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.
Here is a summary of published patent applications that contain a government interest statement or a joint research agreement statements for September 20, 2012.
Breakdown By Agency
Breakdown By Agency
| 46 | Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
| 41 | Department of Defense (DOD) |
| 28 | Department of Energy (DOE) |
| 18 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| 4 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| 2 | Department of Agriculture (USDA) |
| 1 | Department of Justice (DOJ) |
| 1 | Department of State (DOS) |
Subject Matter of Government Interest Patent Applications
| 19 | (424) | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions |
| 18 | (435) | Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology |
| 7 | (514) | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions |
| 6 | (257) | Active solid-state devices |
| 4 | (073) | Measuring and testing |
| 4 | (244) | Aeronautics and astronautics |
| 4 | (506) | Combinatorial chemistry technology: method, library, apparatus |
| 3 | (250) | Radiant energy |
| 3 | (428) | Stock material or miscellaneous articles |
| 3 | (429) | Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process |
| 3 | (607) | Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application |
| 2 | (205) | Electrolysis: processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions |
| 2 | (252) | Compositions |
| 2 | (324) | Electricity: measuring and testing |
| 2 | (342) | Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices |
| 2 | (356) | Optics: measuring and testing |
| 2 | (359) | Optical: systems and elements |
| 2 | (382) | Image analysis |
| 2 | (438) | Semiconductor device manufacturing: process |
| 2 | (600) | Surgery |
| 2 | (702) | Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing |
| 2 | (800) | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes |
This Week's Patent Applications By Location
This week Government Interest patent grants were granted to 132 US inventors, two (2) from the Peoples Republic of China, and one (1) each from Israel, the Netherlands, and Portugal. 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:
- 33 California
- 10 New York
- 8 Florida
- 8 Massachusetts
- 8 Texas
- 6 Washington
- 4 Arizona
- 4 Colorado
- 4 Maryland
- 4 Michigan
- 4 New Mexico
- 4 Ohio
- 4 Tennessee
- 3 Illinois
- 3 Indiana
- 3 Pennsylvania
- 3 Virginia
- 2 Kansas
- 2 North Carolina
- 2 New Jersey
- 2 Oregon
- 2 Wisconsin
