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Engineering and Research Industry Overview

Quantity

Unit

Year

Source

Total R&D Spending, Worldwide

1,100

Bil. US$

2008

PRE

Total U.S. R&D Spending

3757

Bil. US$

2008

PRE

Spending on R&D as a Percent of GDP:

All Industrialized Nations

2.2

%

2008

PRE

U.S.

2.6

%

2008

PRE

Japan

3.2

%

2008

PRE

EU

2.0

%

2008

PRE

China

1.5

%

2008

PRE

India

0.8

%

2008

PRE

Total Proposed U.S. Federal R&D Budget

142.6

Bil. US$

2009

NSF

Proposed R&D, National Defense

84.5

Bil. US$

2009

NSF

Proposed R&D, National Institutes of Health

28.7

Bil. US$

2009

NSF

Proposed R&D, Space Research & Technology

12.3

Bil. US$

2009

NSF

Proposed R&D, General Science & Basic Research

10.2

Bil. US$

2009

NSF

Proposed R&D, Energy

2.5

Bil. US$

2009

NSF

Proposed R&D, Natural Resources & Environment

2.1

Bil. US$

2009

NSF

Proposed R&D, Agriculture

1.6

Bil. US$

2009

NSF

Proposed R&D, Transportation

1.4

Bil. US$

2009

NSF

Department of Energy Funding for Scientific Research

9.4

Bil. US$

2009

NSF

U.S. Employment in Architecture & Engineering Occupations

1.4

Billion

2008

BLS

U.S. Employment in Life, Physical & Social Science Occupations

1.3

Billion

May-07

BLS

U.S. Employment in Scientific R&D Occupations

621.7

Million

2008

BLS

Requested Budget for Nanotechnology R&D, U.S. Government

1.53

Bil. US$

2009

NNI

Private & Public Investment in Nanotechnology, Worldwide

10.0

Bil. US$

2009

PRE

Biopharmaceutical R&D Spending, PhRMA Member Companies, U.S.

38.4

Bil. US$

2008

PhRMA

Biopharmaceutical R&D Spending, PhRMA Member Companies, World

50.3

Bil. US$

2008

PhRMA

U.S. Patents

Patents Granted by Recipient, 2008:

Number

%

Source

Total Patents Granted

157,283

100.0

USPTO

U.S. Corporation

70,498

44.8

USPTO

U.S. Individual

9,898

6.3

USPTO

Foreign Corporation

71,955

45.7

USPTO

Foreign Individual

4,139

2.6

USPTO

Top Patenting University, 2008

Univ. of California: 333 Patents

USPTO

Top Private Sector Patent Recipient, 2008

IBM: 3,125 Patents

USPTO

Top Country Receiving Patents, 2008

Japan: 35,942 Patents

USPTO

PRE = Plunkett Research estimate.

NSF = National Science Foundation

PhRMA = Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

BLS = U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

NNI = U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative

USPTO = U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Source: Plunkett Research, Ltd.

Plunkett's Engineering & Research Industry Almanac 2009

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