| U.S.
Engineering and Research Industry Overview |
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Total
U.S.
R&D Spending |
265 |
billion
US$ |
2005 |
PRE |
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Spending
on R&D as a Percent of GDP: |
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All
Industrialized Nations |
2.2 |
% |
2004 |
PRE |
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U.S. |
2.7 |
% |
2004 |
PRE |
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Japan |
3.0 |
% |
2004 |
PRE |
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EU |
2.0 |
% |
2004 |
PRE |
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Total
Federal Proposed R&D Budget, 2005 |
127 |
billion
US$ |
2005 |
NSF |
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R&D
for National Defense |
74 |
billion
US$ |
2005 |
NSF |
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Non-defense
R&D |
53 |
billion
US$ |
2005 |
NSF |
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Federal
Funding for Research in 2004, by Agency (Preliminary Figures): |
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Department
of Health and Human Services1
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28 |
billion
US$ |
2004 |
NSF |
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Department
of Defense |
6 |
billion
US$ |
2004 |
NSF |
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Department
of Energy |
6 |
billion
US$ |
2004 |
NSF |
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NASA2
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6 |
billion
US$ |
2004 |
NSF |
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National
Science Foundation |
4 |
billion
US$ |
2004 |
NSF |
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U.S.
Department of Agriculture |
2 |
billion
US$ |
2004 |
NSF |
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Venture
Funding for Nanotechnology, U.S. |
200 |
million
US$ |
2004 |
Lux
Research |
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Total
U.S.
Industry Biopharmaceutical R&D Spending |
49 |
billion
US$ |
2004 |
PhRMA |
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Total
NIH Investment in Biopharmaceutical R&D Spending |
28 |
billion
US$ |
2004 |
PhRMA |
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Employment
in Engineering and Drafting Companies |
796,700 |
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2004 |
BLS |
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Employment
in R&D Companies |
547,700 |
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2004 |
BLS |
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Employment
in Testing Laboratories |
144,300 |
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2004 |
BLS |
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Total
Patents Awarded to the Top Ten Patenting Universities |
1,202 |
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2004 |
USPTO |
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Total
Patents Awarded to the Top Ten Private Sector Recipients |
17,856 |
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2004 |
USPTO |
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Total
Patents Awarded to the U.S.
Government |
829 |
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2004 |
USPTO |
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1
Beginning in 2000, the National Institutes of Health
classified all of its development activities as research. |
| 2
Beginning in 2000, NASA reclassified and transferred
funding for the space station and space station research from R&D
to R&D plant. |
| PRE
= Plunkett Research estimate. |
| NSF
= National Science Foundation |
| PhRMA
= Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America |
| BLS
= U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| USPTO
= U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office |
| IEEE
= Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| NIH
= National Institutes of Health |
