Noun
the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones
Source: WordNetI was sitting in a chair in the patent office at Bern when all of a sudden a thought occurred to me: "If a person falls freely he will not feel his own weight." I was startled. This simple thought made a deep impression on me. It impelled me toward a theory of gravitation. Albert Einstein
A patent, or invention, is any assemblage of technologies or ideas that you can put together that nobody put together that way before. That's how the patent office defines it. That's an invention. Dean Kamen
Lincoln said that the Patent Office adds the flame of interest to the light of creativity. And that is why we need to improve the effectiveness of our Patent Office. Jay Inslee
Allen (2001), p. 19 citation Thornton's design was officially approved in a letter dated April 5, 1793, from Washington, and Thornton served as the first Architect of the Capitol (and later first Superintendent of the United States Patent Office ). Source: Internet
After Oxford Jackson got a job as a clerk in the Patent Office in London and arranged a job there for Housman too. Source: Internet
A proposal to have it transferred to the Patent Office came to nothing. Source: Internet