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Patent and Trademark Research Guides
These guides, from the University of Washington's
Engineering Library, provide step by step instructions for performing patent (http://www.lib.washington.edu/engineering/ptdl/patents/pt.html),
or trademark research (http://www.lib.washington.edu/engineering/ptdl/trademarks/tm.html).
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
http://www.uspto.gov/
The USPTO website provides many levels of excellent information, including the most up to
date information regarding patent and trademark laws, fees, regulations, policies and procedures. Also available is the full text of common PTO
publications. For more details on patent or trademark searching on the USPTO website, see below.
Small Business and Intellectual Property - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/smallbusiness/
Website of the USPTO's Small Business Education Campaign. Links to basics about intellectual property.
Inventor Resources and Information - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/iip/index.htm
This section of the USPTO website is designed specifically for independent inventors.
Inventors Assistance Center (IAC) - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/pacmain.html
The Inventors Assistance Center at the USPTO answers general questions about patent examination policy and procedure, including technical questions about patent forms.
U.S. Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/
Information about copyrights and
copyright registration. Frequently requested circulars and application
forms are available at this site.
Washington State Innovation Assessment Center (IAC) - Washington State University, College of Business
http://www.business.wsu.edu/organizations/iac/Pages/index.aspx
The Washington State Innovation Assessment Center provides evaluation services and market assessments for individuals and small businesses throughout the United States.
U.S. Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
This page is the starting point for the USPTO's trademark information. Click on "Search" under "Get a Trademark Registration..." or visit the USPTO's Trademark Electronic Business Center (EBC). The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office TESS database contains more than 2.9 million pending, registered and dead federal trademarks. Updates scheduled daily on Tuesdays through Saturdays. Please read and understand the HELP section, the News! section, the Update Information section and the Important Notices section of the TESS main page prior to using this database. Images are available for most trademarks which have images associated
with them.
Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) Database
http://tarr.uspto.gov/
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office TARR database lists current status information about pending and registered trademarks. Search by trademark serial number or registration number. Trademark records in TESS provide links to the status information displayed in TARR.
USPTO Web Patent Databases
http://www.uspto.gov/patft/
Access to the US Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Databases. Issued Patents (PatFT) is a database of the full text content of US patents issued from January 1, 1976 to the most recent weekly issue date. Full-page images are also available from 1790 to the present. Follow the instructions about accessing the images. The full-text is only searchable back to 1976. This means that searching for patents via keyword will only retrieve patents issued since the 1970s. You can search all the way back to 1790 using either the patent classification system or specific patent numbers. The Published Applications (AppFT) database, a full-text and full-page image database of US patent applications published since March 15, 2001, is also available. Please read and understand the Important Notices and Policies section section of the main Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Databases page prior to using either PatFT or AppFT. Help Files are available for each database as well.
Public PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval)
http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Public PAIR system includes status, maintenance fee and file history information for United States patents. PDF images of some documents included. Online ordering of patent documents is available.
Google Patent Search
http://www.google.com/patents
Google Patent Search is a database of full-text patents issued by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office since 1790. Search by keyword. For current US classification searching, follow the "Advanced Google Patent Search Tips" on the About Google Patent Search page. To determine current US classifications, use the tools available at the USPTO website. Patent applications are not included. Includes images of issued patents in .pdf format. See Google Patent Search Help for more information.
Community of Science
http://patents.cos.com/
A comprehensive search site for patent information on the WWW.
Provides complete patent front page information (patent number, assignee,
inventor, title, and abstract) for all patents 1975-April 22, 2005. This
database also tracks the lineage of patents, providing you with links
to references within that patent and links to other patents which cite
that particular patent. This database is updated weekly. Available to the UW
community on the UW Campus. For non-UW
affiliates wanting subscription and access to
this database, consult the Contact page at http://www.cos.com/contact/ or request information using their help form at:
http://www.cos.com/cgi-bin/cos/productinfo.cgi?formid=patents.
UW Restricted.
The University of Washington and its employees are providing a service of
an informational nature with no express or implied warranty for results
and assume no obligation or liability for damage arising out of the use,
or inability to use, the information provided.
Questions or comments?
Send them to the Engineering Library:
englib@u.washington.edu
Last modified: Wednesday February 06 2008