Patent and Trademark Office

{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-003651",
  "term": "Patent and Trademark Office",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce responsible for granting patents for inventions and registering trademarks for products and services. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) examines patent applications to determine if an invention is novel, useful, and non-obvious, and it reviews trademark applications for distinctiveness and potential conflicts. Its decisions are appealable to the federal courts, beginning with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for patent cases.",
  "abbreviation": "PTO",
  "see_also": [
    "United States Patent and Trademark Office"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/patent-and-trademark-office/"
}