Online Patent & Trademark Resources

Patents

• Patent Searching Tutorial and Guide to Online Resources and Information - Interactive tutorial from the McKinney Engineering Library at the University of Texas at Austin
• Schreyer Business Library's Patent Search Tutorial - Informative tutorial from Penn State University Libraries with information about patents and the patent search process
• esp@cenet - European Patent Office's Worldwide database covering more than 50 countries. Search U.S. patents back to 1920.
• USPTO Patent Databases - Includes "Issued Patents" and "Published Applications" databases

Trademarks

• Trademark Searching - Guide created by the Wyoming State Library
• Searching for Federal Trademarks - Guide created by Fogler Library, University of Maine
• USPTO Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) - Search for more than 3 million pending, registered and dead federal trademarks
• USPTO Trademark Assignments - All trademark assignments recorded at the USPTO after 1955

Inventor Resources

• Independent Inventor Resources - Helpful links for inventors from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Idaho Small Business Development Center (SBDC) - Offers "free and low-cost information designed to educate and support Idaho small business owners and managers, inventors, and potential entrepreneurs."