(as reported by the Patent & Trademark Office)
http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/invention/stats.pdf
FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09
Total Secrecy Orders in Effect 4915 4942 5002 5023 5081
(at end of period)
New Secrecy Orders Imposed 106 108 128 68 103
Secrecy Orders Rescinded 76 81 68 47 45
Sponsoring Agencies for
New Secrecy Orders
Foreign Origin 23 3 10 10 23
ARMY 14 2 22 8 9
NAVY 8 36 28 8 39
AF 46 40 45 20 21
DOE 6 7 0 2 0
NSA 9 20 21 20 12
DTSA 2 0 0
NIH 0 0 0 0 0
New DoD Secrecy Order Types
Type 1 (export control) 11 19 15 21 41
Type 2 (classified) 42 52 68 25 24
Type 2 (foreign PSA) 24 3 11 10 23
Type 3 23 27 34 10 15
New Non-DoD Secrecy Orders 6 7 0 2 0
"John Doe" Secrecy Orders
(imposed on private inventors) 32 29 53 22 21
Sponsoring Agencies for
New Secrecy Orders
Foreign OriginARMY
NAVY
AF
DOE
NSA
DTSA
NIH
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