Us Patent Office Building
The building houses two smithsonian institution museums.
Us patent office building. Covers an entire city block defined by f and g streets and 7th and 9th streets nw in chinatown. Treasury built 1836 42 and the old patent office built 1836 40. Designed 1814 erected 1815 29 and washington d c.
The class a office building was completed in 2005 and features a total of 381 728 sqft. The uspto mission is to ensure that the intellectual property system contributes to a strong global economy encourages investment in innovation and fosters entrepreneurial spirit. It served as one of the earliest united states patent office buildings.
Designed 1836 completed 1884. About us careers contact us. Learn about patent classification filing online checking application status responding to office actions patent trial and appeal board petitions.
The main goal of the uspto is to receive patent applications from patent agents and patent attorneys to examine the claims to respond by writing rejections and eventually where appropriate to grant allowances. The united states patent and trademark office uspto is located in a complex of new buildings at 600 dulany street in alexandria va. The uspto is unique among federal agencies because it operates solely on fees collected by its users and not on taxpayer dollars.
More tools links. Resolve disputes regarding patents with ptab. The historic old patent office building in washington d c.
Us patent and trademark office henry remsen jr. Construction of the building started in 1836 on the south wing that same year and though it wasn t completed until 1842 the patent office moved there in 1840. Reynolds center for american art and portraiture in honor of a gift from the donald w.