Legal Resources: Patents & Trademarks
How to find Legal Resources
Patents & Trademarks
- U.S. Patent & Trademark OfficeGuide to patents & trademarks from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Full-text of patents from 1976 & full-page images from 1790. Access to 4 million registered & pending trademarks.
- Google PatentsGuide to 7 million patents via Google.
- OSPTO Patent Process OverviewSteps for registering and receiving patents
Related Links
- Global Brand Database from the WIPOSearch brand names and other intellectual property registries. Part of WIPO-Gold.
- Espacenet - European patentsEspacenet offers free access to more than 80 million patent documents worldwide, containing information about inventions and technical developments from 1836 to today.