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TABLE 12 STATUTORY INVENTION REGISTRATIONS PUBLISHED
(FY 2008 - 2012)
Assignee 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Air Force 3 2 - 1 -
Navy 6 3 5 7 3
Veterans Affairs - - - 1 -
Other Than U.S. Government 12 4 12 6 4
Total 21 9 17 15 7
- Represents zero.
TABLE 13 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCY PATENTS 1
(FY 2008 - FY 2012) 3
Activity 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 TOTAL
Agriculture 27 24 39 44 52 186
Air Force 36 45 51 40 51 223
Army 134 119 136 141 146 676
Attorney General - - 1 1 - 2
Commerce 3 5 10 15 11 44
Energy 20 17 42 25 36 140
Environmental Protection Agency 10 9 9 12 16 56
Health, Education, and Welfare/
Health and Human Services
101 105 128 146 137 617
Interior 1 4 4 1 3 13
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
72 86 89 106 106 459
Navy 241 230 284 300 366 1,421
National Security Agency 16 15 24 11 10 76
National Science Foundation - - 1 - 1 2
Postal Service 19 14 37 25 39 134
State Department - - - - 1 1
Transportation - - 1 - - 1
Tennessee Valley Authority 1 - 1 - - 2
USA2 3 3 5 3 6 20
Veterans Affairs 8 10 9 13 9 49
Total 692 686 871 883 990 4,848
- Represents zero.
1 Data in this table represent utility patents assigned to agencies at the time of patent issue. Data subject to minor revisions.
2 United States of America - no agency indicated in database.
3 Past years’ data may have been revised from prior year reports to reflect patent withdrawal information that was updated
during the year. It is not uncommon for the withdrawal status of patents issued in prior years to change.
PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT: FISCAL YEAR 2012