The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on February. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.
The average time it takes to obtain a patent from the patent office at this time is about 32 months or a little under 3 years. [See the current wait time statistics at the USPTO website [ here ] (best viewed with Internet Explorer)].
The application will not become a granted patent until an issue fee is paid, and even then it may take six months before the patent office officially issues the patent. Back to Top. Patent Term A granted patent will generally expire 20 years after the filing date of the patent application. This means that part of the term of the patent application will be consumed while it is still pending in the patent office.