IP Protection: Our 2005 Accomplishments

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Patents Issued

In fiscal year 2005, the USPTO issued six patents for Goddard-developed technologies:

U.S. patent no.	technology title
6,844,856	Minimum Cycle Slip Airborne Differential Carrier Phase GPS Antenna
6,847,354	Three-Dimensional Interactive Display
6,862,558	Empirical Mode Decomposition for Analyzing Acoustical Signals
6,895,115	Method for Implementation of Recursive Hierarchical Segmentation on Parallel Computers
6,901,353	Computing Instantaneous Frequency by Normalizing Hilbert Transform
6,936,122	Adhesive Bubble Removal Method and Apparatus for Fiber Optic Applications

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Patent Applications Filed

Two types of patent applications can be filed with the USPTO: provisional and nonprovisional applications. A full, nonprovisional patent application is a relatively complicated document to prepare with a significant filing fee, while provisional applications are less complicated to prepare and give the applicant an additional year to file the full application without compromising its IP protection rights.

Both types of applications are useful for Goddard’s Innovative Partnerships Program. A patent cannot be obtained from the USPTO without filing a full, nonprovisional patent application. But in some cases, Goddard needs time to determine whether a full, nonprovisional patent application should be filed. This is useful when additional testing of a new technology is needed or when the non-NASA potential for the technology is uncertain.

In FY05, Goddard filed 17 provisional and 21 full, nonprovisional patent applications. Total filings were up slightly from FY04 as shown in the chart below.

FY03=16, FY04-33, FY05=38