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Performing the functions and duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO
The USPTO’s Office of Patents examines applications and grants patents on inventions when applicants are entitled to them; it publishes and disseminates patent information, records assignments of patents, maintains search files of U.S. and foreign patents and maintains a search room for public use in examining issued patents and records.