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NOTE 5. Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net (continued)
As of September 30, 2011, property, plant, and equipment, net consisted of the following:
(Dollars in Thousands)
Classes of Property, Plant,
and Equipment
Service Life
(Years)
Acquisition
Value
Accumulated
Depreciation/
Amortization
Net Book
Value
IT Equipment 3-5 $ 362,755 $ 269,654 $ 93,101
Software 3-5 294,365 263,549 30,816
Software in Progress — 14,573 — 14,573
Furniture 5-7 15,579 13,005 2,574
Equipment 3-8 13,461 13,210 251
Leasehold Improvements 5-20 99,747 34,434 65,313
Total Property, Plant, and Equipment $ 800,480 $ 593,852 $ 206,628
NOTE 6. Other Assets
As of September 30, 2012 and 2011, other assets consisted of the following:
FINANCIAL SECTION
(Dollars in Thousands) 2012 2011
Intragovernmental
Advances and Prepayments
With the Public
$ 2,450 $ 2,053
Advances and Prepayments 10,656 10,085
Total $ 13,106 $ 12,138
The largest governmental prepayments include the USPTO deposit accounts held with the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO) to facilitate recurring transactions, the U.S. Postal Service for postage, and the Department
of Commerce for centralized services. Deposit accounts held with the GPO as of September 30, 2012 and
2011 were $401 thousand and $750 thousand, respectively. Deposit accounts held with the U.S. Postal Service
as of September 30, 2012 and 2011 were $993 thousand and $576 thousand, respectively. Deposit accounts
held with the Department of Commerce as of September 30, 2012 and 2011 were $1,056 thousand and
$727 thousand, respectively.
The largest prepayments with the public as of September 30, 2012 and 2011 were $6,982 thousand and
$5,898 thousand, respectively, for various hardware and software maintenance agreements; $1,569 thousand
and $1,201 thousand, respectively, for various library and online database subscriptions; and $2,081 thousand
and $2,871 thousand, respectively, for various joint project agreements with the National Inventors Hall of Fame,
the International Intellectual Property Institute, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Light
Years IP, the Innovators Network Foundation, the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital, and the Institute for
Policy Innovation. Travel advances to personnel as of September 30, 2012 and 2011 were $1 thousand and
$2 thousand, respectively.
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