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NOTE 12. Program Costs by Category and Responsibility Segment

 

The program costs for the years ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 by cost category and business line were as follows:

USPTO Program Costs for the years ended September 30, 2005 and 2004
(Dollars in Thousands)
  2005 2004
Patent Trademark Total Patent Trademark Total
Direct Costs
           
Personnel Services and Benefits
$  646,517  $ 80,023 $  726,540  $  603,616 $ 72,571 $  676,187
Travel and Transportation
       597        66        663         364       64        428
Rent, Communications, and Utilities
    82,578     8,415     90,993      76,313    8,906     85,219
Printing and Reproduction
    68,888       807     69,695      71,757    1,197     72,954
Contractual Services
   156,111    23,226    179,337     150,376   22,267    172,643
Training
     2,518       209      2,727         639       30        669
Maintenance and Repairs
     8,923     2,115     11,038       8,048    2,029     10,077
Supplies and Materials
     6,826       408      7,234       6,776      418      7,194
Equipment not Capitalized
     6,799       892      7,691       5,585    1,846      7,431
Insurance Claims and Indemnities
       —        —       —        (31)        —         (31)
Depreciation, Amortization, or Loss on Asset Dispositions
    26,131     6,077     32,208      32,468    4,926     37,394
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Subtotal Direct Costs
 1,005,888   122,238  1,128,126     955,911  114,254  1,070,165
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Allocated Costs
           
Automation
   106,530    19,593    126,123      82,854   14,333     97,187
Resource Management
   140,709    29,070    169,779     107,026   14,803    121,829
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Subtotal Allocated Costs
   247,239    48,663    295,902     189,880   29,136    219,016
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Total Program Costs
$1,253,127  $170,901 $1,424,028  $1,145,791 $143,390 $1,289,181
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The unfunded portion of personnel services and benefits for the years ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 was $801 thousand and $2,372 thousand, respectively.

 

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