United States Patent and Trademark Office
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency responsible for granting patents, registering trademarks, and overseeing key aspects of intellectual property protection in the United States.
All labels observed (12)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4589 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Patent and Trademark Office Context triple: [National Medal of Technology and Innovation, administeredBy, United States Patent and Trademark Office]
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A.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
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B.
United States Department of the Treasury
The United States Department of the Treasury is the federal executive department responsible for managing national finances, including collecting taxes, producing currency, and formulating economic and fiscal policy.
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C.
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is an independent U.S. government agency that funds and promotes fundamental research and education in all non-medical fields of science and engineering.
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D.
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State is the federal executive department responsible for the country’s foreign policy, international relations, and diplomatic missions abroad.
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E.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is the federal agency responsible for overseeing and ensuring the safe use of nuclear materials and facilities in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Patent and Trademark Office Target entity description: The United States Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency responsible for granting patents, registering trademarks, and overseeing key aspects of intellectual property protection in the United States.
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A.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
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B.
United States Department of the Treasury
The United States Department of the Treasury is the federal executive department responsible for managing national finances, including collecting taxes, producing currency, and formulating economic and fiscal policy.
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C.
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is an independent U.S. government agency that funds and promotes fundamental research and education in all non-medical fields of science and engineering.
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D.
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State is the federal executive department responsible for the country’s foreign policy, international relations, and diplomatic missions abroad.
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E.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is the federal agency responsible for overseeing and ensuring the safe use of nuclear materials and facilities in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
federal agency
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intellectual property office ⓘ patent office ⓘ trademark office ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
United States Patent and Trademark Office
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
USPTO
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| alsoKnownAs |
United States Patent and Trademark Office
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surface form:
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
United States Patent and Trademark Office ⓘ
surface form:
United States PTO
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employerOf |
administrative patent judges
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administrative trademark judges ⓘ patent examiners ⓘ trademark examining attorneys ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersLocation |
Crystal City
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surface form:
Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia
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| foundedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| hasOffice |
Dallas, Texas
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Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Denver, Colorado
Detroit ⓘ
surface form:
Detroit, Michigan
San Jose ⓘ
surface form:
San Jose, California
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| headquartersLocation |
Alexandria, Virginia
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Title 15 of the United States Code
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Title 35 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| mission | to foster innovation, competitiveness, and economic growth through strong intellectual property protection ⓘ |
| operates |
United States Patent and Trademark Office
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Patent Trial and Appeal Board
United States Patent and Trademark Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
United States Patent and Trademark Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
United States Patent and Trademark Office Academy
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| parentOrganization |
U.S. Department of Commerce
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surface form:
United States Department of Commerce
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| participatesIn |
World Intellectual Property Organization activities
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international intellectual property treaties implementation ⓘ |
| predecessor |
United States Patent and Trademark Office
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Patent and Trademark Office
United States Patent and Trademark Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
United States Patent Office
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| responsibility |
advising the U.S. government on intellectual property policy
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examining patent applications ⓘ examining trademark applications ⓘ granting patents ⓘ maintaining patent records ⓘ maintaining trademark registrations ⓘ promoting industrial and technological progress ⓘ registering trademarks ⓘ |
| supervises |
patent classification system
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trademark classification system ⓘ |
| typeOfPatentsGranted |
design patents
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plant patents ⓘ utility patents ⓘ |
| website | https://www.uspto.gov ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United States Patent and Trademark Office Description of subject: The United States Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency responsible for granting patents, registering trademarks, and overseeing key aspects of intellectual property protection in the United States.
Referenced by (62)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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partOf
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United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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headOf
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United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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seat
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United States Patent and Trademark Office
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this entity surface form:
USPTO headquarters, Alexandria, Virginia
Trademark Electronic Application System
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governingBody
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United States Patent and Trademark Office
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this entity surface form:
USPTO Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks
this entity surface form:
United States Patent Office
this entity surface form:
United States Patent Office
this entity surface form:
United States Patent Office
subject surface form:
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
this entity surface form:
United States Patent Office
Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.
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respondent
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United States Patent and Trademark Office
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