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New Taxpayer Funded Patents for Tuesday, August 06, 2024 

This page was updated on Tuesday, August 06, 2024 at 05:42 AM GMT

FedInvent analyzed 121 taxpayer-funded patents this week.

On Tuesday, August 06, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted 121 taxpayer-funded patents; including 111 patents containing government interest statements and 27 patents where federal government agencies were an assignee or applicant. Together, 121 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 12052953
 
Bio-enriched soil technologies (BEST) 
002 12053164
 
Respirable and thoracic sampling inlet assemblies 
003 12053268
 
Magnetic particle imaging using an ultrasonic driving field 
004 12053288
 
Sensing system with features for determining and predicting brain age and other electrophysiological metrics of a subject 
005 12053446
 
Methods for the prevention and treatment of hearing loss using Oseltamivir 
006 12053460
 
Inhibitors of intracellular invasion 
007 12053465
 
KCC2 expression enhancing compounds and uses thereof 
008 12053476
 
Compounds, compositions and methods for cancer patient stratification and cancer treatment 
009 12053483
 
Compounds, compositions, methods, and kits relating to telomere extension 
010 12053491
 
Bispecific OR-gate chimeric antigen receptor responsive to CD19 and CD20 
011 12053503
 
Antigenic epstein barr virus polypeptides 
012 12053511
 
Cystatin C and Cystatin 9 to treat gut inflammation caused by thermal injury 
013 12053519
 
HIV-1 Env fusion peptide nanoparticle carrier conjugates and their use 
014 12053520
 
Glycan-masked engineered outer domains of HIV-1 gp120 and their use 
015 12053522
 
Pro-inflammatory and anti-cancer functions of toll-like receptor 4 antagonists 
016 12053527
 
Compositions with permeation enhancers for drug delivery 
017 12053561
 
Click-crosslinked hydrogels and methods of use 
018 12053628
 
Multi-electrode array with unitary body 
019 12053645
 
System and method for robust treatment planning in radiation therapy 
020 12053762
 
Atomically dispersed catalysts to promote low temperature biogas upgrading 
021 12053765
 
Selective carbon dioxide reduction catalyzed by single metal sites on carbon nitride under visible light irradiation 
022 12053767
 
Systems, methods, and devices for additive manufactured ultra-fine lattice structures for propulsion catalysts 
023 12053769
 
Catalyst compositions including metal chalcogenides, processes for forming the catalyst compositions, and uses thereof 
024 12053774
 
Modular instrumentation for analyzing biological fluids 
025 12053810
 
Methods of sheet metal production and sheet metal products produced thereby 
026 12053906
 
Integrated additive manufacturing and laser processing systems and methods for ceramic, glass, and silicon carbide applications 
027 12053984
 
Apparatus and method for acoustophoretic printing 
028 12054245
 
Optimizing usage of supplemental engine power 
029 12054276
 
Installation of gear assemblies in aircraft gearboxes 
030 12054294
 
Bracket fixture for space habitat 
031 12054391
 
Flash joule heating synthesis method and compositions thereof 
032 12054406
 
In situ oil cleanup and recovery using smart polymer integrated surface vessels 
033 12054407
 
Apparatus, methods and systems for treating oil-in-water emulsions 
034 12054428
 
Preparation of layered MXene via elemental halogen etching of MAX phase 
035 12054436
 
Double-negative-index ceramic aerogels for thermal superinsulation 
036 12054447
 
PCNA inhibitors 
037 12054459
 
Purification of bis-quaternary pyridinium oximes 
038 12054466
 
Compounds for the treatment of clostridium difficile infection 
039 12054469
 
Benzothiophene-based selective estrogen receptor downregulator compounds 
040 12054480
 
Compounds for treating cannabinoid toxicity and acute cannabinoid overdose 
041 12054491
 
Substituted benzo[f]imidazo[1,5-a][1,4]diazepines as GABA(a) receptor modulators 
042 12054508
 
Compositions and methods for sulfation of carbohydrates and peptides via electron-deficient aryl sulfate diesters 
043 12054519
 
Vaccine candidates for human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) having attenuated phenotypes 
044 12054520
 
Control of and imaging techniques for protein nanoscaffolds 
045 12054526
 
Polypeptides, nucleic acid molecules, compositions, and related methods 
046 12054538
 
Highly active agonistic CD4 binding site anti-HIV antibodies (HAADS) comprising modified CDRH2 regions that improve contact with GP120 
047 12054541
 
Split inteins, conjugates and uses thereof 
048 12054569
 
Hierarchical printed product and composition and method for making the same 
049 12054570
 
Functional oligomers and functional polymers including hydroxylated polymers and conjugates thereof and uses thereof 
050 12054580
 
Nanohoop-functionalized polymer embodiments and methods of making and using the same 
051 12054607
 
Tough, healable composites displaying stress relaxation at the resin-filler interface 
052 12054653
 
Adhesive material with triggerable on-demand detachment 
053 12054685
 
Coupling high yield biochemical intermediates for fuel production 
054 12054700
 
Illumination device for spatial and temporal control of morphogen signaling in cell cultures 
055 12054711
 
Meta-stable oligonucleotides junctions for delivery of therapeutics 
056 12054720
 
Compositions and methods for use in controlling mosquito-borne viruses 
057 12054731
 
Insecticidal proteins and methods for their use 
058 12054734
 
Purification and purity assessment of RNA molecules synthesized with modified nucleosides 
059 12054736
 
Genetically modified recombinant vaccinia ankara (RMVA) vaccines of improved stability and methods of preparation thereof 
060 12054742
 
Compositions and methods to derive mesodermal lineage cells and mixed tissue organoids from embryonic stem cells 
061 12054744
 
NK cells exhibiting an adaptive phenotype and methods for preparing and for using 
062 12054749
 
Attenuation of human respiratory syncytial virus by genome scale codon-pair deoptimization 
063 12054768
 
Methods for detecting agglutination and compositions for use in practicing the same 
064 12054775
 
Compositions, devices, systems, and methods for using a nanopore 
065 12054777
 
Noninvasive diagnosis of fetal aneuploidy by sequencing 
066 12054781
 
Detection of tumor-derived DNA in cerebrospinal fluid 
067 12054785
 
Methods and materials for using measles viruses 
068 12054787
 
Compositions and methods comprising digital signatures to predict response and resistance to targeted therapy and immunotherapy 
069 12054789
 
Capturing, concentrating, and detecting microbes in a sample using magnetic ionic liquids and recombinase polymerase amplification 
070 12054808
 
Embrittled aluminum alloys for powder manufacturing 
071 12054809
 
Aluminum based nanogalvanic compositions useful for generating hydrogen gas and low temperature processing thereof 
072 12054812
 
Magnesium alloy 
073 12054817
 
High-strength and high-toughness austenitic steel 
074 12054831
 
Methods of manipulating surfaces for extreme hydrophilic, hydrophobic or omniphobic behavior and applications thereof 
075 12054837
 
Ore dissolution and iron conversion system 
076 12054845
 
Metal coated articles comprising a refractory metal region and a platinum-group metal region, and related methods 
077 12054852
 
Multiplex characterization of microbial traits using dual barcoded nucleic acid fragment expression library 
078 12054980
 
Panel assembly with mullion joint 
079 12055081
 
Dual-wall integrated flange joint 
080 12055427
 
Apparatus and method for determination of liquid mass 
081 12055438
 
Sensor and method using bi-stable digitizing micromechanical switches for analog measurement of input signals 
082 12055476
 
Parallel flow cytometer using radiofrequency multiplexing 
083 12055490
 
Method of measuring diffusion in a medium 
084 12055495
 
Diagnosis of disease using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and machine learning 
085 12055496
 
Phosphorous-based sensors for detection of multiple solvents 
086 12055500
 
Detection and imaging of electric fields, using polarized neutrons 
087 12055535
 
Trimethylamine compounds as risk predictors of cardiovascular disease 
088 12055536
 
Device for detection of cellular stress 
089 12055547
 
TMEM active test and uses thereof in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of tumors 
090 12055553
 
Method for diagnosing risk for inflammatory disease through glycan profiling 
091 12055576
 
Calculating electric power noise distributions 
092 12055617
 
Integrators for current sensors 
093 12055756
 
Push-pull non-reciprocal phase shifting 
094 12055798
 
Integrated optical phased array electronic control 
095 12055820
 
Utilizing vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays as the homeotropic alignment agent in an electro-optic liquid crystal device 
096 12055836
 
System, method and apparatus for non-mechanical optical and photonic beam steering 
097 12056044
 
Mechanism to represent data structures for a datatype engine and provide inline compaction 
098 12056062
 
Apparatus and method for capability-based processing 
099 12056456
 
Apparatus for automated safety data sheet processing 
100 12056655
 
Receptacle for detecting delivery and retrieval events 
101 12056796
 
System and method for high fidelity computed tomography 
102 12056877
 
Neural-network-driven topology for optical coherence tomography segmentation 
103 12056878
 
Deep interactive learning for image segmentation models 
104 12056967
 
System and method for controlling a compression ignition engine 
105 12057232
 
Passive data collection and use of machine-learning models for event prediction 
106 12057233
 
Method, system, and computer readable medium for virtualization of a continuous glucose monitoring trace 
107 12057304
 
Correlative multimodal chemical imaging via machine learning 
108 12057429
 
Temporary bonding structures for die-to-die and wafer-to-wafer bonding 
109 12057555
 
Multiple-electron aqueous battery 
110 12057556
 
Aqueous and hybrid electrolytes with wide electrochemical stability windows 
111 12057613
 
Waveguide including a conductive channel embedded in a substrate and with vias connected to an antenna and a circuit component 
112 12057645
 
Communication device radiating purely dipole structure 
113 12057646
 
Decoupled multi-band microstrip patch antennas 
114 12057757
 
Flywheel energy storage system 
115 12057831
 
Threshold logic gates using flash transistors 
116 12058030
 
High performance software-defined core network 
117 12058032
 
Weighting routing 
118 12058262
 
Software credential token process, software, and device 
119 12058265
 
Verifiable computation for cross-domain information sharing 
120 12058635
 
Wireless ranging and time synchronization 
121 D1038006
 
Battery cover 

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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) 51 1610
Department of Defense (DOD) 36 1135
National Science Foundation (NSF) 21 660
Department of Energy (DOE) 19 800
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 3 144
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) 2 70
National Security Agency (NSA) 2 22
Department of Agriculture (USDA) 1 65
United States Postal Service (USPS) 1 43
Government Rights Acknowledged 1 51

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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Take Me To The Details
Patent Title
001 12053164
 
Respirable and thoracic sampling inlet assemblies 
002 12053268
 
Magnetic particle imaging using an ultrasonic driving field 
003 12053288
 
Sensing system with features for determining and predicting brain age and other electrophysiological metrics of a subject 
004 12053460
 
Inhibitors of intracellular invasion 
005 12053465
 
KCC2 expression enhancing compounds and uses thereof 
006 12053476
 
Compounds, compositions and methods for cancer patient stratification and cancer treatment 
007 12053483
 
Compounds, compositions, methods, and kits relating to telomere extension 
008 12053491
 
Bispecific OR-gate chimeric antigen receptor responsive to CD19 and CD20 
009 12053503
 
Antigenic epstein barr virus polypeptides 
010 12053511
 
Cystatin C and Cystatin 9 to treat gut inflammation caused by thermal injury 
011 12053519
 
HIV-1 Env fusion peptide nanoparticle carrier conjugates and their use 
012 12053520
 
Glycan-masked engineered outer domains of HIV-1 gp120 and their use 
013 12053522
 
Pro-inflammatory and anti-cancer functions of toll-like receptor 4 antagonists 
014 12053527
 
Compositions with permeation enhancers for drug delivery 
015 12053561
 
Click-crosslinked hydrogels and methods of use 
016 12053645
 
System and method for robust treatment planning in radiation therapy 
017 12053774
 
Modular instrumentation for analyzing biological fluids 
018 12053906
 
Integrated additive manufacturing and laser processing systems and methods for ceramic, glass, and silicon carbide applications 
019 12054447
 
PCNA inhibitors 
020 12054466
 
Compounds for the treatment of clostridium difficile infection 
021 12054469
 
Benzothiophene-based selective estrogen receptor downregulator compounds 
022 12054480
 
Compounds for treating cannabinoid toxicity and acute cannabinoid overdose 
023 12054491
 
Substituted benzo[f]imidazo[1,5-a][1,4]diazepines as GABA(a) receptor modulators 
024 12054508
 
Compositions and methods for sulfation of carbohydrates and peptides via electron-deficient aryl sulfate diesters 
025 12054519
 
Vaccine candidates for human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) having attenuated phenotypes 
026 12054526
 
Polypeptides, nucleic acid molecules, compositions, and related methods 
027 12054538
 
Highly active agonistic CD4 binding site anti-HIV antibodies (HAADS) comprising modified CDRH2 regions that improve contact with GP120 
028 12054541
 
Split inteins, conjugates and uses thereof 
029 12054607
 
Tough, healable composites displaying stress relaxation at the resin-filler interface 
030 12054700
 
Illumination device for spatial and temporal control of morphogen signaling in cell cultures 
031 12054711
 
Meta-stable oligonucleotides junctions for delivery of therapeutics 
032 12054734
 
Purification and purity assessment of RNA molecules synthesized with modified nucleosides 
033 12054736
 
Genetically modified recombinant vaccinia ankara (RMVA) vaccines of improved stability and methods of preparation thereof 
034 12054742
 
Compositions and methods to derive mesodermal lineage cells and mixed tissue organoids from embryonic stem cells 
035 12054744
 
NK cells exhibiting an adaptive phenotype and methods for preparing and for using 
036 12054749
 
Attenuation of human respiratory syncytial virus by genome scale codon-pair deoptimization 
037 12054768
 
Methods for detecting agglutination and compositions for use in practicing the same 
038 12054775
 
Compositions, devices, systems, and methods for using a nanopore 
039 12054777
 
Noninvasive diagnosis of fetal aneuploidy by sequencing 
040 12054781
 
Detection of tumor-derived DNA in cerebrospinal fluid 
041 12054785
 
Methods and materials for using measles viruses 
042 12054787
 
Compositions and methods comprising digital signatures to predict response and resistance to targeted therapy and immunotherapy 
043 12055535
 
Trimethylamine compounds as risk predictors of cardiovascular disease 
044 12055536
 
Device for detection of cellular stress 
045 12055547
 
TMEM active test and uses thereof in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of tumors 
046 12055553
 
Method for diagnosing risk for inflammatory disease through glycan profiling 
047 12056796
 
System and method for high fidelity computed tomography 
048 12056877
 
Neural-network-driven topology for optical coherence tomography segmentation 
049 12056878
 
Deep interactive learning for image segmentation models 
050 12057232
 
Passive data collection and use of machine-learning models for event prediction 
051 12057233
 
Method, system, and computer readable medium for virtualization of a continuous glucose monitoring trace 

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Department of Defense (DOD) Agencies

Patent Title
001 12053446
 
Methods for the prevention and treatment of hearing loss using Oseltamivir 
002 12054391
 
Flash joule heating synthesis method and compositions thereof 
003 12054459
 
Purification of bis-quaternary pyridinium oximes 
004 12054980
 
Panel assembly with mullion joint 
005 12055547
 
TMEM active test and uses thereof in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of tumors 
006 12055798
 
Integrated optical phased array electronic control 
007 12056062
 
Apparatus and method for capability-based processing 

Department of the ARMY (DOA)

Patent Title
001 12053446
 
Methods for the prevention and treatment of hearing loss using Oseltamivir 
002 12053561
 
Click-crosslinked hydrogels and methods of use 
003 12053628
 
Multi-electrode array with unitary body 
004 12054245
 
Optimizing usage of supplemental engine power 
005 12054276
 
Installation of gear assemblies in aircraft gearboxes 
006 12054447
 
PCNA inhibitors 
007 12054809
 
Aluminum based nanogalvanic compositions useful for generating hydrogen gas and low temperature processing thereof 
008 12055476
 
Parallel flow cytometer using radiofrequency multiplexing 
009 12055547
 
TMEM active test and uses thereof in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of tumors 
010 12056967
 
System and method for controlling a compression ignition engine 
011 12057555
 
Multiple-electron aqueous battery 
012 12057556
 
Aqueous and hybrid electrolytes with wide electrochemical stability windows 
013 D1038006
 
Battery cover 

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

Patent Title
001 12054406
 
In situ oil cleanup and recovery using smart polymer integrated surface vessels 
002 12054407
 
Apparatus, methods and systems for treating oil-in-water emulsions 
003 12054808
 
Embrittled aluminum alloys for powder manufacturing 
004 12054812
 
Magnesium alloy 
005 12054817
 
High-strength and high-toughness austenitic steel 
006 12054831
 
Methods of manipulating surfaces for extreme hydrophilic, hydrophobic or omniphobic behavior and applications thereof 
007 12055617
 
Integrators for current sensors 
008 12055820
 
Utilizing vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays as the homeotropic alignment agent in an electro-optic liquid crystal device 
009 12057645
 
Communication device radiating purely dipole structure 
010 12057757
 
Flywheel energy storage system 
011 12058262
 
Software credential token process, software, and device 

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

Patent Title
001 12053288
 
Sensing system with features for determining and predicting brain age and other electrophysiological metrics of a subject 
002 12054391
 
Flash joule heating synthesis method and compositions thereof 
003 12054406
 
In situ oil cleanup and recovery using smart polymer integrated surface vessels 
004 12054428
 
Preparation of layered MXene via elemental halogen etching of MAX phase 
005 12055576
 
Calculating electric power noise distributions 
006 12055836
 
System, method and apparatus for non-mechanical optical and photonic beam steering 
007 12056456
 
Apparatus for automated safety data sheet processing 
008 12057646
 
Decoupled multi-band microstrip patch antennas 
009 12058265
 
Verifiable computation for cross-domain information sharing 

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Take Me To The Details
Patent Title
001 12052953
 
Bio-enriched soil technologies (BEST) 
002 12053288
 
Sensing system with features for determining and predicting brain age and other electrophysiological metrics of a subject 
003 12053765
 
Selective carbon dioxide reduction catalyzed by single metal sites on carbon nitride under visible light irradiation 
004 12053769
 
Catalyst compositions including metal chalcogenides, processes for forming the catalyst compositions, and uses thereof 
005 12053810
 
Methods of sheet metal production and sheet metal products produced thereby 
006 12053984
 
Apparatus and method for acoustophoretic printing 
007 12054406
 
In situ oil cleanup and recovery using smart polymer integrated surface vessels 
008 12054436
 
Double-negative-index ceramic aerogels for thermal superinsulation 
009 12054570
 
Functional oligomers and functional polymers including hydroxylated polymers and conjugates thereof and uses thereof 
010 12054607
 
Tough, healable composites displaying stress relaxation at the resin-filler interface 
011 12054653
 
Adhesive material with triggerable on-demand detachment 
012 12054711
 
Meta-stable oligonucleotides junctions for delivery of therapeutics 
013 12054789
 
Capturing, concentrating, and detecting microbes in a sample using magnetic ionic liquids and recombinase polymerase amplification 
014 12054837
 
Ore dissolution and iron conversion system 
015 12055490
 
Method of measuring diffusion in a medium 
016 12055496
 
Phosphorous-based sensors for detection of multiple solvents 
017 12055756
 
Push-pull non-reciprocal phase shifting 
018 12057232
 
Passive data collection and use of machine-learning models for event prediction 
019 12057831
 
Threshold logic gates using flash transistors 
020 12058030
 
High performance software-defined core network 
021 12058635
 
Wireless ranging and time synchronization 

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Take Me To The Details
Patent Title
001 12053762
 
Atomically dispersed catalysts to promote low temperature biogas upgrading 
002 12053765
 
Selective carbon dioxide reduction catalyzed by single metal sites on carbon nitride under visible light irradiation 
003 12053810
 
Methods of sheet metal production and sheet metal products produced thereby 
004 12053906
 
Integrated additive manufacturing and laser processing systems and methods for ceramic, glass, and silicon carbide applications 
005 12054520
 
Control of and imaging techniques for protein nanoscaffolds 
006 12054569
 
Hierarchical printed product and composition and method for making the same 
007 12054580
 
Nanohoop-functionalized polymer embodiments and methods of making and using the same 
008 12054685
 
Coupling high yield biochemical intermediates for fuel production 
009 12054731
 
Insecticidal proteins and methods for their use 
010 12054845
 
Metal coated articles comprising a refractory metal region and a platinum-group metal region, and related methods 
011 12054852
 
Multiplex characterization of microbial traits using dual barcoded nucleic acid fragment expression library 
012 12055081
 
Dual-wall integrated flange joint 
013 12055438
 
Sensor and method using bi-stable digitizing micromechanical switches for analog measurement of input signals 
014 12055500
 
Detection and imaging of electric fields, using polarized neutrons 
015 12057304
 
Correlative multimodal chemical imaging via machine learning 
016 12057555
 
Multiple-electron aqueous battery 
017 12057556
 
Aqueous and hybrid electrolytes with wide electrochemical stability windows 
018 12057613
 
Waveguide including a conductive channel embedded in a substrate and with vias connected to an antenna and a circuit component 
019 12058032
 
Weighting routing 

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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
12053522  Pro-inflammatory and anti-cancer functions of toll-like receptor 4 antagonists      
Y02P Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods
12054812  Magnesium alloy      

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)511610
National Institutes of Health (NIH)461547
National Cancer Institute (NCI)10370
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)8213
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)8212
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)6191
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)469
NIH Office of the Director (NIHOD)341
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)3143
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)245
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)2123
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)228
National Eye Institute (NEI)252
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)224
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)1142
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)110
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)118
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)122
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)146
National Institute on Aging (NIA)154
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)138
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)19
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)12

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Higher Education Research and Development (HERD)

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

MEMBERS OF THE HERD

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

WATCH This SPACE

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

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

Count By Tech Center

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

Tech Center Count
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry 45
1700 Chemical and Materials Engineering 29
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components 21
3600 Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review 8
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Gaming and Medical Devices/Processes 6
2400 Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security 5
2600 Communications 4
2100 Computer Architecture Software and Information Security 2
2900 Design 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 18 196
CPC C12 Biochemistry; Beer; Spirits; Wine; Vinegar; Microbiology; Enzymology; Mutation or Genetic Engineering 16 109
CPC G01 Measuring; Testing 13 90
CPC C07 Organic Chemistry 12 70
CPC H04 Electric Communication Technique 5 71
CPC G06 Computing; Calculating; Counting 7 67
CPC H01 Basic Electric Elements 7 41
CPC C22 Metallurgy; Ferrous or Non-ferrous Alloys; Treatment of Alloys or Non-ferrous Metals 4 28
CPC B01 Physical or Chemical Processes or Apparatus in General 5 23
CPC C09 Dyes; Paints; Polishes; Natural Resins; Adhesives; Compositions Not Otherwise Provided For; Applications of Materials Not Otherwise Provided for 1 26
CPC C04 Cements; Concrete; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories 2 20
CPC B22 Casting; Powder Metallurgy 0 21
CPC G02 Optics 4 16
CPC C08 Organic Macromolecular Compounds; Their Preparation or Chemical Working-up; Compositions Based Thereon 4 14
CPC G16 Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for Specific Application Fields 2 14
CPC C02 Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge 2 13
CPC B33 Additive Manufacturing Technology 0 14
CPC C01 Inorganic Chemistry 1 12
CPC C25 Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes; Apparatus Therefor 2 7
CPC B64 Aircraft; Aviation; Cosmonautics 3 3
CPC F01 Machines or Engines in General; Engine Plants in General; Steam Engines 1 4
CPC C10 Petroleum, Gas or Coke Industries; Technical Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide; Fuels; Lubricants; Peat 1 3
CPC A01 Agriculture; Forestry; Animal Husbandry; Hunting; Trapping; Fishing 1 2
CPC H02 Generation; Conversion or Distribution of Electric Power 1 2
CPC B28 Working Cement, Clay, or Stone 1 1
CPC B41 Printing; Lining Machines; Typewriters; Stamps 1 1
CPC Y02 Technologies or Applications for Mitigation or Adaptation Against Climate Change 0 2
CPC B21 Mechanical Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material; Punching Metal 1 0
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 0
CPC C40 Combinatorial Technology 1 0
USPC D13 Equipment for production, distribution, or transformation of energy 1 0
CPC E06 Doors, Windows, Shutters, or Roller Blinds in General; Ladders 1 0
CPC G07 Checking-devices 1 0
CPC H03 Basic Electronic Circuitry 1 0

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Count of Inventors by Country and U.S. State

Patent count by country and state based on the location information of first named inventors and of all inventors on the patent.

Country First Named Inventors All Inventors
United States of America 115 406
United Kingdom 2 4
France 1 1
Croatia 1 1
Israel 1 1
Italy 1 1
Germany 0 5
Canada 0 3
Sweden 0 2
China PRC 0 1
U.S. State First Named Inventors All Inventors
California 20 71
Massachusetts 16 63
Maryland 11 51
Texas 7 28
Minnesota 6 17
Ohio 5 12
New Jersey 4 18
Colorado 4 16
Indiana 4 12
Tennessee 4 7
Pennsylvania 3 7
New York 2 17
Florida 2 6
New Mexico 2 6
Virginia 2 6
District of Columbia 2 4
Arizona 2 3
Oregon 2 3
Alabama 2 2
South Carolina 1 9
Wisconsin 1 8
Illinois 1 7
Iowa 1 6
Georgia 1 4
Michigan 1 3
New Hampshire 1 3
Hawaii 1 2
North Carolina 1 2
Nebraska 1 2
Idaho 1 1
Kentucky 1 1
Maine 1 1
Missouri 1 1
Virgin Islands 1 1
Washington 0 4
Delaware 0 2

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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 135140
France 11
Germany 11
Japan 11
United Kingdom 11
U.S. State Assignees Applicants
Massachusetts 2222
California 1717
New York 108
Maryland 812
District of Columbia 85
Texas 77
Colorado 66
Minnesota 57
Tennessee 53
Virginia 46
Ohio 45
Indiana 44
New Mexico 44
Michigan 33
Florida 24
New Jersey 23
Georgia 22
Illinois 22
Iowa 22
Pennsylvania 22
Rhode Island 22
Washington 22
Alabama 11
Arizona 11
Hawaii 11
Idaho 11
Maine 11
Missouri 11
Nebraska 11
New Hampshire 11
North Carolina 11
Oregon 11
South Carolina 11
Wisconsin 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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