Office of Finance

The primary mission of the USPTO is to build for the future and promote U.S. competitiveness in the global marketplace by protecting and strengthening intellectual property rights world-wide. The Office of Finance supports this mission by:

• ensuring that customer fee payments are promptly, accurately, and efficiently recorded and deposited
• ensuring that Federal employees, contractors, and vendors necessary to protect intellectual property rights are paid promptly, accurately, courteously, and in accordance with the law
• providing audited financial statements and other financial management reports to the public, the Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of Commerce, and USPTO management staff.

The Office of Finance is composed of the following divisions:

• Activity Based Information Division
• Financial Accounting Division
• Financial Reporting and Analysis Division
• Financial Systems Division
• Receipts Accounting Division