U.S. Patent law resource page with links to patent filing systems, patent applications, patent office, patent general information, patent news service, patent searching, patent classifications, patent examining procedures, patent law, and much more.
Governmental Internet Resources
- Electronic Filing System for Patents U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
- Online Patent applications from the USPTO.
- Last week, the patent office announced that they've published the first set of patent applications under the American Inventors Protection Act.
47 applications were published initially. New applications will be published every Thursday. They'll be ramping this up until about 3500 applications are published weekly.
You can search for the applied patents at http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html This page allows you to search for granted patents and patent applications. You can do a basic Boolean two-keyword search, an advanced search, or a search by application number. An all-fields search for "Internet" found four results. An all-fields search for "vascular" found two results.
- Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program WWW
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office WWW
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