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PATENTS & PATENTING
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Selected Resources
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The USA Library is not a patent depository library but the following resources
may prove useful in an initial search. This is not an exhaustive list; please
consult a reference librarian, call 460-7025 or e-mail webref@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
for help in locating additional materials.
FULLTEXT OF PATENTS ONLINE
USPTO Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Databases. http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
Lexis
Nexis Patents. From SOUTHcat Plus click "Fulltext Journals and
Indexes", choose "Lexis Nexis" then click "Legal Research"
and scroll down.
ORDERING COPIES OF PATENTS
- Directly from the USPTO. Copies of patents are $3.00 each; plant patents
in color are $15.00 each.
- Order by Web: Go to http://ebiz1.uspto.gov/oems25p/index.html.
Free registration required.
Order by Phone: 800-972-6382.
| Order by Mail: |
Mail Stop Document Services |
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Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office |
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PO Box 1450 |
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Alexandria, VA 22213-1450 |
- Patent Depository Libraries. In Alabama, Auburn University Library, phone
334-844-1737 and Birmingham Public Library,
- phone 205-226-3620. USA faculty, staff, and students may request copies
of patents through Interlibrary
Loans.
- Commercial Vendors. To see a list of vendors go to http://www.piug.org/vendor.html
and choose "Patent
- Document Delivery". Many of these provide non-U.S. patents.
NON-U.S. PATENT INFORMATION AND OTHER WEB RESOURCES
British Library Patents. http://www.bl.uk/collections/patents.html
EPO Patent Information on the Internet. http://www.epo.co.at/online/index.htm
Esp@cenet: Europe's Network of Patent Databases. http://ep.espacenet.com/
Japan Patent Office. http://www.jpo.go.jp/
NYPL Patents Home Page. http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/pattrade/TradePat/patentshome.htm
PatentAlert. http://www.patentalert.com/
PATENT CLASSIFICATION GUIDES & INDEXES
- Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent& Trademark
Office.
- Law Collection C 21.5/2: [1930-1973 incomplete; 1974-2001]
- Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Patents.
- Web: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/index.html
[full-text most recent 52 weeks; regular and special notices 1964-present]
Government Documents CD-Rom Cabinets C 21.5/6-2: [current only]
Government Documents Microfiche C 21.5: [1991-2002 incomplete]
Law Collection C 21.5: [1985-1992 incomplete]
Government Documents Microfilm [1980-1984]
- Patent Classification Home. http://www.uspto.gov/go/classification/
PATENTS & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks: Protect Your Rights Worldwide.
Reference KF 2980 .B37 1990
- Entrepreneur's Guide: To Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets
& Licensing.
- Bookstacks KF 2980 .G55 2004
- Law of Patents. Reference KF 3905 .Z9 J37 2000
Librarian's Guide to Intellectual Property in the Digital Age: Copyrights,
Patents, and Trademarks.
- Bookstacks Z 688 .P36 W33 2002
- Patent, Copyright, and Trademark. Reference KF 2980 .E44 2006
- Patent Fundamentals for Scientists and Engineers. Bookstacks T 339 .G67
2000
- Patent Guide: A Friendly Guide to Protecting and Profiting From Patents.
Bookstacks KF 3114.6 .B38 1997
Patent Law Essentials: A Concise Guide. Bookstacks KF 3114.3 .D87 2004
- Protecting Your Company's Intellectual Property: A Practical Guide to
Trademarks, Copyrights,
- Patents and Trade Secrets. Bookstacks KF 2980 .B38 2001
PREPARING AND SUBMITTING PATENT APPLICATIONS
- Code of Federal Regulations 37. Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights.
Government Documents AE 2.106/3:37/[latest]
- or http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
- General Information About Plant Patents. Government Documents Microfiche
C 21.2:P 69/3/2001
General Information Concerning Patents. Government Documents Reference
C21.26/2: [latest]
Guide for the Preparation of Patent Drawings. Government Documents
C 21.14/2:D 79/2 [2002]
Guide to Filing a Non-Provisional (Utility) Patent Application. http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/utility/utility.htm
Guide to Filing a Utility Patent Application. Government Documents
Reference C 21.14/2:UT 4/2001
How to Make Patent Drawings Yourself. Bookstacks T 223 .U3 L6 2001
Introduction to Patents. Government Documents SBA 1.32/2:PI-2
Inventing and Patenting Sourcebook. Reference T 339 .I5 [1990]
Patent Attorney/Agent Search. http://des.uspto.gov/OEDCI/
- Patent It Yourself. Reference KF 3114.6 P74 1999
FEE-BASED ONLINE SEARCHING
Patent databases available include bibliographic, citation, full-text, chemical,
and world patent indexes. University of South Alabama faculty, staff, and students
are charged the cost of the search. Non-USA patrons are charged the cost of
the search plus $10.00 for individuals and non-profit organizations or $25.00
for for-profit companies. For more information or to request a search call 460-7025
or go to SOUTHcat Plus (http://library.southalabama.edu)
and choose "E-mail Reference" then click "Fee-Based Database
Searches".
SUGGESTIONS FOR LOCATING ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IN SOUTHcat CATALOG
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