PTO Resources

Append A: US Patent and Trademark Office Links

This is from Hall & Hinkelman's Patent Primer, Appendix A. Also available here: www.IPplan.com/links/ 

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Hall, E. B. & Hinkelman, R. M. (2017). Perpetual Innovation™: Patent primer 4.0: Patents, the great equalizer of our time! An overview of intellectual property for inventors and entrepreneurs.  Morrisville, NC: LuLu Press.  ISBN: 978-1-387-07026-8 Retrieved from: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SBPlan
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United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO): http://www.uspto.gov/

Popular PTO Links

Patent Search        (http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/search/index.jsp)

Patents: File Online [EFS-Web]

Patents: Check Application Status [PAIR]

Patents Online Services

Patents Term Calculator   (http://www.uspto.gov/patents/law/patent_term_calculator.jsp)

Patents Ombudsman         (http://www.uspto.gov/patents/ebc/)

Trademark Search [TESS]            (http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/) 

Trademarks: File Online [TEAS]  (http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas)

Trademarks: Check Status/Documents [TSDR]

Trademark Basics

Official Gazette for Trademarks

Manuals (incl. MPEP and TMEP)

Registered Patent Agents/Attorneys    (https://oedci.uspto.gov/OEDCI/)

Forms & Fees     (http://www.uspto.gov/curr_fees)

World Intellectual Property Organization (http://www.wipo.int/)

GOV Resources

BusinessUSA Start, grow and do business in the USA

SelectUSA The USA is the place for business

FDSys.gov Browse the Federal Register

Copyright Office: www.copyright.gov

(Library of Congress & ISBN # for books)

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