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Patents issued under revised numbering scheme of the Patent Act of 1836; Patent Number Patent Title Issue Date Days Since Last Millionth Issue 1 [67] Traction Wheels: July 13, 1836 1,000,000 [68] Vehicle Tire: August 8, 1911: 27,419 2,000,000 [69] Vehicle Wheel Construction: May 12, 1932: 7,583 3,000,000 [70] Automatic Reading System: May 6 ...
Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) is an online service provided by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to allow users to see the prosecution histories of United States patents and patent applications and obtain copies of documents filed therein. There are two services: Public PAIR, which allows the general public to ...
In tandem, the Under Secretary is also the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office within the Commerce Department, filling dual roles. [ 1 ] The Under Secretary is appointed by the President of the United States , with the consent of the United States Senate , to serve at the pleasure of the President.
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (American Inventor’s Protection Act of November 29, 1999) [4] Q. Todd Dickinson: 1998: January 19, 2001 Nicholas P. Godici (acting) January 2001: November 30, 2001 [4] James E. Rogan: December 10, 2001: January 9, 2004 Jon Dudas: 2004 ...
The Office of Independent Inventor Programs (OIIP) was a department of the United States Patent and Trademark Office established in March 1999. Its stated purpose was to "establish new mechanisms to better disseminate information about the patent and trademark processes" and to facilitate communication between the USPTO and independent inventors through educational and outreach programs. [1]
The USPTO pilot, officially announced in the USPTO's Official Gazette of 26 June 2007, [14] was initially restricted to patent applications from Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software and Information Security) that are voluntarily submitted to the project by the owner/assignee. The extended pilot has expanded to include so ...
A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patents. In other words, "patent offices are government bodies that may grant a patent or reject the patent application based on whether the application fulfils the requirements for patentability ."
In October 2005, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued interim guidelines [32] for patent examiners to determine if a given claimed invention meets the statutory requirements of being a useful process, manufacture, composition of matter or machine (35 U.S.C. § 101). These guidelines assert that a process, including a ...