Patents & Trademarks

Tom Rohrig

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Phone: 806.742.2238 ext. 280
Location: Library, Mezzanine 105
Mailstop: MS 40002

Articles, Journals, & Databases

Books & Theses

Research Assistance

Web Resources

Style Guides

Uncle Sam
Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications

Professional Associations & Organizations

Patent Information Users Group Inc.

Patents Links

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Most search tools and patents/trademarks are on the website

Patent Tutorial
This 36 minute interactive tutorial on patent searching should be viewed before you begin your patent search. It is an excellent introduction to the patent search process!

Patent and Trademark Resource Centers
NOTE: Links is to list of depository libraries, not actual map.

Basic Facts about Trademarks

General Information Concerning Patents

Provisional Application for Patent

Revised Fee Schedule

Patent Attorneys/Agents Search

Design Patent

Non-Provisional Patent (Utility)

Plant Patent

Provisional Patent (Utility)

Patents - General Information

Trademarks - Basic Facts

U.S. Patent Act, as amended (1994)
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School

General Intellectual Property Information

Intellectual Property
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School--copyright, patent, trademark and related state law applying to technology, the arts, literature

Search Engines

Delphion Intellectual Property Network
Search U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); Limited free search capabilities.

These include:

Quick searching against the US granted bibliographic collection
Patent number searching against worldwide collections
Free Work Files that let you save, manage and organize your patent research
PDF Express for downloading in bulk, plus single PDF or TIFF downloads on a pay-per-use basis

Google Patent Search

Wiki Patents