At the end of the fiscal year of 2021, a total number of 5,976 patent application secrecy orders were in effect. A secrecy order is used to prevent the release of a technology that could endanger national security.
Number of patent applications stifled by U.S. Government secrecy orders from the fiscal years 2000 to 2021
Secrecy orders are a measure of the U.S. Government to control the release of new technologies that might threaten national defense and economic stability of the country. These orders are based on the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951.
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Federation of American Scientists, & USPTO. (December 5, 2021). Number of patent applications stifled by U.S. Government secrecy orders from the fiscal years 2000 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/257098/number-of-patent-applications-stifled-by-us-government-secrecy-orders/
Federation of American Scientists, und USPTO. "Number of patent applications stifled by U.S. Government secrecy orders from the fiscal years 2000 to 2021." Chart. December 5, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/257098/number-of-patent-applications-stifled-by-us-government-secrecy-orders/
Federation of American Scientists, USPTO. (2021). Number of patent applications stifled by U.S. Government secrecy orders from the fiscal years 2000 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/257098/number-of-patent-applications-stifled-by-us-government-secrecy-orders/
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Federation of American Scientists & USPTO, Number of patent applications stifled by U.S. Government secrecy orders from the fiscal years 2000 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/257098/number-of-patent-applications-stifled-by-us-government-secrecy-orders/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of patent applications stifled by U.S. Government secrecy orders from the fiscal years 2000 to 2021 [Graph], Federation of American Scientists, & USPTO, December 5, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/257098/number-of-patent-applications-stifled-by-us-government-secrecy-orders/
