The USPTO is proud to serve innovators as your patent and trademark protection agency. It's been a busy first 100 days with the new administration – and we’re not slowing down. In the first 100 days: · 103,363 patents granted · 124,252 trademarks registered • 50,000 expunged trademark registrations for unused goods and services · More than $7 million in contract savings | United States Patent and Trademark Office

50 years of a space vehicle patent that rocket-ed the world. On this day in 1975, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration patented a space vehicle with improvements to the ascent configuration, expanding the possibilities for space exploration. Features of U.S. patent No. 3,866,863: 🚀 A winged orbiter with an elongated fuselage 🚀 An elongated tank assembly connected with the main engines for supplying liquid propellants 🚀 A booster stage comprising a pair of integrated solid rock