Constructed in 1939,[13][14] it was built to house the patent office following its move from Melbourne in 1934.

[16] Like other government buildings constructed in Canberra around that period,[17] it was designed in the Art Deco architectural style.

[30] At that time, the building was renamed as part of the Robert Garran Offices.

Following major refurbishment, the building was renamed the Robert Marsden Hope Building on 5 December 2011, in honour of Robert Marsden Hope, a former Justice of the New South Wales Court of Appeal and three-time Royal Commissioner.

[33] This Wikipedia article was originally based on Patent Office (former), Kings Av, Barton, ACT, Australia, entry number 105454 in the Australian Heritage Database published by the Commonwealth of Australia 2004 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on {{{accessdate}}}.