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Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2003
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NOTE 9. Program Costs

Program costs are accumulated by USPTO strategic goals and consist of both costs related directly to the individual business lines and overall support costs allocated to the business lines. There were no costs that could not be assigned to specific programs. Total program or operating costs for the years ended September 30, 2003 and 2002 by cost category were as follows:

USPTO Program Costs by Cost Category for the Years Ended September 30, 2003 and 2002
(Dollars in Thousands)
  2003 2002
Direct Allocated Total Total
Personnel Services and Benefits $  609,326 $ 47,265 $  656,591 $  630,261
Unfunded Personnel Services and Benefits     38,226    4,778     43,004     35,372
Travel and Transportation      1,171    4,496      5,667      5,450
Rent, Communications, and Utilities     73,884   16,741     90,625     87,295
Printing and Reproduction     75,287      161     75,448     68,955
Contractual Services    147,113   82,543    229,656    220,074
Training      1,652      557      2,209      7,093
Maintenance and Repairs      7,940   13,181     21,121     16,389
Supplies and Materials      7,922    1,477      9,399      9,466
Equipment not Capitalized      6,099    3,314      9,413     9,303
Insurance Claims and Indemnities         18       41         59      1,686
Depreciation, Amortization, or Loss on Asset Dispositions     41,798   21,083     62,881     69,651
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Total Program Costs $1,010,436 $195,637 $1,206,073 $1,160,995
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