Patents

Guides / Tutorials

• The Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property Mall
  
• Frequently Asked Questions: Patents
• Patent Resource Guide (UC Engineering Library)
• Patent & Trademark Tutorials (University of Texas)
• Patent Information on the WWW (Stanford University)
• Patent Information Links (European Patent Office)
• PIUG: Patent Information User's Group

Patent Databases

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  (bibliographic, citation, and full text available, 1976-present)
• U.S. Patent Citation Database
  (Bibliographic database containing records for each of the 2.6 million U.S. patents issued since 1975)
• U.S. Patent Classes - Chemical Group
  (Index page for those US patent classes dealing with chemistry, health, and agriculture)
• Australia Patent Office
• Canadian Patent Office
• UK Patent Office
• Esp@cenet
  (European, PCT, and individual country patents and applications)
• Japanese Patent Office

Other Resources

• American/British Dictionary
• Glossary of Patent Terms
• Index of Patent Offices Around the World
• Links to Patent and Other Intellectual Property Information Sources
• Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society Patent Glossary
• Patent Cafe
  Contains informational resources related to patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
• Patent Cafe Magazine
  A contextual content intellectual property magazine.

 

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