FedInvent™ Patents

New Taxpayer Funded Patents for Tuesday, November 19, 2024 

This page was updated on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 06:26 PM GMT

FedInvent analyzed 107 taxpayer-funded patents this week.

On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted 107 taxpayer-funded patents; including 99 patents containing government interest statements and 27 patents where federal government agencies were an assignee or applicant. Together, 107 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 12144325
 
Selectively-accessible feeder 
002 12144344
 
Compositions and methods for modulating root growth 
003 12144491
 
Spectrally encoded imaging using band-shifting imaging probes 
004 12144587
 
Skin color independent flow-based diffuse optical imaging 
005 12144620
 
System and methods for wireless drug delivery on command 
006 12144630
 
Determination of optimal Laplacian estimates and optimal inter-ring distances for concentric ring electrodes 
007 12144642
 
Cell-collecting falloposcope and method for ovarian cancer detection 
008 12144667
 
Methods for quantitative and enhanced-contrast molecular medical imaging using cross-modality correction for differing tracer kinetics 
009 12144716
 
Biomedical patches with aligned fibers 
010 12144772
 
Total energy shaping control methods and devices for powered orthosis 
011 12144788
 
Visual cycle modulators 
012 12144791
 
KRAS agonists, pharmaceutical compositions, and uses in managing cancer 
013 12144800
 
Inhibiting germination of Clostridium perfringens spores to reduce necrotic enteritis 
014 12144805
 
Compositions and methods for treatment of edema 
015 12144816
 
Substituted indole Mcl-1 inhibitors 
016 12144826
 
Methods of treating EGFRvIII expressing glioblastomas 
017 12144828
 
Human Kynureninase enzymes and uses thereof 
018 12144853
 
Targeted vaccination in the liver 
019 12144857
 
Vectors for eliciting immune responses to non-dominant epitopes in the hemagglutinin (HA) protein 
020 12144897
 
Biotherapy for viral infections using biopolymer based micro/nanogels 
021 12145081
 
Fluid flow control device with different permeabilities 
022 12145127
 
Porous co-polymeric gel compositions, porous carbon compositions, and methods for synthesis thereof 
023 12145216
 
Systems and methods for laser cleaving diamonds 
024 12145267
 
System and method for embodied authoring of human-robot collaborative tasks with augmented reality 
025 12145311
 
Curing-on-demand printheads for multi-material 3D printing 
026 12145316
 
Corona discharge directed 3D structure construction 
027 12145597
 
System and method for driver distraction detection and classification 
028 12145701
 
Vehicle for installing anchors in an underwater substrate 
029 12145703
 
Systems and methods for releasable attachment mechanisms 
030 12145816
 
Continuous manufacturing of surface wrinkle features 
031 12145870
 
Systems and methods for disinfecting fluids 
032 12145912
 
Ionizable lipidoids and their uses 
033 12145918
 
Crosslinkable mesogenic dianhydride monomers 
034 12145922
 
Selective D3 dopamine receptor agonists and methods of their use 
035 12145962
 
Construction and methods of use of a barcoded and gene edited DNA library 
036 12145964
 
Thiophosphorodichloridate reagents for chemoselective histidine bioconjugation 
037 12145966
 
Actinohivin variant polypeptides and methods of treatment using them 
038 12145968
 
Recombinant HIV-1 envelope proteins and their use 
039 12145991
 
Therapeutic antibody fragments, methods of making, and methods of use 
040 12146071
 
Surface treatment 
041 12146093
 
Thermal management materials and methods of making the same 
042 12146136
 
Synthesis of modified oligonucleotides with increased stability 
043 12146137
 
Methods for therapeutic use of exosomes and Y-RNAS 
044 12146151
 
Cross-species compatible adeno-associated virus compositions and methods of use thereof 
045 12146152
 
Systems, methods, and compositions for correction of frameshift mutations 
046 12146156
 
Use of LRP2 agonists for generating myeloid-derived suppressor cells 
047 12146158
 
T cell receptor-deficient T cell compositions 
048 12146162
 
Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells derived from hemogenic endothelial cells by episomal plasmid gene transfer 
049 12146165
 
Endothelial cell factors and methods thereof 
050 12146168
 
Human CGAS-DNA complex and encoded protein 
051 12146186
 
HiC: method of identifying regulatory interactions between genomic loci 
052 12146193
 
Methods and compositions relating to OPRM1 DNA methylation for personalized pain management 
053 12146196
 
C-RAF mutants that confer resistance to RAF inhibitors 
054 12146197
 
Multiplex diagnostic assays for Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases 
055 12146199
 
Methods and compositions for influenza a virus subtyping 
056 12146233
 
Methods of hydrogenating carbon dioxide using electrochemical cells comprising tunable catalysts 
057 12146234
 
Advanced manufactured vapor-fed electrochemical reactor (AM-VFR) for improved performance for electrochemical conversion 
058 12146242
 
System for producing carbon fibers from multipurpose commercial fibers 
059 12146413
 
Circumferentially variable flow control in fan outlet guide vane assemblies for distortion management and stall margin in gas turbine engines 
060 12146711
 
High temperature sintering furnace systems and methods 
061 12146732
 
Surface contour measurement 
062 12146750
 
Peer-to-peer ride-sourcing system 
063 12146762
 
Time synchronized object tracking system 
064 12146774
 
Apparatus and method for measuring flow-permeable surface area of porous powders using volume flow rate 
065 12146790
 
Terahertz three-dimensional spectral scanner apparatus and method of using same 
066 12146807
 
Systems, methods and apparatuses for launching laser beams into multiple fibers and/or combining beams 
067 12146830
 
Slope, p-component and s-component measurement 
068 12146836
 
Method and apparatus for continuous gas monitoring using micro-colorimetric sensing and optical tracking of color spatial distribution 
069 12146851
 
Thread-based potentiometric ion-sensing 
070 12146874
 
Microtentacle imaging in patient tumor samples 
071 12146876
 
Solid supports for decoding methods for multiplexing assays 
072 12146887
 
Method for assisting prediction of exacerbation of respiratory infection, and device to assist in predicting exacerbation of respiratory infection 
073 12146953
 
Acoustic signals and data processing system and method for scanning acoustic microscopy 
074 12146969
 
Navcube 2.0 multi-band space receiver 
075 12146990
 
Space-based LiDAR system 
076 12146995
 
Radiation monitoring devices and associated methods 
077 12147022
 
Dark-field mid-infrared photothermal microscopy 
078 12147026
 
Apparatus for optical see-through head mounted display with mutual occlusion and opaqueness control capability 
079 12147033
 
Scanning micro profiler 
080 12147284
 
Characterizing fault injection on power distribution networks with voltage sensors 
081 12147382
 
Method and system for assimilating and managing software artifact metadata 
082 12147407
 
Method for mathematical language processing via tree embeddings 
083 12147476
 
Embedding and analyzing multivariate information in graph structures 
084 12147512
 
Generating authentication template filters using one or more machine-learned models 
085 12147806
 
Computing 2-body statistics on graphics processing units (GPUs) 
086 12147900
 
Verification and synthesis of cyber physical systems with machine learning and constraint-solver-driven learning 
087 12148136
 
Systems and methods for determining feature resolution of image data 
088 12148194
 
Method, device, and storage medium for targeted adversarial discriminative domain adaptation 
089 12148529
 
E-triage: an electronic emergency triage system 
090 12148536
 
Synchronous excitation of multiple shock waves 
091 12148537
 
Flow through liquid metal cooled molten salt reactors 
092 12148538
 
Techniques for incorporating sensors into apparatuses and systems 
093 12148748
 
On-chip electrostatic discharge sensor 
094 12148888
 
Electrolytes for electrochemical energy storage 
095 12149038
 
Nanoparticle doping for lasers and amplifiers operating at eye-safer wavelengths, and/or exhibiting reduced stimulated Brillouin scattering 
096 12149070
 
Decentralized false data mitigation for nested microgrids 
097 12149096
 
Active electromagnetic shielding for high power dynamic wireless charging and related systems, methods, and devices 
098 12149142
 
Linear electromagnetic actuator with improved coil cooling 
099 12149278
 
Circuits and methods for reducing an interference signal that spectrally overlaps a desired signal 
100 12149293
 
Beam homogenization at receiver 
101 12149296
 
Method and apparatus for estimating electromagnetic environmental effects on RF dependent systems 
102 12149342
 
Randomly-modified first network to second network communication 
103 12149560
 
Detection of cyber attacks targeting avionics systems 
104 12149847
 
Image sensor having column-level correlated-double-sampling charge transfer amplifier 
105 12150248
 
System for providing dynamic feedback for selective adhesion PCB production 
106 12150319
 
High sensitivity stable sensors and methods for manufacturing same 
107 12150321
 
Optoelectronic device including morphological stabilizing layer 

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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) 43 2332
Department of Defense (DOD) 32 1644
Department of Energy (DOE) 19 1164
National Science Foundation (NSF) 18 942
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 3 203
Department of Agriculture (USDA) 2 95
Department of Transportation (USDOT) 2 27
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 1 57
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) 1 90
Small Business Administration (SBA) 1 113

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 12144344
 
Compositions and methods for modulating root growth 
002 12144491
 
Spectrally encoded imaging using band-shifting imaging probes 
003 12144587
 
Skin color independent flow-based diffuse optical imaging 
004 12144620
 
System and methods for wireless drug delivery on command 
005 12144642
 
Cell-collecting falloposcope and method for ovarian cancer detection 
006 12144667
 
Methods for quantitative and enhanced-contrast molecular medical imaging using cross-modality correction for differing tracer kinetics 
007 12144716
 
Biomedical patches with aligned fibers 
008 12144772
 
Total energy shaping control methods and devices for powered orthosis 
009 12144788
 
Visual cycle modulators 
010 12144791
 
KRAS agonists, pharmaceutical compositions, and uses in managing cancer 
011 12144805
 
Compositions and methods for treatment of edema 
012 12144816
 
Substituted indole Mcl-1 inhibitors 
013 12144826
 
Methods of treating EGFRvIII expressing glioblastomas 
014 12144828
 
Human Kynureninase enzymes and uses thereof 
015 12144853
 
Targeted vaccination in the liver 
016 12144857
 
Vectors for eliciting immune responses to non-dominant epitopes in the hemagglutinin (HA) protein 
017 12144897
 
Biotherapy for viral infections using biopolymer based micro/nanogels 
018 12145922
 
Selective D3 dopamine receptor agonists and methods of their use 
019 12145962
 
Construction and methods of use of a barcoded and gene edited DNA library 
020 12145964
 
Thiophosphorodichloridate reagents for chemoselective histidine bioconjugation 
021 12145966
 
Actinohivin variant polypeptides and methods of treatment using them 
022 12145968
 
Recombinant HIV-1 envelope proteins and their use 
023 12145991
 
Therapeutic antibody fragments, methods of making, and methods of use 
024 12146136
 
Synthesis of modified oligonucleotides with increased stability 
025 12146137
 
Methods for therapeutic use of exosomes and Y-RNAS 
026 12146151
 
Cross-species compatible adeno-associated virus compositions and methods of use thereof 
027 12146152
 
Systems, methods, and compositions for correction of frameshift mutations 
028 12146156
 
Use of LRP2 agonists for generating myeloid-derived suppressor cells 
029 12146158
 
T cell receptor-deficient T cell compositions 
030 12146162
 
Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells derived from hemogenic endothelial cells by episomal plasmid gene transfer 
031 12146165
 
Endothelial cell factors and methods thereof 
032 12146168
 
Human CGAS-DNA complex and encoded protein 
033 12146186
 
HiC: method of identifying regulatory interactions between genomic loci 
034 12146193
 
Methods and compositions relating to OPRM1 DNA methylation for personalized pain management 
035 12146196
 
C-RAF mutants that confer resistance to RAF inhibitors 
036 12146197
 
Multiplex diagnostic assays for Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases 
037 12146199
 
Methods and compositions for influenza a virus subtyping 
038 12146790
 
Terahertz three-dimensional spectral scanner apparatus and method of using same 
039 12146836
 
Method and apparatus for continuous gas monitoring using micro-colorimetric sensing and optical tracking of color spatial distribution 
040 12146874
 
Microtentacle imaging in patient tumor samples 
041 12146887
 
Method for assisting prediction of exacerbation of respiratory infection, and device to assist in predicting exacerbation of respiratory infection 
042 12147022
 
Dark-field mid-infrared photothermal microscopy 
043 12148529
 
E-triage: an electronic emergency triage system 

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Department of Defense (DOD) Agencies

Patent Title
001 12144667
 
Methods for quantitative and enhanced-contrast molecular medical imaging using cross-modality correction for differing tracer kinetics 
002 12145912
 
Ionizable lipidoids and their uses 
003 12145966
 
Actinohivin variant polypeptides and methods of treatment using them 
004 12146876
 
Solid supports for decoding methods for multiplexing assays 
005 12147284
 
Characterizing fault injection on power distribution networks with voltage sensors 
006 12147407
 
Method for mathematical language processing via tree embeddings 
007 12147900
 
Verification and synthesis of cyber physical systems with machine learning and constraint-solver-driven learning 
008 12148748
 
On-chip electrostatic discharge sensor 

Department of the ARMY (DOA)

Patent Title
001 12144642
 
Cell-collecting falloposcope and method for ovarian cancer detection 
002 12144667
 
Methods for quantitative and enhanced-contrast molecular medical imaging using cross-modality correction for differing tracer kinetics 
003 12145127
 
Porous co-polymeric gel compositions, porous carbon compositions, and methods for synthesis thereof 
004 12145966
 
Actinohivin variant polypeptides and methods of treatment using them 
005 12146093
 
Thermal management materials and methods of making the same 
006 12146874
 
Microtentacle imaging in patient tumor samples 
007 12147026
 
Apparatus for optical see-through head mounted display with mutual occlusion and opaqueness control capability 
008 12148536
 
Synchronous excitation of multiple shock waves 
009 12149342
 
Randomly-modified first network to second network communication 

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

Patent Title
001 12145703
 
Systems and methods for releasable attachment mechanisms 
002 12146071
 
Surface treatment 
003 12146762
 
Time synchronized object tracking system 
004 12147382
 
Method and system for assimilating and managing software artifact metadata 
005 12147407
 
Method for mathematical language processing via tree embeddings 
006 12147476
 
Embedding and analyzing multivariate information in graph structures 
007 12148748
 
On-chip electrostatic discharge sensor 
008 12149038
 
Nanoparticle doping for lasers and amplifiers operating at eye-safer wavelengths, and/or exhibiting reduced stimulated Brillouin scattering 
009 12149142
 
Linear electromagnetic actuator with improved coil cooling 
010 12149293
 
Beam homogenization at receiver 
011 12149296
 
Method and apparatus for estimating electromagnetic environmental effects on RF dependent systems 

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

Patent Title
001 12145918
 
Crosslinkable mesogenic dianhydride monomers 
002 12146413
 
Circumferentially variable flow control in fan outlet guide vane assemblies for distortion management and stall margin in gas turbine engines 
003 12146807
 
Systems, methods and apparatuses for launching laser beams into multiple fibers and/or combining beams 
004 12146953
 
Acoustic signals and data processing system and method for scanning acoustic microscopy 
005 12147900
 
Verification and synthesis of cyber physical systems with machine learning and constraint-solver-driven learning 
006 12148136
 
Systems and methods for determining feature resolution of image data 
007 12148194
 
Method, device, and storage medium for targeted adversarial discriminative domain adaptation 
008 12149278
 
Circuits and methods for reducing an interference signal that spectrally overlaps a desired signal 
009 12150319
 
High sensitivity stable sensors and methods for manufacturing same 

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Take Me To The Details
Patent Title
001 12145081
 
Fluid flow control device with different permeabilities 
002 12145701
 
Vehicle for installing anchors in an underwater substrate 
003 12145962
 
Construction and methods of use of a barcoded and gene edited DNA library 
004 12146168
 
Human CGAS-DNA complex and encoded protein 
005 12146233
 
Methods of hydrogenating carbon dioxide using electrochemical cells comprising tunable catalysts 
006 12146234
 
Advanced manufactured vapor-fed electrochemical reactor (AM-VFR) for improved performance for electrochemical conversion 
007 12146242
 
System for producing carbon fibers from multipurpose commercial fibers 
008 12146711
 
High temperature sintering furnace systems and methods 
009 12146774
 
Apparatus and method for measuring flow-permeable surface area of porous powders using volume flow rate 
010 12146995
 
Radiation monitoring devices and associated methods 
011 12147512
 
Generating authentication template filters using one or more machine-learned models 
012 12148537
 
Flow through liquid metal cooled molten salt reactors 
013 12148538
 
Techniques for incorporating sensors into apparatuses and systems 
014 12148888
 
Electrolytes for electrochemical energy storage 
015 12149070
 
Decentralized false data mitigation for nested microgrids 
016 12149096
 
Active electromagnetic shielding for high power dynamic wireless charging and related systems, methods, and devices 
017 12150248
 
System for providing dynamic feedback for selective adhesion PCB production 
018 12150319
 
High sensitivity stable sensors and methods for manufacturing same 
019 12150321
 
Optoelectronic device including morphological stabilizing layer 

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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
12144853  Targeted vaccination in the liver      
Y02C Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG]
12145127  Porous co-polymeric gel compositions, porous carbon compositions, and methods for synthesis thereof      

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)432332
National Institutes of Health (NIH)392246
National Cancer Institute (NCI)13521
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)5319
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)5312
Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS)15
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)5291
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)4216
NIH Office of the Director (NIHOD)355
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)3170
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)261
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)293
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)1197
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)122
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)138
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)134
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)165
National Eye Institute (NEI)173
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)133
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)115
Center for Global Health (CGH)12
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)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.

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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 35
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components 17
1700 Chemical and Materials Engineering 15
3600 Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review 13
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Gaming and Medical Devices/Processes 9
2100 Computer Architecture Software and Information Security 7
2400 Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security 5
2600 Communications 5
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 18 162
CPC C12 Biochemistry; Beer; Spirits; Wine; Vinegar; Microbiology; Enzymology; Mutation or Genetic Engineering 14 76
CPC G01 Measuring; Testing 16 61
CPC G06 Computing; Calculating; Counting 9 44
CPC C07 Organic Chemistry 8 40
CPC H01 Basic Electric Elements 3 21
CPC G02 Optics 3 20
CPC H04 Electric Communication Technique 6 16
CPC C25 Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes; Apparatus Therefor 2 18
CPC C08 Organic Macromolecular Compounds; Their Preparation or Chemical Working-up; Compositions Based Thereon 0 17
CPC B29 Working of Plastics; Working of Substances in a Plastic State in General 2 14
CPC G21 Nuclear Physics; Nuclear Engineering 3 9
CPC B01 Physical or Chemical Processes or Apparatus in General 2 10
CPC H02 Generation; Conversion or Distribution of Electric Power 3 8
CPC B33 Additive Manufacturing Technology 0 11
CPC A01 Agriculture; Forestry; Animal Husbandry; Hunting; Trapping; Fishing 2 8
CPC B60 Vehicles in General 1 9
CPC B63 Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Related Equipment 2 6
CPC H05 Electric Techniques Not Otherwise Provided for 1 6
CPC C02 Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge 1 5
CPC F27 Furnaces; Kilns; Ovens; Retorts 1 5
CPC D01 Edible products 2 3
CPC B65 Conveying; Packing; Storing; Handling Thin or Filamentary Material 1 4
CPC C09 Dyes; Paints; Polishes; Natural Resins; Adhesives; Compositions Not Otherwise Provided For; Applications of Materials Not Otherwise Provided for 2 2
CPC B23 Machine Tools; Metal-working Not Otherwise Provided for 1 3
CPC B25 Hand Tools; Portable Power-driven Tools; Manipulators 1 2
CPC G16 Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for Specific Application Fields 1 2
CPC Y02 Technologies or Applications for Mitigation or Adaptation Against Climate Change 0 3
CPC F01 Machines or Engines in General; Engine Plants in General; Steam Engines 1 1

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Count of Inventors by Country and U.S. State

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

Country First Named Inventors All Inventors
United States of America 104 334
Japan 1 6
Australia 1 1
Canada 1 1
France 0 1
United Kingdom 0 1
China Hong Kong 0 1
Mexico 0 1
Netherlands 0 1
U.S. State First Named Inventors All Inventors
California 15 50
Maryland 12 51
Massachusetts 11 40
Pennsylvania 5 13
Georgia 5 10
North Carolina 4 14
Ohio 4 14
Arizona 4 12
Florida 4 10
Washington 3 15
Missouri 3 10
Texas 3 8
Idaho 3 6
Tennessee 2 14
District of Columbia 2 8
Indiana 2 6
New Jersey 2 6
New York 2 6
Virginia 2 6
Illinois 2 4
Michigan 2 3
New Hampshire 1 4
New Mexico 1 4
Rhode Island 1 4
Colorado 1 3
Wisconsin 1 3
North Dakota 1 2
Alabama 1 1
Kentucky 1 1
Nevada 1 1
South Carolina 1 1
Utah 1 1
Vermont 1 1
Delaware 0 1
South Dakota 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 113118
Japan 22
Australia 11
France 11
Switzerland 11
China PRC 01
U.S. State Assignees Applicants
Massachusetts 1618
California 1414
Maryland 1110
District of Columbia 86
Florida 57
Georgia 55
Pennsylvania 55
North Carolina 44
Washington 44
Ohio 43
Arizona 34
Texas 34
Idaho 33
New Hampshire 33
Virginia 23
Illinois 22
Indiana 22
Missouri 22
New Jersey 22
New Mexico 22
New York 22
Tennessee 22
Michigan 12
Alabama 11
Colorado 11
Kansas 11
Kentucky 11
Nevada 11
North Dakota 11
South Dakota 11
Wisconsin 11
Rhode Island 01

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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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