Useful Patent Services:
National Patent Services - Get a professional patent
search to determine whether your invention is new and
novel.
QuickDraw Patent Drawing
Services - Professional patent drawing services for
independent inventors.
Patent Office links:
USPTO Inventor's Assistance Center - The USPTO is
very helpful to independent inventors. In addition
to many helpful articles they offer telephone support to
answer your questions about patents and patenting an
invention.
USPTO
Home page - A great place to learn about different
types of intellectual property, requirements for
patents, how to search existing patents and much much
more.
USPTO Drawing Examples - Examples of patent drawings
that are acceptable to the US Patent and Trademark
Office.
MPEP 608.02 Drawing [R-3] - 600 Parts, Form and Content
of Application - Drawing requirements from sheet
layout to cross hatch patterns. Everything you
need to know to draw your own patent drawings.
USPTO Patent Full Text and Image Database - Search
form for finding issued patents, a great tool for conducting
a preliminary prior art search.
This search form also finds published but not
issued utility patent applications.
Search for a
Registered US Patent Attorney or Agent - Find an
attorney by state, law firm or name.
World Intellectual Property Organization - Includes
search tool to find published foreign patents.
Non USPTO links:
Delphion Research
Franklin Pierce Law Center IP Mall
Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute
Links to helpful articles:
Distinction Between Design and Utility Patents
About Confidentiality Agreements and
Non-Disclosure Agreements
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