IP policy publications

Where are U.S. women patentees? Assessing three decades of growth

USPTO REPORT

A U.S. county-level analysis of women’s patenting from 1990 to 2019 (October 2022)

Report to Congress

Public views on how current jurisprudence affects investment and innovation (June 2022)

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USPTO REPORT

A summary of public views on the article of manufacture requirement of 35 U.S.C § 171 (April 2022)

Intellectual Property and the U.S. Economy: Third Edition report cover art

USPTO report

An updated examination of the importance of IP-intensive industries to the U.S. economy (March 2022)

A network and icons showing a range of industry types and technology systems

USPTO REPORT

An examination of companies that filed the most U.S. patents in key 5G technologies (February 2022)

Secondary Trademark Infringement Liability in the E-Commerce Setting

USPTO Report

Summary of responses to Federal Register Notice PTO-T-2020-0035 (August 2021)

Additional publications

USPTO reports

Trademarks and patents in China (January 2021)
Progress and Potential: 2020 update on U.S. women inventor-patentees (July 2020)
Report to Congress pursuant to P.L. 115-273, the SUCCESS Act (October 2019)
Progress and Potential: A profile of women inventors on U.S. Patents (February 2019)

IP policy and international affairs bulletins

A series of short reports on current international IP issues.

As industrial designs move to the virtual environment, laws and practices around the globe are changing (October 2022)
Recent IP-related actions by Russia create challenges for U.S. rights holders (June 2022)
Report on the 2021 WIPO Assemblies (November 2021)

Economic research publications

Groundbreaking research and policy findings from the USPTO’s Office of the Chief Economist on the economics of intellectual property, including evaluating the nature, role, and impact of IP on innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic performance.