The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that issues patents to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification.

The USPTO is "unique among federal agencies because it operates solely on fees collected by its users, and not on taxpayer dollars". Its "operating structure is like a business in that it receives requests for servicesapplications for patents and trademark registrationsand charges fees projected to cover the cost of performing the services [it] provide[s]".

The USPTO is based in Alexandria, Virginia, after a 2005 move from the Crystal City area of neighboring Arlington, Virginia. The offices under Patents and the Chief Information Officer that remained just outside the southern end of Crystal City completed moving to Randolph Square, a brand-new building in Shirlington Village, on April 27, 2009.

The last head of the USPTO was Michelle K. Lee. She took up her new role on January 13, 2014, initially in a temporary Deputy role. On March 13, she formally took office as Director after being nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. She formerly served as the Director of the USPTO's Silicon Valley satellite office. She resigned effective June 6, 2017.

1. Does the USPTO use tax money?
2. What income does it run on?
3. Any other sources?
4. Who is the most recent leader of the USPTO?
5. What position did she start in?
6. True or False: That was a permanent position.
7. What position did she work in later?
8. What position does she work in currently?
9. When did she stop working for the USPTO?
10. Which president had nominated her?
11. What does USPTO stand for?
12. What larger government division are they a part of?
13. Who do they provide patents for?
14. Do they provide anything else?
15. What?
16. For what purpose?
17. Where is the USPTO located now?
18. Was it always there?
19. When did it move?
20. Why did it move?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. no
2. user fees
3. no
4. Michelle K. Lee
5. Deputy
6. false
7. Director of the USPTO's Silicon Valley satellite office
8. unknown
9. June 6, 2017
10. Obama
11. United States Patent and Trademark Office
12. Department of Commerce
13. inventors and businesses
14. yes
15. trademark registration
16. for product and intellectual property identification
17. Alexandria, Virginia
18. no
19. 2005
20. unknown