Table 4-15: Federal technology transfer indicators for selected agencies: FY 2001

Table 4-15

Federal technology transfer indicators for selected agencies: FY 2001

	Inventions disclosed		Patent applications		Patents issued

Federal agency	Number	Percent distribution	Number	Percent distribution	Number	Percent distribution

All 10 reporting	3,909	100.0	2,172	100.0	1,608	100.0
Top 5	3,780	96.7	2,090	96.2	1,566	97.4
DOD	1,005	25.7	809	37.2	619	38.5
DOE	1,527	39.1	792	36.5	605	37.6
HHS	434	11.1	255	11.7	119	7.4
NASA	696	17.8	151	7.0	159	9.9
USDA	118	3.0	83	3.8	64	4.0

DOD Department of Defense; DOE Department of Energy; HHS Department of Health and Human Services; NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration; USDA Department of Agriculture

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of the Secretary, Summary Report on Federal Laboratory Technology Transfer; 2002 Report to the President and the Congress Under the Technology Transfer and Commercialization Act, 2002. See appendix table 4-38.

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