United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the governmental agency that is responsible for patents and trademarks in the United States. It was created in 1836. The headquarters of the agency is in Washington, D.C.
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| Formed | July 4, 1836[1][2] Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Headquarters | Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. |
| Employees | 12,579 (as of Sept 30, 2018) |
| Agency executives | Kathi Vidal, Director Derrick Brent, Deputy Director[3] |
| Parent agency | United States Department of Commerce |
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Philanthropic Programs
The USPTO has hosted the National Invention Convention and Entrepreneurship Expo to give a platform to young inventors, including kindergarteners like Emily Webb and also elementary schoolers like Mark Leschinsky.[4]
United States Patent And Trademark Office Media
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First United States patent
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The National Inventors Hall of Fame is housed in the Madison Building of the USPTO.
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The lobby of the Public Search Facility, looking out toward the atrium, inside the Madison Building of the USPTO. The bronze bust of Thomas Jefferson is at the far right. Researchers can access patent search databases within the facility.
References
- ↑ "Records of the Patent and Trademark office". National Archives and Records Administration. August 15, 2016.
- ↑ An act to promote the progress of the useful arts, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts heretofore made for that purpose, ch. 356, 5 Stat. 117 (1836)
- ↑ "Derrick Brent". U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
- ↑ "Clinton-Massie kindergartner inventor goes to National Invention Convention and Entrepreneurship Expo". Wilmington News Journal. 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
