No, a US patent is only enforceable in the courts of the USA. A US patent application can, however, provide a priority basis for filings in other countries and in the European Patent Office for coverage outside of the USA.
99,220, including utility patents, plant patents, design patents, and reissues.
Google Patents is a good source to see how many product patents there are. It is also a good source to apply for one.
US Patents for anything are good for 17 years.
The USPTO granted a total of 247,727 patents from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011, including Reissue Patents, Plant Patents, Design Patents, and Utility Patents.
As of 2010, General Electric (GE) has 1,222 patents. Aside from this, they have filed 37, 268 patents in the US.
ALL US patents expire within a timeframe.
The US Patent Office issued 99,200 total patents from 1 January 1990 to 31 December 1990, including 9 reissue patents, 6 plant patents, 194 design patents, and 98,991 utility patents.
U.S. patents are only effective in the United States, its territories, and its possessions
Kia Silverbrook. Silverbrook is listed as an inventor on 3123 issued US utility patents.
Marconi had 33 US patents and 6 UK patents, for developments in wireless telegraphy.
Thomas Edison held 1093 US patents, and over 2000 worldwide.
There are hundreds of cosmetics with US patents.