What is United States Patent and Trademark Office?
{{Infobox government agency |agency_name=United States Patent and Trademark Office |nativename= |nativename_a= |nativename_r= |image=Usptojamesmadisonbuildingsouthside.jpg |image_size= |image_caption=The James Madison building on the campus of the United States Patent and Trademark Office headquarters in [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]]. This is the largest building on the campus. |logo= |logo_width= |logo_caption= |seal=Seal of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.svg |seal_width=140 |seal_caption=Seal of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |formed={{start date and age|1836|7|4}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/241.html |title=Records of the Patent and Trademark office |work=[[National Archives and Records Administration]] |date=August 15, 2016 }}</ref><ref>An act to promote the progress of the useful arts, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts heretofore made for that purpose, ch. 356, {{USStat|5|117}} (1836)</ref><br />[[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States|U.S.]] |preceding1= |preceding2= |dissolved= |superseding= |jurisdiction= |headquarters=[[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]], [[Virginia]], U.S. |coordinates={{coord|38.801499|-77.063835|display=inline,title|type:landmark_region:US}} |region_code= |employees=12,579 (as of Sept 30, 2018) |budget= |minister1_name= |minister1_pfo= |minister2_name= |minister2_pfo= |chief1_name=[[Kathi Vidal]] |chief1_position=Director |chief2_name=Derrick Brent |chief2_position=Deputy Director<ref>{{cite web |title=Derrick Brent |url=https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/derrick-brent |publisher=U.S. Patent & Trademark Office |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref> |parent_agency=[[United States Department of Commerce]] |child1_agency= |child2_agency= |website={{URL|www.uspto.gov}} |footnotes= |chief4_name= |chief4_position= |chief5_name= |chief5_position= |chief6_name= |chief6_position= |chief7_name= |chief7_position= |chief8_name= |chief8_position= |chief9_name= |chief9_position= |parent_department=}} The '''United States