(WIPO code: US) (last revised March 2024)
by BACHMAN & LaPOINTE, P.C., New Haven, Connecticut
(WIPO code: US) (last revised March 2024)
by BACHMAN & LaPOINTE, P.C., New Haven, Connecticut
9,629,091 sq. km.
339,665,118 (2023).
Washington, D.C., with 678,972 inhabitants (2023).
English (with sizeable Spanish speaking minority).
U.S. dollar (USD) ($1 = 100 cents).
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.
Statistics | ||
Applications filed | Issued | |
Patents (FY 2023) | ||
Utility patents | 462,215 | 310,245 |
Design patents | 53,665 | 34,673 |
Plant patents | 813 | 788 |
Trademarks (FY 2023) | ||
Registrations | 537,182 | 316,322 |
Renewals | 96,913 | 93,328 |