Patent resources: Patent websites

US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Resource

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