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on June 19, 2018 the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office issued its 10 millionth patent
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There are three types of patents:
 
There are three types of patents:
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* [[Utility patent]]s may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof;
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* [[Utility patent]]s may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof - on June 19, 2018 the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office issued its 10 millionth patent;<ref>https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/ten-million-patents-event-smithsonian-national-museum-american-history</ref>
    
* [[Design patent]]s may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture; and
 
* [[Design patent]]s may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture; and
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