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Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2003
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NOTE 10. Program Costs by Category and Responsibility Segment

The program costs for the years ended September 30, 2003 and 2002 by cost category and business line were as follows:

USPTO Program Costs for the Years Ended September 30, 2003 and 2002
(Dollars in Thousands)
  2003 2002
Patents Trademarks Total Total
Direct Costs        

Personnel Services and Benefits

$  546,336 $ 62,990 $  609,326 $  587,659 

Unfunded Personnel Services and Benefits

    34,157    4,069     38,226     32,545 

Travel and Transportation

     1,003      168      1,171      1,292 

Rent, Communications, and Utilities

    65,983    7,901     73,884     72,961 

Printing and Reproduction

    72,731    2,556     75,287     67,493 

Contractual Services

   127,011   20,102    147,113    143,418 

Training

     1,408      244      1,652      6,929 

Maintenance and Repairs

     6,551    1,389      7,940      7,262 

Supplies and Materials

     7,517      405      7,922      7,977 

Equipment not Capitalized

     4,499    1,600      6,099      6,159 

Insurance Claims and Indemnities

        16        2         18       (302)

Depreciation, Amortization, or Loss on Asset Dispositions

    37,159    4,639     41,798     45,897 
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Subtotal Direct Costs

   904,371  106,065  1,010,436    979,290 
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Allocated Costs        

Automation

    82,511   12,703     95,214     91,544 

Resource Management

    87,216   13,207    100,423     90,161 
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Subtotal Allocated Costs

   169,727   25,910    195,637    181,705 
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Total Program Costs $1,074,098 $131,975 $1,206,073 $1,160,995 
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