Table 12: United States Government Agency Patents
| AGENCY | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 66 | 46 | 58 | 51 | 25 | 246 |
| Air Force | 103 | 66 | 75 | 54 | 38 | 336 |
| Army | 151 | 149 | 140 | 130 | 124 | 694 |
| Attorney General | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Commerce | 21 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 72 |
| Energy | 68 | 52 | 43 | 46 | 22 | 231 |
| EPA | 11 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 42 |
| FCC | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| HEW/HHS | 99 | 92 | 84 | 125 | 76 | 476 |
| Interior | 7 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 46 |
| Library of Congress | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NASA | 92 | 82 | 82 | 98 | 74 | 428 |
| Navy | 326 | 362 | 359 | 353 | 257 | 1,657 |
| NSA | 11 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 57 |
| NSF | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Postal Service | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| State Department | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Transportation | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Treasury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TVA | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
USA  2 |
1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| VA | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| Total | 963 | 900 | 904 | 901 | 670 | 4,338 |
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- Represents zero. 1: Data in this table represent utility patents assigned to agencies at the time of patent issue. (back to text)
2: United States of America - no agency indicated in database. (back to text)
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