| # | Clue | Answer As Given | Value | Round | Category | Air Date | Show |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The govt. reached a milestone in 2018, awarding its 10 millionth of these protections; more than 100,000 have gone to IBM | patents DD | $4,200 | DJ | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS | 2018-09-24 | #7826 | |
| Congress protects intellectual property by issuing these, hitting number 9 million in 2015 | patents | $800 | J | CONGRESSIONAL POWERS | 2017-12-13 | #7653 | |
| First Congress firsts include the first board to grant these for inventions, now numbering over 6,000,000 | patents | $800 | DJ | THE FIRST CONGRESS | 2002-01-29 | #4012 |