Legal Advice Is Always Recommended

Books, references, and periodicals are great ways to learn more about the inventing process, but always consult a qualified patent attorney or patent agent for the latest information on patents and patent law.

For more information on this, please refer to http://www.uspto.gov.

Resources for Inventors

How to Avoid Scams Targeting Inventors
Invention Magazines

  1. Patent Café's Online Magazine (http://www.cafezine.com)

  2. Inventors' Digest (http://www.inventorsdigest.com)

Inventor Organizations

  1. The Inventors Network of the Capital Area, Bethesda, MD, USA

    (http://www.dcinventors.org)

  2. United Inventors Association, Rochester, NY, USA (http://www.uiausa.com/)

  3. International Federation of Inventors' Associations, Geneva, Switzerland

    (http://www.invention-ifia.ch/)

  4. Invent Now, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Akron, OH, USA

    (http://www.invent.org/index.asp)

  5. The American Society of Inventors, Philadelphia, PA, USA (http://www.asoi.org)

Inventor Group Listings
Invention Expos and Trade Shows

  1. Yankee Invention Expo (http://www.yankeeinventionexpo.org/)

  2. Trade Show Week Online (http://www.tradeshowweek.com)

Patent Application Software
Entrepreneur Resources

  2. MIT Enterprise Forum of Washington DC (http://www.mitef.org/)

  3. Entrepreneur Magazine (http://www.entrepreneur.com/)

Engineering and Design Resources

  1. Society of Manufacturing Engineers (http://www.sme.org)

  2. Industrial Designers Society of America (http://www.idsa.org/)

  3. Rapid Prototyping Information (http://www.cc.utah.edu/~asn8200/rapid.html)

  4. Engineering Resources (http://www.er-online.co.uk/) (includes a good link page to many patent offices)

  5. Global Spec Technical Resources (http://www.globalspec.com)

Research and Development, Technology Transfer, Product Development

  1. Community of Science for the Research & Development Community

    (http://www.cos.com/)

  2. National Technology Transfer Center (http://www.nttc.edu/)

  3. Intellectual property licensing and technology transfer (http://www.2xfr.com/group.asp)

  4. Licensing Executives Society (http://www.usa-canada.les.org/)

Copyright Resources

  1. Library of Congress Copyright Office (http://www.loc.gov/copyright/)

  2. Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/)

  3. Literature search service (http://www.dialog.com/)

Trade Information

  1. The U.S. National Trade Database (http://www.stat-usa.gov/)

  2. The World Trade Center Institute, Maryland, USA (http://www.wtci.org)

Technology and Science Magazines

  1. MIT's Technology Review (http://www.technologyreview.com/)

  3. The Journal Nature (http://www.nature.com/)

  4. Science Magazine (http://www.sciencemag.org/)

  6. Popular Mechanics (http://popularmechanics.com/)

  8. Scientific American (http://www.sciam.com/)

  10. The Skeptical Inquirer (http://www.csicop.org/si/)

Search Engines
Venture Captial

Vision Venture Capital, a “seed stage venture capital firm,” in conjunction with the Newcastle Stock Exchange. Global Wealth Education and Ingage Communications have $600,000 for a great business idea (http://www.vvcinternational.com).

MISCELLANEOUS

Famous Inventors and Their Companies
Invention and Technology Museums

  1. Invent Now, National Inventors Hall of Fame (http://www.invent.org/index.asp)

  2. Rothschild Petersen Patent Model Museum (http://www.patentmodel.org/index.html)

  3. The Baltimore Museum of Industry (http://www.thebmi.org/)

MIT Lemelson Highlights

  2. Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center (http://www.si.edu/lemelson/)

  3. Invention Dimension (http://web.mit.edu/invent/)

Science Resources

The Smithsonian Institution (http://www.si.edu/)

Resources for Intellectual Property Professionals

Patent Law Resources

  1. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (http://www.uspto.gov)

  2. Nolo law publishers (http://www.nolo.com)

  3. Franklin Pierce Law Center's IP Mall (http://www.ipmall.fplc.edu/)

  4. Patent law resources (http://www.patentlawnet.com/)

  5. Intellectual property news and resources (http://www.intelproplaw.com/)

Intellectual Property Publications

  1. Intellectual Property Today (http://www.iptoday.com/)

  2. IP Law & Business (http://www.ipww.com/)

Intellectual Property Organizations

  1. The Intellectual Property Owners Association (http://www.ipo.org)

  2. American Intellectual Property Law Association (http://www.aipla.org)

  3. National Intellectual Property Researchers Association (http://www.nipra.org)

  4. National Association of Patent Practitioners (http://www.napp.org/)

  5. The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents (http://www.cipa.org.uk/home.html)

  6. Patent Information User's Group, Inc. (http://www.piug.org/)

  7. Patent Office Professional Association (http://www.popa.org/)

  8. Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia (http://www.ipta.com.au/)

  9. Product Development and Management Association (www.pdma.org)

  10. Patent Bar exam resources (http://www.patentbarreview.com/)

Patent Offices

  1. United States Patent and Trademark Office (http://www.uspto.gov)

  3. The UK Patent Office (http://www.patent.gov.uk/)

  4. Japan Patent Office (http://www.jpo.go.jp/)

  5. Australia Intellectual Property Office (http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/)

  7. Canadian Patents Database (http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/intro-e.html)

  8. The British Library's Patent and Trademark page)

    (http://www.bl.uk/services/information/patents.html)

  9. Intellectual Property Digital Library (http://pctgazette.wipo.int/)

  10. Domain Name Dispute Resolution (http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/)

Interesting Patent Resources

  1. Information about bad patents that have been issued (http://www.bustpatents.com)

  2. DNA Patent Database (http://dnapatents.georgetown.edu/)

  3. Good links to patent databases, both free and commercial

    (http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/ca_cps.html#free)

  4. Information about plant variety protection (http://www.plantpatent.com/)

  5. Software Patent Institute and its Database of Software Technologies

    (http://www.spi.org/)

  6. Red Hat Inc.'s software related patent information

    (http://www.redhat.com/legal/patent_policy.html)

  7. Wacky patent of the month (http://www.colitz.com/site/wacky.htm)

  8. Wacky patent of the week (http://www.patentoftheweek.com/)

Intellectual Property and Patent Databases
Patent Related Services

  1. Reduced cost patent image service (http://www.getthepatent.com)

  2. Patent translation services (http://www.patenttranslations.com/)

  3. Patent pdf ordering service (http://www.patentgopher.com/)

International Organizations

  1. Australian Patent Office (http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/)

  2. Austrian Patent Office (http://www.patent.bmwa.gv.at/)

  4. Benelux Trademark Office (http://www.bmb-bbm.org/)

  5. Brazilian Patent Office (http://www.inpi.gov.br/)

  6. Canadian Intellectual Property Office (http://cipo.gc.ca/)

  7. Czech Patent Office (http://www.upv.cz/)

  8. Chinese Patent Office (http://www.cpo.cn.net/)

  9. Croatian Patent Office (http://pubwww.srce.hr/patent/)

  10. Cuban Patent Office (http://www.ceniai.inf.cu/OCPI)

  11. Danish Patent Office (http://www.dkpto.dk/)

  12. European Patent Office (http://www.epo.co.at/epo/)

  13. Finnish Patent Office (http://www.prh.fi/engl.html)

  14. French Patent Office (http://www.inpi.fr/)

  15. Georgian Patent Office (http://www.global-erty.net/saqpatenti)

  16. German Patent Office (http://www.deutsches-patentamt.de/)

  18. Hong Kong Patent Office (http://www.houston.com.hk/hkgipd/)

  19. Hungarian Patent Office (http://www.hpo.hu/)

  20. Iceland Patent Office (http://www.els.stjr.is/)

  23. Japanese Patent Office (http://www.jpo.go.jp)

  24. Korean Patent Office (http://www.kipo.go.kr)

  25. Lithuanian Patent Office (http://www.is.lt/vpb/engl)

  26. Luxembourg Patent Office (http://www.etat.lu/EC/spi/index.htm)

  27. Macedonian Patent Office (http://www.ippo.gov.mk)

  28. Malaysian Intellectual Property Division (http://kpdnhq.gov.my/ip)

  29. Mexican Patent Office (http://www.impi.gob.mx)

  31. Netherlands Patent Office (http://www.bie.minez.nl)

  32. New Zealand Patent Office (http://www.iponz.govt.nz)

  34. Peruvian Intellectual Property Office (http://www.indecopi.gob.pe)

  35. Philippines Patent Office (http://www.dti.gov.ph/ipoo)

  36. Polish Patent Office (http://saturn.ci.uw.edu.pl/up)

  37. Portuguese Patent Office (http://www.inpi.pt)

  38. Romanian Patent Office (http://www.osim.ro)

  39. Russian Patent Office (http://www.rupto.ru)

  40. Singaporean Patent Office (http://www.ipos.gov.sg)

  41. Slovak Republic Patent Office (http://www.indprop.gov.sk)

  42. Slovenian Patent Office (http://www.sipo.mzt.si/GLAVAGB.htm)

  43. Spanish Patent Office (http://www.oepm.es)

  44. Swedish Patent Office (http://www.prv.se)

  45. Swiss Institute of Intellectual Property (http://www.ige.ch)

  47. United Kingdom Patent Office (http://www.ukpats.org.uk)

  48. United States Patent Office (http://www.uspto.gov)

  49. World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) (http://www.wipo.org)

  50. World Trade Organization (WTO) (http://www.wipo.org)

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