| S&E field | Number |
|---|---|
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 60,742 |
| Health sciences | 49,923 |
| Computer and information sciences | 24,703 |
| Engineering | 21,086 |
| Chemistry | 14,014 |
| Physics | 11,536 |
| Materials science | 2,249 |
| All other fields | 4,994 |
USPTO = Patent and Trademark Office.
See Table SINV-21 for additional detail.
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics; Science-Metrix; PatentsView, USPTO, accessed June 2023; Elsevier, Scopus abstract and citation database, accessed May 2023.
Science and Engineering Indicators