The Patent and Trademark Office awarded 183,981 patents last year.

On June 15, 2010, the United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded Amazon.com a patent for "Social Networking System" based on its ownership of PlanetAll.

In December 2011 the Patent and Trademark Office awarded Liquidnet two United States patents relating to its global trading network.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded 'NX' Patent N. 7069244 for its 'simultaneous network news distribution' capabilities.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded him a patent in June 1969 (see below: Patents).

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) awarded Crossbeam a patent in December 2010 for its approach to network security services delivery.

America Is Back, And More Inventive The Patent and Trademark Office awarded 113,995 patents in 1995, the most for a single year in its history.

For the 10th year in a row, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded more patents to inventors at I.B.M. than to those at any other company.

At first, the Patent and Trademark Office awarded some of those trademarks, but after some confusion over its policy, it decided to ignore the .

The United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded Bell the master telephone patent, No. 174,465, dated March 7, 1876.