[3][4] Peter Strömbäck is the current Director General of the Office.

Applications were handled and patents granted by the National Board of Trade, and patents were published in the official journal Post- och Inrikes Tidningar.

The law of 1819 granted a total of 89 "privilegia exclusiva" during the 15 years it was in effect.

After the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property was signed in Paris in March 1883, Sweden modified its patent law in 1884 and joined the international convention on June 26, 1885.

Serial numbers and annual fees were introduced in this law, and administration was moved from the Board of Trade to a new Royal Patent Office (Kongl.