The USPTO.gov website is one of the most widely used websites. It contains thousands of pages of text, access to millions of patent documents, and is linked to by tens of thousands of other websites, worldwide.

Everyday, inventors wishing to protect their inventions visit uspto.gov to learn how to obtain a United States patent for their inventions.

Unfortunately, the USPTO website – like the Patent Office itself – is "typical government”. It it not user-friendly, and often not particularly helpful.