On August 8, 1911, U.S. Patent No. 1,000,000,issued to Francis Holton for a vehicle tire

As of August 8, 2024, we are at U.S. Patent No. 12,058,943. In 113 years approximately 11,058,943 utility patents have issued averaging 97867 per year for 113 years or 8756 per month for 1356 months or 268 patents per day for 41, 274 days. That’s a lot of inventing!