PPT Slide
- First patent issued in July 1790
- Began numbering patents in 1836; already 4000 in existance
- Approx. 3100 PTP employees
- In U.S. patent applications are held in confidence until patent is granted
- Patenting U.S. Inventions abroad (first to file)
- Utility patent term of rights: 20 years from date you first apply
- Design patent term of rights: 14 years