(WIPO code: US) (last revised March 2024)

by BACHMAN & LaPOINTE, P.C., New Haven, Connecticut

General Information

Area

9,629,091 sq. km.

Population

339,665,118 (2023).

Capital

Washington, D.C., with 678,972 inhabitants (2023).

Language

English (with sizeable Spanish speaking minority).

Currency

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

Main trading partners

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

General Remarks

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