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![[U.S. Patent and Trademark Office flag]](../images/u/us_pto.gif) image by Rob Raeside, 21 August 2013
 
image by Rob Raeside, 21 August 2013
based on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US-PatentTrademarkOffice-Seal.svg
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The flag is blue with the seal centered depicting an eagle perched holding an olive branch and arrows, over national shield.
![[U.S. Patent and Trademark Office flag]](../images/u/us_ptmo1.gif) image by Randy Young, 17 May 2016
 
image by Randy Young, 17 May 2016
A rank flag exists for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 
dependent to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The flag in question is a 
horizontal flag with the seal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Patent_and_Trademark_Office#/media/File:US-PatentTrademarkOffice-Seal.svg) 
in white background with (what seems to be) four red stars, each in a respective 
corner as seen here:
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgKw6dKUEAATibf.jpg (source: Twitter account (@AcadofInventors) 
of "The National Academy of Inventors " (https://twitter.com/acadofinventors). 
Here's a variant with the golden eagle (http://www.bisnow.com/archives/legal/0209/legal_images/022309d.jpg, 
source:
https://www.bisnow.com/archives/newsletter/dc-legal/feldesman-tucker-foley-lardner-lateral-report) 
instead of brown.
Here's another picture (fourth flag from left to right) 
(http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/robin-evans-acting-regional-director-of-the-united-states-patent-and-picture-id473059282, 
source:
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/robin-evans-acting-regional-director-of-the-united-states-news-photo/473059282).
It seems that it is the flag of the Director of USPTO. "The Under Secretary 
(of Commerce for Intellectual Property), or USC(IP) is dual-hatted as the 
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office within the Commerce 
Department" (sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Commerce_for_Intellectual_Property).
For additional information go to USPTO (official website):
http://www.uspto.gov/ 
Esteban Rivera, 
17 May 2016