The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on February. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.
The average time it takes to obtain a patent from the patent office at this time is about 32 months or a little under 3 years. [See the current wait time statistics at the USPTO website [ here ] (best viewed with Internet Explorer)].
At this time, a patent number will be assigned and a Certificate of Patent will be sent to the applicant. The term of a patent is 20 years from the Japanese filing date. The contents of the patent as entered in the Patent Register will be published in the Patent Gazette.