Each week Way Better Patents publishes a list of the latest patents and patent applications that contain Government Interest Statements or include a Joint Research Agreement (JRA) statement. The list includes the patent information, the assignees, the funding agency, and the actual statement which usually includes the contract numbers for federally funded research efforts. The JRA statement usually identifies the parties working together on the intellectual property. The complete list is available at Way Better Patents.
Here is a summary of granted patents that contain a government interest statement or a joint research agreement statements for September 11th, 2012.
| 41 | Department of Defense (DOD) |
| 31 | Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
| 18 | Department of Energy (DOE) |
| 11 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| 4 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| 4 | National Security Agency (NSA) |
| 3 | Department of Commerce (DOC) |
| 1 | Department of Justice (DOJ) |
| 1 | Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
| 1 | National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) |
| 1 | Department of Agriculture (USDA) |
Subject Matter of Government Interest Patents
| 11 | 514 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions |
| 9 | 435 | Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology |
| 5 | 424 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions |
| 5 | 711 | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory |
| 4 | 089 | Ordnance |
| 4 | 102 | Ammunition and explosives |
| 4 | 250 | Radiant energy |
| 3 | 356 | Optics: measuring and testing |
| 3 | 382 | Image analysis |
| 3 | 436 | Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing |
| 3 | 455 | Telecommunications |
| 3 | 702 | Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing |
| 3 | 706 | Data processing: artificial intelligence |
| 2 | 060 | Power plants |
| 2 | 257 | Active solid-state devices |
| 2 | 324 | Electricity: measuring and testing |
| 2 | 326 | Electronic digital logic circuitry |
| 2 | 343 | Communications: radio wave antennas |
| 2 | 429 | Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process |
| 2 | 536 | Organic compounds |
| 2 | 546 | Organic compounds |
| 2 | 701 | Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location |
| 2 | 703 | Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation |
| 2 | 726 | Information security |
The Locations of This Week's Patents
This week Government Interest patent grants were granted to 110 US inventors, two (2) from Canada, and one (1) each from Greece and South Korea. Inventors are identified based on the residence identify of the first named inventor. The breakdown of the States of residence of the US Inventors is:
Government Interest - U.S. States
| 19 | California |
| 15 | New York |
| 9 | Maryland |
| 7 | Massachusetts |
| 6 | New Jersey |
| 5 | Michigan |
| 5 | Texas |
| 4 | Wisconsin |
| 3 | Arizona |
| 3 | Colorado |
| 3 | Florida |
| 3 | Illinois |
| 3 | Ohio |
| 3 | Washington |
| 2 | Minnesota |
| 2 | Missouri |
| 2 | New Mexico |
| 2 | Pennsylvania |
| 2 | Rhode Island |
| 2 | Virginia |
