The FedInvent Count — 2023 So Far
Patent Count 2023 and Published Patent Applications 2023
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Patents 1.98%
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0 Applications 1.98%
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The FedInvent Count — 2022
Patents 2022
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0Learn About How FedInvent Counts Patents Here
HERD — Higher Education R&D, universities, colleges and research entities identified as academic centers identified by the National Science Foundation.
FFRDC — Federally Funded Research and Development Centers.
Government patents and applications are government-owned patents and applications, patents and applications where the government is the sole assignee.
FedInvent is Wayfinder Digital's project to deliver fresh insight on the federal innovation ecosystem and the inventions and innovations it creates. We follow the money, too.
THE FEDINVENT PATENT REPORTS
FedInvent publishes two data-rich reports. The Tuesday report covers federally funded patents. The Thursday report is about federally funded patent applications. Packed with data, each report includes data and analysis about the inventions, the science, the inventors, and the agencies that funded the work. Check Out A The FedInvent Patent Report Here
THE FEDINVENT SUBSTACK NEWSLETTER
The FedInvent Newsletter reports on federally funded research and development, taxpayer-funded inventions and patents, and the science and technology priorities and policies that set the national innovation agenda. Read The Latest Newsletter Here
THE FEDERAL INNOVATION ECOSPHERE
NUMBER ONE IN US PATENT GRANTS
The FedInvent Project counted all US patents that benefited from taxpayer funding in 2022. The federal government ranked number one in total granted patents. Two percent (2%) of all US patents and US patent applications benefit from taxpayer funding. These patents are an extraordinary collection of American innovations.
THE FEDERAL PATENT PORTFOLIO IS EXPANSIVE
The taxpayer-funded intellectual property portfolio is the most diverse in the world. There isn’t a scientific domain where the federal government does not support scientists, researchers, technologists, and maybe most importantly, small businesses.
IMPORTANT WORK IS GOING ON
FedInvent tells the stories of these inventions and the inventors and the agencies that fund them, whether at a university, a federally funded research and development center, working on a federal contract, or maybe in a garage or two.
THE GOVERNMENT SPENDS TAXPAYER MONEY
The federal government spends $171 billion annually on R&D. That money funds epic Big Science projects that can’t get done without big funding and small businesses and entrepreneurs with great ideas that need funding to get off the ground. This funds a lot of important work (and some goofy stuff.)
THE FEDERAL R&D AGENDA DRIVES INNOVATION
The federal government sets science and technology policy and priorities. Those priorities become the innovation agenda. The innovation agenda drives the R&D budget. It in turn determines the trajectory of America’s national and global competitiveness.
THE BIG PICTURE
FedInvent's goal is to present a holistic view of federal innovation presented through the lens of the inventions and patents that it creates. Taxpayers should have an easier way to see what they are paying for. That's why we created FedInvent.
What We Do
Catalog Taxpayer-Funded Inventions
Each week FedInvent publishes a catalog of taxpayer-funded patented inventions and patent applications in the innovation pipeline.
Map Inventions To Grants & Contracts
FedInvent maps the patents and patent applications back to the contracts and grants that helped pay for them.
Build Lists
FedInvent creates lists of the moving parts of the federal innovation ecosphere. It's complex. Lists help. Start here
Follow The HERD
The Higher Education Research and Development entities that receive over $32B in federal funding each year.
Prognosticate
FedInvent writes commentary, does research, reports the news, and takes deep dives into the federal innovation ecosphere.
Follow The Money
FedInvent analyzes budgets, spending, who got the money and who did not. We find out where the money goes and where it does not.
Analyze the Inventions
FedInvent reports on the novel, the useful, the nonobvious, and the patents for inventions that are hiding in plain sight.
Track Federal Science Priorities
FedInvent follows science and technology goals and the areas of scientific and research interest at federal agencies.
Chronicle The Latest
Post news and short updates in the FedInvent Gazette between FedInvent Newsletters to keep you up to date. The Gazette
Follow Inventions To The Market
There are lots of standards, regulations, and exclusive patent licenses that pave the way from idea to the market. FedInvent tracks them, too.
WHO SHOULD SUBSCRIBE TO FEDINVENT™
FedInvent is designed for the people who make federal innovation possible — investigators, scientists, inventors, entrepreneurs, technologists, policymakers, legislators, economists and innovation researchers, technology transfer professionals, licensing agents, grant writers, and grant givers, and patent professionals and, most of all, the taxpayers who pay for it. FedInvent is for anyone interested in innovation, inventions, and the impact of science and technology policy.