USPTO annual reports

Performance and Accountability Report (PAR)

Fiscal Year 2017 PAR

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We are a leader in promoting strong and balanced intellectual property worldwide. In the past year, we have continued to progress toward achieving an optimal working level inventory of unexamined patent applications, continued to deliver high-quality trademark registrations within target pendency, established new programs and initiatives, and proactively engaged with the public.

As we continue to implement our Strategic Plan for 2014–2018, we remain focused on our mission to foster innovation, competitiveness and economic growth, domestically and abroad. Through our highly-skilled, diverse workforce, we deliver high-quality and timely examination of patent and trademark applications, guide domestic and international intellectual property policy, and deliver intellectual property information and education worldwide.

American ingenuity and creativity have long set the pace for discovery and advancement worldwide. Innovators, and the ideas they patent, are the foundation of economic growth and opportunity. We look forward to leading collaboration with our global IP partners to promote innovation for the betterment of all.

Please email questions regarding this plan to: PARmail@uspto.gov

Download the 2017 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]. Data tables can be found at the end of each report.

Prior Year PARs

FY 2016 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 2015 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 2014 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 2013 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 2012 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 2011 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 2010 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 2009 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 2008 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 2007 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 2006 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 2005 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 2004 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 2003 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 2002 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 2001 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 2000 Performance and Accountability Report [PDF]
FY 1999 Annual Report [PDF]
FY 1998 Annual Report
FY 1997 Annual Report [PDF]
FY 1996 Annual Report
FY 1995 Annual Report [PDF]
FY 1994 Annual Report [PDF]
FY 1993 Annual Report [PDF]

A Citizen's Guide to the United States Patent and Trademark Office

The Citizen's Guide is a companion reference report to the Performance and Accountability Report and the Summary of Financial and Performance Information. The Citizen's Guide outlines performance and resource highlights, presents priorities, and a look ahead. Within minutes a reader will know the essential facts, figures, future issues, and initiatives of the USPTO.