United States Patent and Trademark Office
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| State level | Federation | ||
| legal form | Federal agency | ||
| Supervisory authority (s) | United States Department of Commerce | ||
| Consist | since 1836 | ||
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Alexandria (Virginia) United States
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| director | Andrei Iancu ( Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office ) | ||
| Employee | ~ 12,000 (2018) | ||
| Website | www.uspto.gov | ||
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is the United States Department of Commerce assumed Patent Office of the United States , the patents for inventions awards and for the establishment of brand and intellectual property rights is responsible. It has been based in Alexandria, Virginia, since 2006 .
history
The legal basis is the American Constitution.
"The Congress shall have Power [...] To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries"
The associated first patent law was passed in 1790. The patent authority became the Secretary of State , who appointed a Superintendent of Patents with an attached staff. The agency itself was founded in 1836 under the Secretary of States and directed by the Commissioner of Patents . All patents prior to 1836 are unnumbered and can therefore only be identified by name and date. In 1849 the patent office was subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior and in 1925 to the Ministry of Commerce.
organization
The patent authority is led by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office . He is nominated by the President of the United States and must be approved by the Senate .
The patent office is divided into different departments (offices):
- Office of the Commissioner for Patents
- Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks
- Office of the Administrator for External Affairs
- Office of the General Counsel
- Office of Public Affairs
- Office of the Chief Financial Officer
- Office of the Chief Information Officer
- Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
statistics
From 1963 to 2015, 629,647 patents were granted in the United States by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Verena Eike, Eva Späte: Protection of Intellectual Property in the USA: International Conventions, Patent Law, Trademark Law and Copyright April 17, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ USPTO Executive Biographies. USPTO, accessed January 21, 2016 .
- ↑ https://www.uspto.gov/about-us
- ↑ United States Patent and Trademark Office: Who We Are (English). Accessed August 10, 2010.
- ^ The National Archives: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office (English). Accessed August 12, 2010
- ↑ United States Patent and Trademark Office: USPTO Offices (English). Accessed August 12, 2010
- ↑ US Patent Statistics, Calendar Years 1963-2015 USPTO website, accessed September 15, 2018