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New Taxpayer Funded Patents for Tuesday, February 27, 2024 

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FedInvent analyzed 157 taxpayer-funded patents this week.

On Tuesday, February 27, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted 157 taxpayer-funded patents; including 147 patents containing government interest statements and 33 patents where federal government agencies were an assignee or applicant. Together, 157 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 11911012
 
Non-invasive methods for skin sample collection and analysis 
002 11911117
 
On-board tool tracking system and methods of computer assisted surgery 
003 11911123
 
Body mountable robot 
004 11911128
 
Wireless neural recording devices and system with two stage RF and NIR power delivery and programming 
005 11911178
 
System and method to detect and treat arrhythmogenic regions in atrial fibrillation 
006 11911208
 
Systems and methods for the detection of fluid build-up resulting from an injury using ultrasound imaging 
007 11911298
 
Robust adaptable foot prosthesis 
008 11911308
 
Restraint for securing a person to an object, and a cut-resistant webbing 
009 11911313
 
Device for securing additional devices in an eye without interfering with vision 
010 11911330
 
Upper-body robotic exoskeleton 
011 11911356
 
Regulation of mutant TERT by BRAF V600E/map kinase pathway through FOS/GABP in human cancer 
012 11911367
 
Methods for treating cancer 
013 11911369
 
Prodrugs of riluzole and their method of use 
014 11911376
 
Methods for preventing and treating retinal damage 
015 11911384
 
Vasodilators for treatment of heart failure 
016 11911392
 
Non-catalytic substrate-selective p38α-specific MAPK inhibitors with endothelial-stabilizing and anti-inflammatory activity, and methods of use thereof 
017 11911393
 
Non-catalytic substrate-selective p38alpha-specific MAPK inhibitors with endothelial-stabilizing and anti-inflammatory activity, and methods of use thereof 
018 11911404
 
Fucosylation and immune surveillance in melanoma 
019 11911408
 
Synergistic formulations of adenosine receptor modulating agents and anticholinergics 
020 11911436
 
Amphiphilic peptide chaperones and methods of use 
021 11911441
 
Methods of use of CD24 for the prevention and treatment of leukemia relapse 
022 11911442
 
Use of soluble pro(renin) receptor to treat metabolic disorders and related conditions 
023 11911444
 
Use of human skin substitutes expressing exogenous IL-12 to treat a wound bed 
024 11911450
 
Method for managing pain 
025 11911464
 
Anti-parasitic immunological compositions 
026 11911472
 
Monoclonal antibody and vaccine targeting filamentous bacteriophage 
027 11911481
 
Compositions and methods for treating RSV-infections 
028 11911487
 
Hydrodynamic methods for delivering fluids to kidney tissues and related materials and methods 
029 11911488
 
Scaffolds and multifunctional intermediates for imaging PSMA and cancer therapy 
030 11911523
 
Hemorrhage management system 
031 11911566
 
Systems and methods for ambulatory generation of nitric oxide 
032 11911609
 
Wearable, unsupervised transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) device for movement disorder or memory therapy 
033 11911611
 
Method for electroporation controlled by electrical impedence measurements 
034 11911619
 
Method of neural intervention for the treatment of affective neuropsychiatric disorders 
035 11911625
 
Systems and methods for controlling wirelessly powered leadless pacemakers 
036 11911651
 
System, device and method for electronically mediated upper extremity therapy 
037 11911710
 
System to reuse fats, oils and grease 
038 11911717
 
Method and apparatus for applying aggregating sampling 
039 11911719
 
Devices and methods for the integrated filtration, drying, and mechanical processing of active pharmaceutical ingredients 
040 11911751
 
Catalyst compositions for hydroformylation and methods of use thereof 
041 11911763
 
Microfluidic device and methods 
042 11911799
 
Vision-enhanced photocell system for package sorting 
043 11911955
 
System and method embodiments for modifying gas content in printable compositions for additive manufacturing 
044 11911996
 
Tunable blinds for windows 
045 11911999
 
Plasmonic patch as a universal fluorescence enhancer 
046 11912078
 
Shape memory alloy (SMA) tubular structure 
047 11912263
 
System and method for vehicle coast control 
048 11912385
 
Facilitating search and rescue 
049 11912437
 
Universal payload manipulation tool with telescoping ring segment 
050 11912589
 
Optically thin light-absorbers for increasing photochemical energy-conversion efficiencies 
051 11912606
 
Infrared-transmitting, polarization-maintaining optical fiber and method for making 
052 11912655
 
Process for upgrading natural gas liquids from shale gas without front-end demethanizer 
053 11912659
 
EBNA1 inhibitors and methods using same 
054 11912660
 
S6K1 protein kinase inhibitors as cancer therapeutics 
055 11912687
 
3,4,5-trisubstituted-1,2,4-triazoles and 3,4,5-trisubstituted-3-thio-1,2,4-triazoles and uses thereof 
056 11912702
 
Substituted pyridines as inhibitors of histone deacetylase 
057 11912709
 
Temozolomide compounds, polymers prepared therefrom, and method of treating a disease 
058 11912713
 
7-membered aza-heterocyclic containing delta-opioid receptor modulating compounds, methods of using and making the same 
059 11912734
 
Solid-phase synthesis of oligonucleotides containing N6-(2-deoxy-alpha,beta-derythropentofuranosyl)-2,6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5-formamidopyrimidine (Fapy⋅dG) 
060 11912736
 
Diaryl trehalose compounds and uses thereof 
061 11912742
 
Heterologous production of leupeptin protease inhibitors and analogs thereof 
062 11912744
 
Non-transgene transfection for therapeutic purposes 
063 11912753
 
Universal immune receptor expressed by T cells for the targeting of diverse and multiple antigens 
064 11912772
 
Anti-galectin-9 antibody and methods of use thereof 
065 11912786
 
Inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) antagonists 
066 11912805
 
Thermoplastic polymers synthesized from depolymerized lignin via free radical polymerization 
067 11912825
 
Polymers derived from 2,2′-bisimidazoles 
068 11912886
 
Multi-coat polymer photonic crystal films 
069 11912894
 
Antimicrobial and antifouling conformal hydrogel coatings 
070 11912900
 
Step-wise fabrication of conductive carbon nanotube bridges via dielectrophoresis 
071 11912927
 
Super-hydrophobic, thermally insulating, thermal-shocks resistant well cement composites for completion of geothermal wells at hydrothermal temperatures of up to 300° C 
072 11912946
 
Fuel endothermic reaction to cool a load 
073 11912985
 
Methods and compositions for simultaneous editing of both strands of a target double-stranded nucleotide sequence 
074 11912986
 
Methods for screening genetic perturbations 
075 11912991
 
Thermostable reverse transcriptase 
076 11912994
 
Methods for reactivating genes on the inactive X chromosome 
077 11912995
 
CTLA-4 aptamer conjugates 
078 11912998
 
Method of treating aging-associated cognitive impairment by reducing CCR3 
079 11913013
 
Chimpanzee adenoviral vector-based filovirus vaccines 
080 11913016
 
Synthetic yeast cells and methods of making and using the same 
081 11913017
 
Efficient genetic screening method 
082 11913021
 
Methods and compositions for promoting survival and proliferation of endothelial cells and stimulating angiogenesis 
083 11913026
 
Bispecific cytotoxic lymphocyte or macrophage-redirecting autoantibodies, methods for production thereof and methods of treatment 
084 11913028
 
Artificial transcription factors and uses thereof 
085 11913040
 
Evolution of TALENs 
086 11913044
 
Evolution of cytidine deaminases 
087 11913052
 
Cell-free protein synthesis driven metabolic engineering 
088 11913059
 
Mass spectrometry ionization based-assay for the detection of enzyme activity and/or presence 
089 11913068
 
Methods for nucleic acid size detection of repeat sequences 
090 11913070
 
Methods for sequencing biopolymers 
091 11913075
 
Methods and compositions for detecting and modulating an immunotherapy resistance gene signature in cancer 
092 11913076
 
Prostate cancer gene profiles and methods of using the same 
093 11913081
 
Proximity-dependent split RNA polymerases as a versatile biosensor platform 
094 11913090
 
Method for leaching rare earth elements and critical minerals from organically associated materials 
095 11913120
 
Thermal barrier coatings with CMAS resistance 
096 11913146
 
Carbon nanotube yarn cathode using textile manufacturing methods 
097 11913343
 
Replaceable rotor blade tip clearance measurement device for a gas turbine engine 
098 11913374
 
Rotary internal combustion engine 
099 11913410
 
Additively manufactured rocket fuel grains and competitive simulation of the same 
100 11913591
 
Composite materials with adjustable spectral properties 
101 11913671
 
Environmental control and air distribution system and method of using the same 
102 11913675
 
Disinfection system with high throughput and low power requirements 
103 11913683
 
Solid-state laser refrigeration of composite optomechanical resonators 
104 11913697
 
Pneumatically actuated cryocooler 
105 11913701
 
Solid production systems, devices, and methods utilizing oleophilic surfaces 
106 11913722
 
Rapid spray drying system 
107 11913723
 
Baffle plate used in a disposable for a spray drying system 
108 11913827
 
Ultrasonic microphone and ultrasonic acoustic radio 
109 11913830
 
Laser absorptivity measurement device 
110 11913835
 
Vector noise subtraction in vapor cell spectroscopy 
111 11913839
 
Methods and apparatus for improved thermal monitoring by correlating infrared emissivity to surface topography 
112 11913867
 
Plasmofluidic microlenses for label-free optical sorting of bioparticles 
113 11913872
 
Spinning apparatus for measurement of characteristics relating to molecules 
114 11913905
 
Analyte sequencing with nanopores 
115 11913924
 
Ion generation using modified wetted porous materials 
116 11913933
 
Miniature sensors with probe insertable into and for obtaining measurements from plants and a variety of other mediums 
117 11913939
 
Compartmentalized assays of bispecific and multispecific biologics 
118 11913959
 
Methods of treating and prognosing nonhematopoietic malignant tumors 
119 11913960
 
ELISA assay for measuring function of properdin and kits for conducting ELISA assays using anti-properdin antibodies 
120 11913963
 
Atomic description of immune complex that causes heparin-induced thrombocytopenia 
121 11914013
 
Real-time in situ monitoring of suspension sedimentation using water proton NMR 
122 11914018
 
System and method for ultra-high-resolution ranging using RFID 
123 11914034
 
Ultrasound-target-shape-guided sparse regularization to improve accuracy of diffused optical tomography and target depth-regularized reconstruction in diffuse optical tomography using ultrasound segmentation as prior information 
124 11914042
 
System and method for measuring the position of a moving object 
125 11914129
 
Background-suppressed STED nanoscope 
126 11914188
 
Suspended waveguides on membrane and needle structures towards photonic atom trap integrated platforms 
127 11914263
 
Analog predistortion linearization for optical fiber communication links 
128 11914354
 
Systems and methods for automated guided vehicle control 
129 11914357
 
Physics-constrained fault diagnosis framework for monitoring a standalone component of a thermal hydraulic system 
130 11914374
 
Solar mirror soiling and heliostat inspection from a mobile imaging system and mobile platform 
131 11914415
 
Apparatus and methods for optical neural network 
132 11914516
 
Memory side cache request handling 
133 11914937
 
Computational framework for modeling of physical process 
134 11915105
 
Machine learning to accelerate alloy design 
135 11915417
 
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for training a deep model to learn contrastive representations embedded within part-whole semantics via a self-supervised learning framework 
136 11915435
 
Resampled image cross-correlation 
137 11915602
 
Drone detection, classification, tracking, and threat evaluation system employing field and remote identification (ID) information 
138 11915837
 
Electron diffraction intensity from single crystal silicon in a photoinjector 
139 11916135
 
Bipolar transistor 
140 11916159
 
Multijunction solar cells 
141 11916162
 
Infrared light emitters based on interband tunneling in unipolar doped n-type tunneling structures 
142 11916187
 
Mixed ionic and electronic conductor for solid state battery 
143 11916206
 
Efficient recovery processes for the black mass from spent lithium-ion batteries 
144 11916231
 
Electrochemical materials including solid and liquid phases 
145 11916234
 
Anhydrous liquid-phase exfoliation of pristine electrochemically-active GeS nanosheets 
146 11916260
 
Injection of water in electrochemical systems 
147 11916315
 
Circular disk with first and second edge openings 
148 11916351
 
Methods and systems for improving single-frequency operations of diode lasers 
149 11916404
 
Tuning circuitry for a wireless power system 
150 11916511
 
Solar-battery integrated DC system 
151 11916522
 
Broadband diplexed or multiplexed power amplifier 
152 11916866
 
Systems and methods for unsupervised cyberbullying detection via time-informed Gaussian mixture model 
153 11916933
 
Malware detector 
154 11916940
 
Attack detection and localization with adaptive thresholding 
155 11916949
 
Internet of things and operational technology detection and visualization platform 
156 11917337
 
System and method for selective image capture on sensor floating on the open sea 
157 11917929
 
Edge majorana quasiparticles and qubits 

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Patent Count By Department

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

Department This Week This Year
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 71 508
Department of Energy (DOE) 33 240
Department of Defense (DOD) 32 331
National Science Foundation (NSF) 22 180
Small Business Administration (SBA) 6 27
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) 5 23
Department of Agriculture (USDA) 4 17
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2 48
United States Postal Service (USPS) 2 14
Department of Justice (DOJ) 1 3
U.S. State Government 1 3
Government Rights Acknowledged 2 10

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 11911012
 
Non-invasive methods for skin sample collection and analysis 
002 11911123
 
Body mountable robot 
003 11911128
 
Wireless neural recording devices and system with two stage RF and NIR power delivery and programming 
004 11911178
 
System and method to detect and treat arrhythmogenic regions in atrial fibrillation 
005 11911298
 
Robust adaptable foot prosthesis 
006 11911356
 
Regulation of mutant TERT by BRAF V600E/map kinase pathway through FOS/GABP in human cancer 
007 11911367
 
Methods for treating cancer 
008 11911369
 
Prodrugs of riluzole and their method of use 
009 11911376
 
Methods for preventing and treating retinal damage 
010 11911384
 
Vasodilators for treatment of heart failure 
011 11911392
 
Non-catalytic substrate-selective p38α-specific MAPK inhibitors with endothelial-stabilizing and anti-inflammatory activity, and methods of use thereof 
012 11911393
 
Non-catalytic substrate-selective p38alpha-specific MAPK inhibitors with endothelial-stabilizing and anti-inflammatory activity, and methods of use thereof 
013 11911404
 
Fucosylation and immune surveillance in melanoma 
014 11911408
 
Synergistic formulations of adenosine receptor modulating agents and anticholinergics 
015 11911436
 
Amphiphilic peptide chaperones and methods of use 
016 11911441
 
Methods of use of CD24 for the prevention and treatment of leukemia relapse 
017 11911442
 
Use of soluble pro(renin) receptor to treat metabolic disorders and related conditions 
018 11911444
 
Use of human skin substitutes expressing exogenous IL-12 to treat a wound bed 
019 11911450
 
Method for managing pain 
020 11911464
 
Anti-parasitic immunological compositions 
021 11911472
 
Monoclonal antibody and vaccine targeting filamentous bacteriophage 
022 11911487
 
Hydrodynamic methods for delivering fluids to kidney tissues and related materials and methods 
023 11911488
 
Scaffolds and multifunctional intermediates for imaging PSMA and cancer therapy 
024 11911566
 
Systems and methods for ambulatory generation of nitric oxide 
025 11911609
 
Wearable, unsupervised transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) device for movement disorder or memory therapy 
026 11911611
 
Method for electroporation controlled by electrical impedence measurements 
027 11911651
 
System, device and method for electronically mediated upper extremity therapy 
028 11911763
 
Microfluidic device and methods 
029 11911999
 
Plasmonic patch as a universal fluorescence enhancer 
030 11912659
 
EBNA1 inhibitors and methods using same 
031 11912660
 
S6K1 protein kinase inhibitors as cancer therapeutics 
032 11912687
 
3,4,5-trisubstituted-1,2,4-triazoles and 3,4,5-trisubstituted-3-thio-1,2,4-triazoles and uses thereof 
033 11912702
 
Substituted pyridines as inhibitors of histone deacetylase 
034 11912709
 
Temozolomide compounds, polymers prepared therefrom, and method of treating a disease 
035 11912713
 
7-membered aza-heterocyclic containing delta-opioid receptor modulating compounds, methods of using and making the same 
036 11912734
 
Solid-phase synthesis of oligonucleotides containing N6-(2-deoxy-alpha,beta-derythropentofuranosyl)-2,6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5-formamidopyrimidine (Fapy⋅dG) 
037 11912736
 
Diaryl trehalose compounds and uses thereof 
038 11912742
 
Heterologous production of leupeptin protease inhibitors and analogs thereof 
039 11912744
 
Non-transgene transfection for therapeutic purposes 
040 11912753
 
Universal immune receptor expressed by T cells for the targeting of diverse and multiple antigens 
041 11912772
 
Anti-galectin-9 antibody and methods of use thereof 
042 11912786
 
Inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) antagonists 
043 11912985
 
Methods and compositions for simultaneous editing of both strands of a target double-stranded nucleotide sequence 
044 11912986
 
Methods for screening genetic perturbations 
045 11912994
 
Methods for reactivating genes on the inactive X chromosome 
046 11912995
 
CTLA-4 aptamer conjugates 
047 11912998
 
Method of treating aging-associated cognitive impairment by reducing CCR3 
048 11913013
 
Chimpanzee adenoviral vector-based filovirus vaccines 
049 11913017
 
Efficient genetic screening method 
050 11913021
 
Methods and compositions for promoting survival and proliferation of endothelial cells and stimulating angiogenesis 
051 11913026
 
Bispecific cytotoxic lymphocyte or macrophage-redirecting autoantibodies, methods for production thereof and methods of treatment 
052 11913028
 
Artificial transcription factors and uses thereof 
053 11913044
 
Evolution of cytidine deaminases 
054 11913068
 
Methods for nucleic acid size detection of repeat sequences 
055 11913070
 
Methods for sequencing biopolymers 
056 11913075
 
Methods and compositions for detecting and modulating an immunotherapy resistance gene signature in cancer 
057 11913076
 
Prostate cancer gene profiles and methods of using the same 
058 11913081
 
Proximity-dependent split RNA polymerases as a versatile biosensor platform 
059 11913722
 
Rapid spray drying system 
060 11913723
 
Baffle plate used in a disposable for a spray drying system 
061 11913872
 
Spinning apparatus for measurement of characteristics relating to molecules 
062 11913905
 
Analyte sequencing with nanopores 
063 11913924
 
Ion generation using modified wetted porous materials 
064 11913959
 
Methods of treating and prognosing nonhematopoietic malignant tumors 
065 11913960
 
ELISA assay for measuring function of properdin and kits for conducting ELISA assays using anti-properdin antibodies 
066 11913963
 
Atomic description of immune complex that causes heparin-induced thrombocytopenia 
067 11914013
 
Real-time in situ monitoring of suspension sedimentation using water proton NMR 
068 11914034
 
Ultrasound-target-shape-guided sparse regularization to improve accuracy of diffused optical tomography and target depth-regularized reconstruction in diffuse optical tomography using ultrasound segmentation as prior information 
069 11914042
 
System and method for measuring the position of a moving object 
070 11914129
 
Background-suppressed STED nanoscope 
071 11915417
 
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for training a deep model to learn contrastive representations embedded within part-whole semantics via a self-supervised learning framework 

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Take Me To The Details
Patent Title
001 11911523
 
Hemorrhage management system 
002 11911955
 
System and method embodiments for modifying gas content in printable compositions for additive manufacturing 
003 11912263
 
System and method for vehicle coast control 
004 11912589
 
Optically thin light-absorbers for increasing photochemical energy-conversion efficiencies 
005 11912825
 
Polymers derived from 2,2′-bisimidazoles 
006 11912886
 
Multi-coat polymer photonic crystal films 
007 11912927
 
Super-hydrophobic, thermally insulating, thermal-shocks resistant well cement composites for completion of geothermal wells at hydrothermal temperatures of up to 300° C 
008 11913016
 
Synthetic yeast cells and methods of making and using the same 
009 11913090
 
Method for leaching rare earth elements and critical minerals from organically associated materials 
010 11913120
 
Thermal barrier coatings with CMAS resistance 
011 11913591
 
Composite materials with adjustable spectral properties 
012 11913671
 
Environmental control and air distribution system and method of using the same 
013 11913675
 
Disinfection system with high throughput and low power requirements 
014 11913827
 
Ultrasonic microphone and ultrasonic acoustic radio 
015 11913830
 
Laser absorptivity measurement device 
016 11913839
 
Methods and apparatus for improved thermal monitoring by correlating infrared emissivity to surface topography 
017 11913933
 
Miniature sensors with probe insertable into and for obtaining measurements from plants and a variety of other mediums 
018 11914018
 
System and method for ultra-high-resolution ranging using RFID 
019 11914188
 
Suspended waveguides on membrane and needle structures towards photonic atom trap integrated platforms 
020 11914357
 
Physics-constrained fault diagnosis framework for monitoring a standalone component of a thermal hydraulic system 
021 11914374
 
Solar mirror soiling and heliostat inspection from a mobile imaging system and mobile platform 
022 11914516
 
Memory side cache request handling 
023 11914937
 
Computational framework for modeling of physical process 
024 11915837
 
Electron diffraction intensity from single crystal silicon in a photoinjector 
025 11916187
 
Mixed ionic and electronic conductor for solid state battery 
026 11916206
 
Efficient recovery processes for the black mass from spent lithium-ion batteries 
027 11916231
 
Electrochemical materials including solid and liquid phases 
028 11916234
 
Anhydrous liquid-phase exfoliation of pristine electrochemically-active GeS nanosheets 
029 11916404
 
Tuning circuitry for a wireless power system 
030 11916511
 
Solar-battery integrated DC system 
031 11916940
 
Attack detection and localization with adaptive thresholding 
032 11916949
 
Internet of things and operational technology detection and visualization platform 
033 11917929
 
Edge majorana quasiparticles and qubits 

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Department of Defense (DOD) Agencies

Patent Title
001 11911619
 
Method of neural intervention for the treatment of affective neuropsychiatric disorders 
002 11911719
 
Devices and methods for the integrated filtration, drying, and mechanical processing of active pharmaceutical ingredients 
003 11912385
 
Facilitating search and rescue 
004 11912991
 
Thermostable reverse transcriptase 
005 11913040
 
Evolution of TALENs 
006 11913052
 
Cell-free protein synthesis driven metabolic engineering 
007 11913076
 
Prostate cancer gene profiles and methods of using the same 
008 11913591
 
Composite materials with adjustable spectral properties 
009 11913835
 
Vector noise subtraction in vapor cell spectroscopy 
010 11916135
 
Bipolar transistor 
011 11916260
 
Injection of water in electrochemical systems 
012 11916522
 
Broadband diplexed or multiplexed power amplifier 
013 11917337
 
System and method for selective image capture on sensor floating on the open sea 

Department of the ARMY (DOA)

Patent Title
001 11911117
 
On-board tool tracking system and methods of computer assisted surgery 
002 11911208
 
Systems and methods for the detection of fluid build-up resulting from an injury using ultrasound imaging 
003 11911619
 
Method of neural intervention for the treatment of affective neuropsychiatric disorders 
004 11912946
 
Fuel endothermic reaction to cool a load 
005 11913052
 
Cell-free protein synthesis driven metabolic engineering 
006 11913059
 
Mass spectrometry ionization based-assay for the detection of enzyme activity and/or presence 
007 11913343
 
Replaceable rotor blade tip clearance measurement device for a gas turbine engine 
008 11913410
 
Additively manufactured rocket fuel grains and competitive simulation of the same 
009 11914415
 
Apparatus and methods for optical neural network 
010 11915105
 
Machine learning to accelerate alloy design 
011 11916315
 
Circular disk with first and second edge openings 
012 11916351
 
Methods and systems for improving single-frequency operations of diode lasers 
013 11916933
 
Malware detector 

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

Patent Title
001 11912606
 
Infrared-transmitting, polarization-maintaining optical fiber and method for making 
002 11913374
 
Rotary internal combustion engine 
003 11913697
 
Pneumatically actuated cryocooler 
004 11913827
 
Ultrasonic microphone and ultrasonic acoustic radio 
005 11916260
 
Injection of water in electrochemical systems 

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

Patent Title
001 11912385
 
Facilitating search and rescue 
002 11912991
 
Thermostable reverse transcriptase 
003 11913146
 
Carbon nanotube yarn cathode using textile manufacturing methods 
004 11913591
 
Composite materials with adjustable spectral properties 
005 11913683
 
Solid-state laser refrigeration of composite optomechanical resonators 
006 11914263
 
Analog predistortion linearization for optical fiber communication links 
007 11916159
 
Multijunction solar cells 
008 11916522
 
Broadband diplexed or multiplexed power amplifier 

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Patent Title
001 11911330
 
Upper-body robotic exoskeleton 
002 11911625
 
Systems and methods for controlling wirelessly powered leadless pacemakers 
003 11911710
 
System to reuse fats, oils and grease 
004 11911751
 
Catalyst compositions for hydroformylation and methods of use thereof 
005 11911996
 
Tunable blinds for windows 
006 11911999
 
Plasmonic patch as a universal fluorescence enhancer 
007 11912655
 
Process for upgrading natural gas liquids from shale gas without front-end demethanizer 
008 11912709
 
Temozolomide compounds, polymers prepared therefrom, and method of treating a disease 
009 11912900
 
Step-wise fabrication of conductive carbon nanotube bridges via dielectrophoresis 
010 11913016
 
Synthetic yeast cells and methods of making and using the same 
011 11913701
 
Solid production systems, devices, and methods utilizing oleophilic surfaces 
012 11913827
 
Ultrasonic microphone and ultrasonic acoustic radio 
013 11913867
 
Plasmofluidic microlenses for label-free optical sorting of bioparticles 
014 11913872
 
Spinning apparatus for measurement of characteristics relating to molecules 
015 11913939
 
Compartmentalized assays of bispecific and multispecific biologics 
016 11915105
 
Machine learning to accelerate alloy design 
017 11915837
 
Electron diffraction intensity from single crystal silicon in a photoinjector 
018 11916162
 
Infrared light emitters based on interband tunneling in unipolar doped n-type tunneling structures 
019 11916234
 
Anhydrous liquid-phase exfoliation of pristine electrochemically-active GeS nanosheets 
020 11916511
 
Solar-battery integrated DC system 
021 11916866
 
Systems and methods for unsupervised cyberbullying detection via time-informed Gaussian mixture model 
022 11917337
 
System and method for selective image capture on sensor floating on the open sea 

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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
Y02D Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in Information and Communication Technologies [ICT] i.e Information and Communication Technologies Aiming at the Reduction of Their Own Energy Use
11913905  Analyte sequencing with nanopores      

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)71508
National Institutes of Health (NIH)67490
National Cancer Institute (NCI)19111
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)1262
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)664
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)646
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)616
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)447
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)343
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)315
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)369
National Institute on Aging (NIA)317
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)29
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)213
National Eye Institute (NEI)210
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)12
Research Centers in Minority Institutions Program (RCMI)11
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)119
NIH Office of the Director (NIHOD)19
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)18
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)110
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)114
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)23
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)23
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)13

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Higher Education Research and Development (HERD)

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

MEMBERS OF THE HERD

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

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

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

Count By Tech Center

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

Tech Center Count
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry 59
1700 Chemical and Materials Engineering 26
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Gaming and Medical Devices/Processes 26
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components 23
3600 Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review 8
2400 Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security 6
2100 Computer Architecture Software and Information Security 4
2600 Communications 4
4100 Patent Training Academy 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 35 285
CPC C12 Biochemistry; Beer; Spirits; Wine; Vinegar; Microbiology; Enzymology; Mutation or Genetic Engineering 21 136
CPC C07 Organic Chemistry 14 84
CPC G01 Measuring; Testing 17 76
CPC G06 Computing; Calculating; Counting 6 62
CPC H01 Basic Electric Elements 10 49
CPC B01 Physical or Chemical Processes or Apparatus in General 5 26
CPC G02 Optics 3 28
CPC C04 Cements; Concrete; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories 0 21
CPC H04 Electric Communication Technique 5 14
CPC B29 Working of Plastics; Working of Substances in a Plastic State in General 1 18
CPC C08 Organic Macromolecular Compounds; Their Preparation or Chemical Working-up; Compositions Based Thereon 2 16
CPC C09 Dyes; Paints; Polishes; Natural Resins; Adhesives; Compositions Not Otherwise Provided For; Applications of Materials Not Otherwise Provided for 4 10
CPC C01 Inorganic Chemistry 0 14
CPC F02 Combustion Engines; Hot-gas or Combustion-product Engine Plants 2 11
CPC B33 Additive Manufacturing Technology 0 13
CPC G16 Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for Specific Application Fields 0 13
CPC C03 Glass; Mineral or Slag Wool 1 11
CPC B22 Casting; Powder Metallurgy 0 12
CPC B65 Conveying; Packing; Storing; Handling Thin or Filamentary Material 0 11
CPC F05 Indexing Schemes Relating to Engines or Pumps in Various Subclasses of Classes F01-F04 0 11
CPC F24 Heating; Ranges; Ventilating 2 8
CPC A63 Sports; Games; Amusements 1 8
CPC B60 Vehicles in General 2 6
CPC H03 Basic Electronic Circuitry 1 7
CPC F25 Refrigeration or Cooling; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat Pump Systems; Manufacture or Storage of Ice; Liquefaction Solidification of Gases 3 4
CPC G05 Controlling; Regulating 3 4
CPC B32 Layered Products 2 5
CPC H02 Generation; Conversion or Distribution of Electric Power 2 5
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 5
CPC C10 Petroleum, Gas or Coke Industries; Technical Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide; Fuels; Lubricants; Peat 1 4
CPC F01 Machines or Engines in General; Engine Plants in General; Steam Engines 1 4
CPC G08 Signalling 1 3
CPC B64 Aircraft; Aviation; Cosmonautics 1 2
CPC C02 Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge 1 2
CPC C22 Metallurgy; Ferrous or Non-ferrous Alloys; Treatment of Alloys or Non-ferrous Metals 1 2
CPC G21 Nuclear Physics; Nuclear Engineering 1 2
CPC D04 Braiding; Lace-making; Knitting; Trimmings; Non-woven Fabrics 2 0
CPC F26 Drying 2 0
CPC B07 Separating Solids From Solids; Sorting 1 1
CPC B63 Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Related Equipment 1 1
CPC F16 Engineering Elements and Units; General Measures for Producing and Maintaining Effective Functioning of Machines or Installations; Thermal Insulation in General 1 0
CPC Y02 Technologies or Applications for Mitigation or Adaptation Against Climate Change 0 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 156 545
Australia 1 5
Italy 0 5
Switzerland 0 2
China PRC 0 2
Barbados 0 1
Belgium 0 1
Greece 0 1
Jordan 0 1
Romania 0 1
U.S. State First Named Inventors All Inventors
California 22 67
Massachusetts 15 56
Maryland 14 45
Ohio 10 22
New Mexico 8 30
New York 8 25
Texas 7 24
Pennsylvania 6 45
Illinois 6 22
Arizona 6 14
Florida 5 14
Virginia 4 19
Michigan 3 17
Washington 3 17
Indiana 3 11
Colorado 3 10
Iowa 3 10
Missouri 3 10
Connecticut 3 9
New Jersey 3 8
Tennessee 2 13
North Carolina 2 9
Wisconsin 2 6
Louisiana 2 5
Minnesota 2 5
Nebraska 2 4
Montana 1 5
Kentucky 1 4
Alabama 1 3
Alaska 1 2
Hawaii 1 2
North Dakota 1 2
Oregon 1 2
Maine 1 1
Utah 1 1
District of Columbia 0 3
Kansas 0 1
New Hampshire 0 1
Oklahoma 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 176182
Australia 11
Barbados 11
Virgin Islands 10
U.S. State Assignees Applicants
Massachusetts 2424
California 2121
Maryland 1214
District of Columbia 1212
New Mexico 1111
Ohio 99
New York 810
Pennsylvania 67
Arizona 66
Illinois 66
Virginia 66
Texas 55
Colorado 44
Florida 44
Connecticut 34
Missouri 34
Indiana 33
Minnesota 33
Washington 33
Wisconsin 33
Iowa 22
Louisiana 22
Michigan 22
Montana 22
Nebraska 22
North Carolina 22
Tennessee 22
Alabama 11
Alaska 11
Hawaii 11
Idaho 11
Kansas 11
Kentucky 11
North Dakota 11
Oregon 11
Utah 11
South Carolina 10

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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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