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Patent resources: Patent websites

A collection of resources for searching and understanding patents

US Patents

US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Resource

USPTO website
Granted patents and patent applications
European Patent Office
General information about the EPO
WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization
CPC - Cooperative Classification Scheme
USPTO - Manual of patent classification
USPTO - frequently asked questions
Espacenet
EPO patent database - search worldwide patents
Google patents
Google's patent search. COntains USPTO, EOP, and WIPO patent documents
USPTO - Patent search tutorials
MIT Patent tutorials
How to cite a patent - Univeristy of Iowa

Other Patent Resources

Other Resources

Lemelson MIT Inventor's Handbook
Wacky Patents - Who knew?
Crazy Patents - Ditto
Patently Silly - Unique? Useful? Unobvious?
Patently O blog - "The nation's leading patent law blog"
Intellogist - free website for patent searchers, provides sources of patent information, comparisons of free and fee-based patent databases, best practices in patent searching, etc.
Patent Absurdity - 25 minute film on the rise of software patents and their affect on the economy and software developers.
Haircut Property - 1 minute video illustrating the issues around protecting a hairstyle with intellectual property.
How to Cite Patents - ACS style guide

Last Updated: Jan 11, 2018 11:32 AM
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