Table 12. United States Government Agency Patents /1
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TABLE 12
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCY PATENTS /1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
AGENCY |
1991 |
1992
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001 |
TOTAL
|
| Agriculture |
52
|
48
|
57
|
38
|
44
|
48
|
39
|
68
|
79
|
57
|
65
|
595
|
| Air Force |
126
|
138
|
126
|
130
|
104
|
101
|
78
|
81
|
83
|
79
|
103
|
1,149
|
|
Army |
129
|
172
|
147
|
194
|
163
|
138
|
169
|
160
|
146
|
151
|
151
|
1,720
|
|
Commerce
|
15
|
17
|
21
|
28
|
35
|
22
|
21
|
16
|
20
|
19
|
21
|
235
|
|
Energy
|
218
|
218
|
193
|
201
|
146
|
60
|
70
|
69
|
48
|
51
|
68
|
1,342
|
| EPA |
5
|
4
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
7
|
9
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
11
|
64
|
| FCC |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
| HEW/HHS |
46
|
67
|
88
|
99
|
96
|
110
|
144
|
148
|
153
|
119
|
98
|
1,168
|
| Interior |
14
|
23
|
9
|
10
|
13
|
20
|
6
|
3
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
116
|
| Library of Congress |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
| NASA |
124
|
166
|
155
|
148
|
157
|
102
|
92
|
104
|
87
|
98
|
92
|
1,325
|
|
Navy
|
384
|
314
|
333
|
360
|
352
|
299
|
279
|
347
|
306
|
369
|
326
|
3,669
|
| NSA |
3
|
3
|
5
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
7
|
16
|
11
|
62
|
| Postal Service |
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
6
|
| State Department |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
| Transportation |
2
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
-
|
12
|
| Treasury |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
| TVA |
8
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
6
|
2
|
3
|
42
|
|
USA /2
|
10
|
10
|
9
|
3
|
9
|
5
|
9
|
7
|
8
|
1
|
1
|
72
|
|
VA
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
|
Total
|
1,137
|
1,185
|
1,153
|
1,225
|
1,135
|
921
|
923
|
1,013
|
955
|
976
|
961
|
11,584
|
|
- Represents zero |
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