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United States of America

United States of America flag
(WIPO code: US)
(last revised January 2025)
by BACHMAN & LaPOINTE, P.C., New Haven, Connecticut

Area

9,629,091 sq. km.

Population

340,110,988 (2024).

Capital

Washington, D.C., with 702,250 inhabitants (2024).

Currency

U.S. dollar (USD) ($1 = 100 cents).

Language

English (with sizeable Spanish speaking minority).

Main trading partners

Mexico, Canada, People’s Republic of China, Japan, Germany, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and U.K.

The United States is one of the largest countries in the world in both population and area, and is located in the center of North America. There are fifty state governments in addition to the Federal Government. The intellectual property laws of the U.S. are now over 200 years old, with the first patent and copyright acts enacted in 1790, and are effective in the United States proper and Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa.

Applications filed Issued
Patents (FY 2023)
Utility patents 462,242 310,245
Design patents 53,679 34,673
Plant patents 865 788
Trademarks (FY 2023)
Registrations 537,182 316,322
Renewals 96,913 93,328

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