United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patents for Humanity Winners to be Named April 11

The USPTO will honor patent holders who have made use of patented technologies to address humanitarian challenges on April 11 in a Capitol Hill ceremony. The Patents for Humanity initiative advances the president’s global development agenda by rewarding companies and individuals who bring life-saving technologies to underserved people of the world.

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Independent Inventor Conference Coming to the Midwest

We're holding a Kansas Regional Independent Inventors Conference April 19-20 at the National Center for Aviation Training facility in Wichita. Co-sponsored by Wichita State University, the conference will educate the public on protecting intellectual property though patents and trademarks. Space is limited, so sign up now.

Watch Our Software Partnership Listening Sessions

We now have videos available of last month's software partnership roundtables held in Silicon Valley and New York City.

The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government

USPTO Again Named to Top Places to Work in Federal Government

The USPTO was named one of the federal government’s Best Places to Work in 2012 by the non-profit Partnership for Public Service. The USPTO ranked 5th out of 292 federal agency subcomponents. In 2009, USPTO ranked 105th, then rose to 56th in 2010, and 19th in 2011.

Read Official-Looking Solicitations Carefully

The USPTO has received numerous complaints from patent and trademark owners about official-looking solicitations asking for money that are not from the USPTO.