Different countries have their corresponding "patent offices".
There are two basic types of utilty patents: the non-provisional and the provisional application. Both types of patent applications are held in confidence by the USPTO, they will not show your application to anyone. Design patents are always non-provisional applications.
Race is not considered in patent applications.
This information describes only U.S. Patents. For utility applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, the patent expires 20 years from the filing date of the earliest U.S. application to which priority is claimed (excluding provisional applications). For utility applications that were pending on and for patents that were still in force on June 8, 1995, the patent expires either 17 years from the issue date or 20 years from the filing date of the earliest U.S. or international (PCT) application to which priority is claimed (excluding provisional applications), the longer term applying. Design patents expire 14 years from the date of issue.
The patent office of each country examines patent applications for new products and processes to ensure their novelty, and issues patents, which give the inventors a temporary monopoly on their inventions.
A search at the USPTO website conducted on 31 July 2012 shows that Loctite is listed as an Assignee on 461 US patents and 100 US patent applications.
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Pending patents refer to applications already filed in the patent office. Proposed patents refer to business strategy about whether and when to file a patent application.
As of 25 June 2010, NASA is listed at the USPTO (under NASA or "National Aeronautics and Space Administration") as the assignee on 57 patents and 176 published patent applications.
A patent office, which is an office controlled by the government, controls the issuing of patents as well as the rejection of patent applications. It is based on whether the patent fulfills the requirements to be patented.
George Washinton Carver was a black American. He invented peanut butter.
99,220, including utility patents, plant patents, design patents, and reissues.
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.