The USPTO's New Home Page

On December 20, 2011, the USPTO introduced a new home page design for the uspto.gov website. The new design was developed by a USPTO team after examining feedback from website visitors and Agency employees, looking at other websites within and outside the federal government, and by studying best practices in the field. Most of the navigation across the website remains the same, so any bookmarks you may have created will not need to change.

Because many of our website visitors are conducting timely business with the USPTO, we are keeping this older version of our home page accessible to accommodate those who need time to learn the elements of our new home page. It is important to note that this "retired home page" will only be accessible until February 29, 2012. We encourage you to begin using our new home page before that date.

The USPTO's online presence is just one of many enhancements planned as the Agency continues to deploy improvements to IT systems. The USPTO has created an email box at newhomepage@uspto.gov to receive comments, positive or negative, that may help the Agency guide future design enhancements. We welcome your thoughts.