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Patent FAQ Sites

  • Patent Office Sites
  • University Sites
  • Association Sites
  • Law Firm Sites
  • Other Sites
  • Glossaries

    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.
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Patents and Trademarks - compiled at the University of Washington Engineering Library
  • A Primer on Patents - for CU Boulder Inventors compiled by The University of Colorado at Boulder Office of Technology Transfer & Industry Outreach
  • Patents - compiled at the University of Michigan Media Union Library
  • U.S. Patents: An Introduction - A Basic Guide and Introduction to Resources, Patents at Louisiana State University.

    Association Sites

  • An Overview of Intellectual Property - compiled by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
  • 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.
  • Design and Patent FAQ - for Australian and International patents compile by Wray and Associates, Western Australia's oldest firm of Patent Attorneys
  • Frequently Asked Questions about intellectual property law - compiled by Oppedahl & Larson, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
  • 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.
  • Patents - An overview in laymans terms - Chapter four of ARVIC Search Services Inc.'s Guide to Intellectual Property, an introduction to patents and patenting procedures, and an outline of how to use the resources of the Canadian Patent Office for business or research ventures.
  • About Patents - compiled by the Derwent Patent Resource Center.
  • The VRN Patent FAQ and Info Page - comprises various information on patents, and hints on patenting; an extensive and arbitrarily arranged list of sites dealing with intellectual property and particularly with patents and patenting. compiled by Vagn R. Nissen
  • Patent, Copyright & Trademark - Legal Encyclopedia for Patent Law compiled by NOLO Press, a self-help law center contains frequently-asked questions (FAQs) on the topic of Patent Law, as well as helpful articles on specific Patent Law issues and links to other online patent resources.

    Glossaries

  • Derwent Glossary of Patent Terminology
  • Selected Patent Definitions - compiled by Louisiana State University Libraries, Chemistry Library.

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