
103 11815668
 
Atomic layer deposition process for fabricating dielectric metasurfaces for wavelengths in the visible spectrum 
104 11815671
 
Flat optics for image differentiation 
105 11815705
 
Innovative solutions for improving laser damage performance of multi-layer dielectric gratings 
106 11815718
 
Integrated photonics vertical coupler based on subwavelength grating 
107 11815984
 
Error handling in an interconnect 
108 11816018
 
Systems and methods of formal verification 
109 11816053
 
High-bandwidth reconfigurable data acquisition card 
110 11816537
 
Fault-tolerant scalable modular quantum computer architecture with an enhanced control of multi-mode couplings between trapped ion qubits 
111 11816548
 
Distributed learning using ensemble-based fusion 
112 11816558
 
Integrated circuit designs for reservoir computing and machine learning 
113 11816867
 
Chromatic domain mapping 
114 11816907
 
Systems and methods for extracting information about objects from scene information 
115 11816996
 
Pilot decision space for sonic boom impact resolution 
116 11817173
 
Timing-based computer architecture systems and methods 
117 11817204
 
Specialized computer-aided diagnosis and disease characterization with a multi-focal ensemble of convolutional neural networks 
118 11817232
 
Highly conductive strain resilient electronics interconnects and traces 
119 11817240
 
Two-dimensional materials integrated with multiferroic layers 
120 11817250
 
Broadside coupled coplanar inductors 
121 11817318
 
GaN devices with ion implanted ohmic contacts and method of fabricating devices incorporating the same 
122 11817524
 
Concentrator photovoltaic subassembly and method of constructing the same 
123 11817569
 
Treating sulfide glass surfaces and making solid state laminate electrode assemblies 
124 11817588
 
Three-dimensional lattice batteries via additive manufacturing 
125 11817589
 
Solid oxide fuel cells with cathode functional layers 
126 11817606
 
Methods and systems for rebalancing electrolytes for a redox flow battery system 
127 11817612
 
Non-reciprocal microwave window 
128 11817761
 
Aircraft electric motor 
129 11817831
 
Selectively switchable wideband RF summer 
130 11817879
 
FPGA-based rate-adaptive spatially-coupled LDPC codes for optical communications 
131 11818145
 
Characterizing user behavior in a computer system by automated learning of intention embedded in a system-generated event graph 
132 11818191
 
Stateless lossless compression 
133 11818479
 
Sigma Delta quantization for images 

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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) 53 2205
Department of Defense (DOD) 32 1728
National Science Foundation (NSF) 27 1000
Department of Energy (DOE) 20 1169
Department of Agriculture (USDA) 5 122
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) 4 65
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 4 226
Small Business Administration (SBA) 4 103
Department of Commerce (DOC) 3 40
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 1 4
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 1 61
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) 1 5
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) 1 25
Government Rights Acknowledged 6 81

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 11812966
 
Clips, appliers, and cartridges 
002 11813037
 
Transmission and medium access control techniques for ultrasonic communications in the body 
003 11813047
 
Automatic quantification of cardiac MRI for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 
004 11813054
 
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for conducting an automatic assessment of postural control of a subject 
005 11813056
 
Materials and methods for implementing immunoassay on microneedle patch for detection and quantification of bioanalytes in interstitial fluid 
006 11813100
 
Methods for quantitative and enhanced-contrast molecular medical imaging using cross-modality correction for differing tracer kinetics 
007 11813105
 
Processing pipeline for prompt particle image reconstruction 
008 11813168
 
Artificial meniscus including circumferential and non-circumferential fiber bundles 
009 11813235
 
Guanfacine as an anti-virulence agent 
010 11813258
 
Therapy for mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation and transport disorders 
011 11813264
 
PAR1 modulation to alter myelination 
012 11813268
 
Mitofusin activators and uses thereof 
013 11813276
 
Compositions and methods for the treatment of AUD 
014 11813277
 
Methods and agents for modulating inflammation 
015 11813284
 
Topical compositions and methods of using the same 
016 11813289
 
Encapsulated antimicrobials and related methods of treatment 
017 11813298
 
Oncolytic poliovirus for human tumors 
018 11813308
 
Treatment of cardiovascular disease using ActRII ligand traps 
019 11813316
 
Lentiviral vector for treating hemoglobin disorders 
020 11813318
 
Beta-2 microglobulin-deficient cells 
021 11813324
 
Methods for immunizing pre-immune subjects against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) 
022 11813331
 
Combination therapy using riluzole to enhance tumor sensitivity to ionizing radiation 
023 11813333
 
Use of high molecular weight polyethylene glycol compositions to restore the efficacy of pegylated therapeutic compositions 
024 11813340
 
PSMA targeted radiohalogenated urea-polyaminocarboxylates for cancer radiotherapy 
025 11813358
 
Lipid nanodisc formation by polymers having a pendant hydrophobic group 
026 11813377
 
Microfiber structures and methods of synthesis and use thereof 
027 11813390
 
Extracorporeal blood filtering machine and methods 
028 11813406
 
Software and methods for controlling neural responses in deep brain regions 
029 11813446
 
Methods of for improvement of lower urinary tract function 
030 11813482
 
Advanced cherenkov-based imaging systems, tools, and methods of feedback control, temporal control sequence image capture, and quantification in high resolution dose images 
031 11813485
 
Systems and methods for histotripsy immunosensitization 
032 11813572
 
Materials and methods for producing blood products 
033 11813605
 
Fluid transfer system for applications including stabilizing biological fluids 
034 11814009
 
Anti-theft vehicle immobilizer using batteries 
035 11814341
 
Non-peptidic cell-penetrating motifs 
036 11814365
 
PSMA targeted fluorescent agents for image guided surgery 
037 11814385
 
Small molecule inhibitors targeting Clostridioides difficile sporulation 
038 11814396
 
Sesquiterpenoid analogs 
039 11814440
 
Glypican 2 as a cancer marker and therapeutic target 
040 11814464
 
Poly(amine-co-ester) polymers and polyplexes with modified end groups and methods of use thereof 
041 11814526
 
Durable photopolymerizable cross-linked anti-fouling coatings 
042 11814624
 
Targeted non-viral DNA insertions 
043 11814626
 
Compositions and methods for loading extracellular vesicles with chemical and biological agents/molecules 
044 11814627
 
Circular RNAs and their use in immunomodulation 
045 11814655
 
Mutant polymerases and uses thereof 
046 11814674
 
Random amplification methods for extremely low input nucleic acids 
047 11814677
 
Methods and systems for sensitive and multiplexed analysis of biological samples using cleavable fluorescent streptavidin and anti-hapten antibodies 
048 11814680
 
Biomarkers for detecting senescent cells 
049 11814687
 
Methods for characterizing bladder cancer 
050 11815142
 
Magnetorheological brake with high torque and fast response 
051 11815456
 
Line scanning mechanical streak systems and methods for phosphorescence lifetime imaging 
052 11815514
 
Methods and compositions related to toxicity associated with cell therapy 
053 11817204
 
Specialized computer-aided diagnosis and disease characterization with a multi-focal ensemble of convolutional neural networks 

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Department of Defense (DOD) Agencies

Patent Title
001 11813100
 
Methods for quantitative and enhanced-contrast molecular medical imaging using cross-modality correction for differing tracer kinetics 
002 11813124
 
Gross positioning device and related systems and methods 
003 11813284
 
Topical compositions and methods of using the same 
004 11813338
 
Diagnosing and treating cancer 
005 11813829
 
Cut processing of layered composites by water vapor annealing 
006 11814563
 
Bioreachable chiral dopants for liquid crystal applications 
007 11815311
 
Lyophilization container fill fixture, system and method of use 
008 11815528
 
Nanoscale scanning sensors 
009 11815668
 
Atomic layer deposition process for fabricating dielectric metasurfaces for wavelengths in the visible spectrum 
010 11815671
 
Flat optics for image differentiation 
011 11815984
 
Error handling in an interconnect 
012 11817204
 
Specialized computer-aided diagnosis and disease characterization with a multi-focal ensemble of convolutional neural networks 
013 11818145
 
Characterizing user behavior in a computer system by automated learning of intention embedded in a system-generated event graph 

Department of the ARMY (DOA)

Patent Title
001 11813054
 
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for conducting an automatic assessment of postural control of a subject 
002 11813100
 
Methods for quantitative and enhanced-contrast molecular medical imaging using cross-modality correction for differing tracer kinetics 
003 11813124
 
Gross positioning device and related systems and methods 
004 11813284
 
Topical compositions and methods of using the same 
005 11813338
 
Diagnosing and treating cancer 
006 11814440
 
Glypican 2 as a cancer marker and therapeutic target 
007 11814621
 
Expanding the chemical substrates for genetic code reprogramming 
008 11816537
 
Fault-tolerant scalable modular quantum computer architecture with an enhanced control of multi-mode couplings between trapped ion qubits 
009 11816548
 
Distributed learning using ensemble-based fusion 
010 11817204
 
Specialized computer-aided diagnosis and disease characterization with a multi-focal ensemble of convolutional neural networks 

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

Patent Title
001 11813054
 
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for conducting an automatic assessment of postural control of a subject 
002 11813406
 
Software and methods for controlling neural responses in deep brain regions 
003 11815653
 
Modular weather sensing system and method 
004 11815671
 
Flat optics for image differentiation 
005 11816867
 
Chromatic domain mapping 
006 11817240
 
Two-dimensional materials integrated with multiferroic layers 
007 11817318
 
GaN devices with ion implanted ohmic contacts and method of fabricating devices incorporating the same 
008 11817879
 
FPGA-based rate-adaptive spatially-coupled LDPC codes for optical communications 

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

Patent Title
001 11813051
 
Exhaled breath hypoxia biomarkers 
002 11813642
 
Phononic system and method of making the same 
003 11813829
 
Cut processing of layered composites by water vapor annealing 
004 11814323
 
High temperature composite structure and system for detecting degradation thereof 
005 11814326
 
Doped materials/alloys and hot isostatic pressing method of making same 
006 11814659
 
Tunable nanoscale cages from self-assembling DNA and protein building blocks 
007 11815668
 
Atomic layer deposition process for fabricating dielectric metasurfaces for wavelengths in the visible spectrum 
008 11816018
 
Systems and methods of formal verification 
009 11817232
 
Highly conductive strain resilient electronics interconnects and traces 
010 11817831
 
Selectively switchable wideband RF summer 
011 11818145
 
Characterizing user behavior in a computer system by automated learning of intention embedded in a system-generated event graph 

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Take Me To The Details
Patent Title
001 11812966
 
Clips, appliers, and cartridges 
002 11813037
 
Transmission and medium access control techniques for ultrasonic communications in the body 
003 11813054
 
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for conducting an automatic assessment of postural control of a subject 
004 11813056
 
Materials and methods for implementing immunoassay on microneedle patch for detection and quantification of bioanalytes in interstitial fluid 
005 11813184
 
Systems and methods for implants and deployment devices 
006 11813262
 
Compositions and methods to increase muscular strength 
007 11813592
 
Oxygen carrying materials with surface modification for redox-based catalysis and methods of making and uses thereof 
008 11813594
 
Heterogeneous catalysts for substrate-directed hydrogenation and methods of producing such catalysts 
009 11813829
 
Cut processing of layered composites by water vapor annealing 
010 11814009
 
Anti-theft vehicle immobilizer using batteries 
011 11814285
 
Simultaneous reaction and separation of chemicals 
012 11814321
 
Renewable admixtures for cementitious compositions 
013 11814396
 
Sesquiterpenoid analogs 
014 11814462
 
Functionalized cyclic polymers and methods of preparing same 
015 11814562
 
Electro-responsive ionic liquid crystal elastomer 
016 11814564
 
Inhibition of ice nucleation with modified polyvinyl alcohol 
017 11814644
 
Extrachromosomal switching auxotrophies progressively by integration (eSwAP-In) for assembly of DNA sequences in yeast 
018 11814655
 
Mutant polymerases and uses thereof 
019 11814701
 
High-performance 5000-series aluminum alloys 
020 11815142
 
Magnetorheological brake with high torque and fast response 
021 11815506
 
Apparatus, systems and methods for integrative photo-optical/mechanical test for noncontact measurement of polymerization 
022 11816018
 
Systems and methods of formal verification 
023 11816558
 
Integrated circuit designs for reservoir computing and machine learning 
024 11816907
 
Systems and methods for extracting information about objects from scene information 
025 11817524
 
Concentrator photovoltaic subassembly and method of constructing the same 
026 11817588
 
Three-dimensional lattice batteries via additive manufacturing 
027 11818479
 
Sigma Delta quantization for images 

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Take Me To The Details
Patent Title
001 11813320
 
Genetically engineered foot and mouth disease virus and related proteins, polynucleotides, compositions, methods and systems 
002 11813582
 
Support-free adsorbents for CO2 capture from air 
003 11813592
 
Oxygen carrying materials with surface modification for redox-based catalysis and methods of making and uses thereof 
004 11814285
 
Simultaneous reaction and separation of chemicals 
005 11814299
 
Method for separation of rare earth elements from coal ash using supercritical carbon dioxide 
006 11814595
 
Additives for improving autoignition reactivity of hydrocarbon-based fuels 
007 11814616
 
Methods of increasing biomass productivity in algae cultures 
008 11814700
 
Organic acid solution having at least one ionic salt and at least one organic acid which is used for rare earth extraction 
009 11814965
 
Turbomachine blade trailing edge cooling circuit with turn passage having set of obstructions 
010 11815060
 
Flexible wave energy converter 
011 11815376
 
Method and system to measure gas flow 
012 11815557
 
Systems and methods for managing energy storage operations 
013 11815705
 
Innovative solutions for improving laser damage performance of multi-layer dielectric gratings 
014 11816053
 
High-bandwidth reconfigurable data acquisition card 
015 11817250
 
Broadside coupled coplanar inductors 
016 11817569
 
Treating sulfide glass surfaces and making solid state laminate electrode assemblies 
017 11817589
 
Solid oxide fuel cells with cathode functional layers 
018 11817606
 
Methods and systems for rebalancing electrolytes for a redox flow battery system 
019 11817612
 
Non-reciprocal microwave window 
020 11817761
 
Aircraft electric motor 

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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
11813298  Oncolytic poliovirus for human tumors      
Y02E Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution
11817524  Concentrator photovoltaic subassembly and method of constructing the same      
11817589  Solid oxide fuel cells with cathode functional layers      
11817606  Methods and systems for rebalancing electrolytes for a redox flow battery system      
Y02T Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation
11815268  Main mixer in an axial staged combustor for a gas turbine engine      

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)532205
National Institutes of Health (NIH)502116
National Cancer Institute (NCI)14548
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)9306
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)7175
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)6293
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)6240
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)4173
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)454
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)387
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)237
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)227
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)2195
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)181
NIH Office of the Director (NIHOD)151
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)17
National Institute on Aging (NIA)176
National Eye Institute (NEI)164
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)127
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)111
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)118
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)115

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Higher Education Research and Development (HERD)

FedInvent follows the HERD the Higher Education Research and Development institutions — the colleges and universities; research institutions, and medical schools that benefit from federal funding and rely on it to make important discoveries that drive American innovation. Taxpayer-funded patents coming from American and sometimes foreign universities are an important indicia of the vitality of the American innovation ecosphere.

MEMBERS OF THE HERD

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey is the primary source of information on R&D expenditures at 916 US colleges and universities that expended at least $150,000 in separately accounted for R&D in the fiscal year. We use the NSF list to keep track of which colleges and universities are receiving taxpayer-funded patents and filing patent applications.

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We're working on our data analytics and will be reporting taxpayer-funded patents and patent applications shortly. In the meantime, FedInvent will post interesting information about the HERD Innovation Ecosphere here.

Top Ten Universities By R&D Expenditures
  1. Johns Hopkins University
  2. University of Michigan
  3. University of Washington
  4. University of California, San Diego
  5. University of California, San Francisco
  6. Columbia University in the City of New York
  7. Stanford University
  8. University Pittsburgh
  9. University Pennsylvania
  10. Duke University

Count By Tech Center

Patents organized by count and Technology Center where the patent was examined.

Tech Center Count
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry 43
1700 Chemical and Materials Engineering 30
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components 21
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Gaming and Medical Devices/Processes 18
2600 Communications 7
3600 Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review 6
2100 Computer Architecture Software and Information Security 5
2400 Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security 3

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 39 251
CPC C12 Biochemistry; Beer; Spirits; Wine; Vinegar; Microbiology; Enzymology; Mutation or Genetic Engineering 13 80
CPC H01 Basic Electric Elements 10 77
CPC G06 Computing; Calculating; Counting 8 60
CPC B01 Physical or Chemical Processes or Apparatus in General 5 53
CPC G01 Measuring; Testing 8 35
CPC C04 Cements; Concrete; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories 3 25
CPC C07 Organic Chemistry 6 15
CPC G02 Optics 4 13
CPC C08 Organic Macromolecular Compounds; Their Preparation or Chemical Working-up; Compositions Based Thereon 2 15
CPC H04 Electric Communication Technique 3 12
CPC B22 Casting; Powder Metallurgy 1 14
CPC B64 Aircraft; Aviation; Cosmonautics 2 12
CPC C09 Dyes; Paints; Polishes; Natural Resins; Adhesives; Compositions Not Otherwise Provided For; Applications of Materials Not Otherwise Provided for 5 8
CPC F05 Indexing Schemes Relating to Engines or Pumps in Various Subclasses of Classes F01-F04 0 12
CPC H03 Basic Electronic Circuitry 2 9
CPC C01 Inorganic Chemistry 2 8
CPC C22 Metallurgy; Ferrous or Non-ferrous Alloys; Treatment of Alloys or Non-ferrous Metals 2 7
CPC F16 Engineering Elements and Units; General Measures for Producing and Maintaining Effective Functioning of Machines or Installations; Thermal Insulation in General 1 7
CPC Y02 Technologies or Applications for Mitigation or Adaptation Against Climate Change 0 8
CPC A01 Agriculture; Forestry; Animal Husbandry; Hunting; Trapping; Fishing 1 6
CPC H02 Generation; Conversion or Distribution of Electric Power 1 6
CPC C10 Petroleum, Gas or Coke Industries; Technical Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide; Fuels; Lubricants; Peat 1 5
CPC F02 Combustion Engines; Hot-gas or Combustion-product Engine Plants 1 5
CPC G11 Information Storage 1 5
CPC F01 Machines or Engines in General; Engine Plants in General; Steam Engines 3 2
CPC B60 Vehicles in General 1 4
CPC F23 Combustion Apparatus; Combustion Processes 1 4
CPC F03 Machines or Engines for Liquids; Wind, Spring, or Weight Motors; Producing Mechanical Power or a Reactive Propulsive Thrust, Not Otherwise Provided for 2 2
CPC B32 Layered Products 1 3
CPC F26 Drying 1 3
CPC G08 Signalling 1 3
CPC G16 Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for Specific Application Fields 1 3
CPC B06 Generating or Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations in General 1 1

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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 131 429
Austria 1 2
New Zealand 1 2
France 0 2
Italy 0 2
Netherlands 0 1
U.S. State First Named Inventors All Inventors
California 15 61
Maryland 11 33
Massachusetts 9 28
Connecticut 9 27
Ohio 8 29
New York 8 27
North Carolina 5 20
Michigan 5 14
Arizona 5 12
Georgia 5 12
Oregon 5 11
Virginia 4 14
Washington 4 13
Pennsylvania 4 12
Tennessee 4 12
Illinois 3 14
New Jersey 3 10
Missouri 3 9
Indiana 3 7
Colorado 2 11
Minnesota 2 10
Florida 2 9
Iowa 2 5
Nebraska 2 4
Louisiana 2 3
Kentucky 1 5
New Hampshire 1 4
Idaho 1 2
Alabama 1 1
New Mexico 1 1
Rhode Island 1 1
District of Columbia 0 2
Texas 0 2
Mississippi 0 1
South Carolina 0 1
West Virginia 0 1
Wyoming 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 157161
Austria 11
Macau 10
U.S. State Assignees Applicants
California 1717
Maryland 1313
Massachusetts 1110
New York 1010
District of Columbia 911
North Carolina 99
Ohio 99
Connecticut 77
Virginia 77
Michigan 55
Illinois 54
Arizona 45
Colorado 44
Georgia 44
Indiana 44
Missouri 44
Pennsylvania 44
Tennessee 44
Washington 44
Florida 33
Oregon 33
New Hampshire 23
New Jersey 23
Iowa 22
Minnesota 22
Nebraska 22
Idaho 12
Alabama 11
Kentucky 11
Louisiana 11
New Mexico 11
Texas 11
Wyoming 11

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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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