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Patents/Trademarks
Reference Help for Patents/Trademarks is generally available by appointment only. Please contact the the Patents/Trademark Librarian - Tom Rohrig - for questions or to set up an appointment.
Phone: 806-742-2238 x280
Email: tom.rohrig@ttu.edu
Most search tools and patents/trademarks are on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website www.uspto.gov
Patent/Trademark Handouts (Most of these handouts are also available on the Patent/Trademark Website).
Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (map) NOTE: Links is to list of depository libraries, not actual map. NEW
Basic Facts About Trademarks Basic Facts about Trademarks (2007)
General Information Concerning Patents General Information Concerning Patents (2007)
Provisional Application for Patent Provisional Application for Patent (March 2007)
Request for list of patent class/subclasses for proposed invention from PTDL (This is a free service that allows you to describe your idea to the PTDL and receive a list of suggested patent class/subclasses to search. The service is free and confidential. You can either mail or fax the form in. NOTE: This form is not on the Webpage and is only available at Patent Depositories. Please contact Tom Rohrig directly for this form.
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
PATENT AND TRADEMARK INFORMATION
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Selected links
Disclosure Document http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/notices/71fr64636.pdf[ NOTE: This program has been discontinued.
Patent Application - Design Patent
Patent Appication - Non-Provisional Patent (Utility)
Patent Application - Plant Patent
Patent Application - Provisional Patent (Utility)
U.S. Patent Act, as amended (1994)--Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
PATENT 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
Wiki Patents NEW
TEXAS TECH RESOURCES
Texas Tech University System Office of Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property
TEXAS PATENT/TRADEMARK DEPOSITORIES
Austin The University of Texas at Austin
College Station Texas A&M University
Dallas Dallas Public Library
Houston Rice University
Lubbock Texas Tech University
San Antonio San Antonio Public Library
INVENTOR RESOURCES
European Patent Office - Patent information on the Internet
U.S. Patent Office - Inventors Assistance Center
U.S. Patent Office - Inventor Resources
PATENT TUTORIALS NEW
Penn State University tutorial (Dated, more for historical information)
Texas A&M tutorial (Just updated!) TRY THIS ONE FIRST!!!
University of Central Florida (Dated, more for historical information)
University of California at San Diego tutorial (Dated, more for historical information)
INVENTOR ASSOCIATIONS
Amarillo Inventors Association "Meeting the needs of the future" http://www.amarilloinventors.org
Excellent resource for anyone interested in the invention process. Very helpful community of inventors.
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