Your USPTO

Washington hosts recipients of the National Medals of Science, Technology and Innovation, along with National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees. Those honored by the president represented a diverse field from different walks of life throughout the world.

For the first time in its nearly 200 years of existence, the patent office had a major presence west of the Mississippi River. The RMRO serves nine states: Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

Effective November 8, the USPTO’s Patent Center system will fully replace the EFS-Web system and the Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR) tool for the electronic filing and management of patent applications. The transition to the Patent Center system is essential to ensure that USPTO tools continue to meet and evolve with user needs for patent application filing and retrieval. 

NASA scientist Robert Bryant’s persistence with a special polymer paved his way to the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Bryant’s perspective on a special polymer moved its use from the troposphere to inside the human body.

Opened on October 15, 2015, the USPTO’s Silicon Valley Regional Office (SVRO) is appropriately housed in one of the area’s most impressive technological triumphs: San Jose City Hall, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier and built in 2005.

USPTO, U.S. Administration work to leverage artificial intelligence’s promise—and minimize its potential problems.

Rory Cooper has devoted his life to accomplishing big things for a small segment of the American population.

Single mother and secretary Bette Nesmith Graham conquered fear to create a revolutionary office invention. Her lifelong passion for the arts—combined with a healthy dose of perseverance—saved her career.

The stately portrait of Elijah J. McCoy—a Canadian-American engineer of African-American descent who invented lubrication systems for steam engines—stands proudly at the first regional office in the history of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Meeting with leaders of world’s 5 largest IP offices focused on sustainable innovation, net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Our work ties directly into the U.S. administration’s priority to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

In support of its initiatives to expand inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship to grow jobs and improve lives, the USPTO announced the renaming of its Edison Visiting Scholars Program after Dr. Marian Rogers Croak.

Enter the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Its Council for Inclusive Innovation (CI2) First-Time Filer Expedited Examination Pilot Program improves access to the patent application process for participants filing nonprovisional patent applications for the first time.