Patent And Trademark Office

1 to promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries for a certain period of time article i section 8 of the united states constitution.

Patent and trademark office. The united states patent and trademark office uspto was established by the act of july 19 1952 35 u s c. Department of commerce that issues patents to inventors and businesses for their inventions and trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification. The intellectual property office ipo is the official uk government body responsible for intellectual property ip rights including patents designs trade marks and copyright.

Ipo is an. Patent and trademark office. The uspto is unique among federal agencies because it operates solely on fees collected by its users and not on taxpayer dollars.

Patent basics process overview using legal services inventor resources international cooperation patent faqs application process patent search search for patents learn about patent classification filing online checking application status responding to office actions patent trial and appeal board petitions. 1 800 786 9199 8 30 am 8 00 pm et tty. Executive department sub.

The united states patent and trademark office uspto is an agency in the u s. Text and image search page with links to options for boolean combined marks and number searches from the us trademark electronic search system tess. Patent and trademark information in the united states including free database searching of registered trademarks registration information pricing and contact phone numbers.