Note 13. Program Costs by Category and Responsibility Segment

The program costs for the years ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 by cost category and business line were as follows:

USPTO Program Costs for the year ended September 30, 2008 (Dollars in Thousands)   2008 Patent Trademark Intellectual Property Protection Total Direct Costs         Personnel Services and Benefits $  993,585  $101,728 $  17,868 $1,113,181  Travel and Transportation        756        190      2,810     3,756 Rent, Communications, and Utilities     72,608     7,311     2,586     82,505  Printing and Reproduction     59,378       435        73     59,886  Contractual Services    226,180    19,411     6,607    252,198  Training      4,475       279       282      5,036  Maintenance and Repairs      2,400       616       101      3,117  Supplies and Materials      8,620       478       250      9,348  Equipment not Capitalized      5,867     1,340       185      7,392  Insurance Claims and Indemnities       134        —         —       134 Depreciation, Amortization, or Loss on Asset Dispositions     35,787      5,410       505     41,702  Subtotal Direct Costs  1,409,790    137,198    31,267  1,578,255  Allocated Costs         Automation    121,704    28,118     3,750    153,572  Resource Management    124,162    27,271     9,330    160,763  Subtotal Allocated Costs    245,866    55,389    13,080    314,335  Total Program Costs $1,655,656  $192,587 $  44,347 $1,892,590

The unfunded portion of personnel services and benefits for the year ended September 30, 2008 was $11,255 thousand.

USPTO Program Costs for the year ended September 30, 2007 (Dollars in Thousands)   2007 Patent Trademark Intellectual Property Protection Total Direct Costs         Personnel Services and Benefits $  867,064  $ 99,762 $   13,079  $  979,905  Travel and Transportation      1,134        120      3,463     4,717 Rent, Communications, and Utilities     71,141     7,792      2,239      81,172  Printing and Reproduction     69,960       752        94     70,806  Contractual Services    223,589    24,355      1,902     249,846  Training      3,609       301        189       4,099  Maintenance and Repairs      5,361     1,014        135       6,510  Supplies and Materials      8,523       282        322       9,127  Equipment not Capitalized      3,177     1,118        316       4,611  Insurance Claims and Indemnities        34        —        —        34 Depreciation, Amortization, or Loss on Asset Dispositions     32,257      7,307        401      39,965  Subtotal Direct Costs  1,285,849    142,803     22,140   1,450,792  Allocated Costs         Automation    100,955    34,250      2,102     137,307  Resource Management    146,247    27,474      7,838     181,559  Subtotal Allocated Costs    247,202    61,724      9,940     318,866  Total Program Costs $1,533,051  $204,527 $   32,080  $1,769,658

The unfunded portion of personnel services and benefits for the year ended September 30, 2007 was $13,994 thousand.

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