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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a report in 2022 that found intellectual property (IP)-intensive industries account for 41% of U.S. gross domestic product. Many of the businesses operating in those industries are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To support SMEs and other innovators, the USPTO created this page to share resources from federal agencies and international organizations for growing a business and for protecting intangible business assets like IP.

For information on IP fundamentals, such as filing a patent or registering a trademark, visit the USPTO’s inventor and entrepreneur resources page, and to find out about some of the ways the USPTO can assist you, browse our free services.