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Patent FAQ Sites

Patent Office Sites

Patent Office Sites

General Information Concerning Patents - compiled by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

University Sites

Basic U.S. Patent, Trademark & Copyright Information - compiled by Franklin Pierce Law Center

Intellectual Property: The Practical and Legal Fundamentals - by Thomas G. Field, Jr. Professor of Law, a former patent examiner and founding faculty member of Franklin Pierce Law Center. Adapted from an article originally published in Idea, Vol. 35, pp. 79-128 (1994) written for lawyers and law students.

U.S. Patents: An Introduction - A Basic Guide and Introduction to Resources, Patents at Louisiana State University.

Association Sites

Patents - An overview of patent law from a United Kingdom perspective compiled by the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents (CIPA)

Law Firm Sites

Frequently Asked Questions - compiled by Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly. The firm has offices in Brussels, Chicago, Detroit, Geneva, Irvine, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Paris, Saint Paul, Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C., and strategic alliances in Amsterdam, Milan and Rome.

A Guide to Patents - compiled by Wells, St. John, Roberts, Gregory & Matkin P.S. , Spokane, Washington, USA

Other Sites

FAQ - monitored by John Moetteli, Da Vinci Design Resources, Geneva, Switzerland

Patent FAQ - Ten most frequently asked questions compiled by Patent & Trademark Services Inc.

About Patents - compiled by the Thomson Reuters

Glossaries

Glossary of Thomson Scientific terminology

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