Functions of the US Patent Office
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The role of the Patent Office is to grant patents for the protection of inventions. It serves the interest of inventors and businesses with respect to their inventions and corporate products.
The Patent Office examines applications and grants patents on inventions when applicants are entitled to them; it publishes and disseminates patent information, records assignments of patents, maintains search files of U.S. and foreign patents, and maintains a search room for public use in examining issued patents and records.
Patent applications are examined for both technical and legal merit.
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Some of the information provided herein was obtained from the United States Patent and Trademark website, www.uspto.gov. For further information, see the Patent Office inventor resources at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/iip/index.htm.
