Subject Guides     

Patents & Trademarks Guide     

Text in BROWN indicates that the item is located in Hoover Library.

U.S. Patents

• Academic Universe (LexisNexis)
  • U.S. patents from 1971 to present; Patent Numbers By Classification; and Manual of Classification.
  • Note: This database provides text only, i.e. no images, charts, tables, etc.
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
  
  • Patents
    General information about patents and how to apply for them.
  • USPTO Web Patent Databases
    Search full text or bibliographic information (front page) of patents issued from 1976 to most recent weekly issue.
• Delphion (1974 to present, plus some patents issued during 1971)
  • Limited search of U.S. patents is free. A full search and download of documents requires a fee. Formerly IBM Intellectual Property Network.
• Patent Searching for Librarians and Invetors. Timothy Lee Wherry. Chicago: American Library Association, 1995.
  • (Call number: R 608.773 W567)

World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO)

• World Intellectual Property Office
  
  • Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) System
  • Information about filing an international patent application under the PCT wherein, by filing one international patent application, a person can simultaneously seek protection for an invention in each of a number of countries.

Foreign Patent Offices

• VRN Patent Authority Page

Trademarks

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
  
  • Trademarks
    
  • Information about applying for and checking the status of trademarks.
  • USPTO Web Trademark Database
    
  • Search for Federally registered trademarks or those whose applications are undergoing examination at the PTO. Warning: database may not include new trademarks for up to 4 months!
• World Intellectual Property Office
  
  • Madrid System of International Registration of Marks
  • Note: a mark may be the subject of an international registration only if it has already been registered in the country of origin.