Overview

• More than 1,000 US patents granted to China-based inventors since 2010 were funded by US government agencies.
• Key fields include biotechnology, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, and chemical engineering.
• The Department of Health and Human Services funded 356 patents, the highest among US agencies.
• The data has intensified calls to reconsider the US-China Science and Technology Agreement.
• The agreement, first signed in 1979, has been extended multiple times despite growing security concerns.