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| USEFUL AND HELPFUL INTERNET LINKS |
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| Provided below is a listing of helpful, inventor friendly Internet sites. The listings are organized into related subgroups. |
| Please do NOT assume that the inclusion of any of the following URLs in this listing indicates an endorsement or recommendation. As such, Island Patent certainly assumes NO responsibility for the content of any site/link listed. In addition, it is possible that some of these links have been abandoned since our last update. |
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and Patent Tutorial Links:
A FAQ by IP (www.islandpatent.com) Produced by Island Patent...A good starting point A FAQ by the U.S. Patent Office (www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/faq.htm) A FAQ by BayAreaIP (www.bayareaip.com) |
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Patent Introduction and Inventor Information:
IP Patent Fundamentals (www.islandpatent.com) MIT/Lemelson Patent Handbook (web.mit.edu/invent/h-main.html) FJC's Introduction To The Patent System Produced by the Federal Judicial Center Very Educational! (IMPORTANT: Print the accompanying Sample Patent before viewing. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office USPTO (www.uspto.gov) |
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Patent & Legal Search Engines and Sites:
U.S.P.T.O. Patent Server (www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html) FREE keyword patent searching Find Law Search Engine (www.findlaw.com) Delphion Patent Server (www.delphion.com) |
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Patent Services Companies (Patent copies, file wrappers, ...):
Pat2PDF (www.pat2pdf.org) FREE pdf patent file downloads PatentFetcher (www.patentfetcher.com) FREE pdf patent file downloads Reedfax (www.reedfax.com) NOT FREE |
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National Patent and Intellectual Property Agencies:
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: USPTO (www.uspto.gov) U.S. Copyright Office (www.loc.gov/copyright) World Intellectual Property Organization (www.wipo.int) European Patent Office (www.european-patent-office.org) Eurasian Patent Organization (www.eapo.org/index_eng.html) Japanese Patent Office (www.jpo.go.jp/) Canadian Intellectual Property Office (strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.html) United Kingdom Patent Office (www.patent.gov.uk) German Patent and Trademark Office (www.dpma.de) Australian Patent Office/IP Australia (www.ipaustralia.gov.au/) People's Republic of China (www.sipo.gov.cn) Intellectual Property Dept., Government of Hong Kong (http://info.gov.hk/ipd/eng/index.htm) Korean Intellectual Property Office (www.kipo.go.kr/kpo/kor/index.jsp) Russian Patent and Trademark Office (www.fips.ru/ruptoen/index.htm) FedWorld (www.fedworld.gov) Federal Trade Commission (www.ftc.gov) |
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Invention Fraud Information:
Inventors Digest Magazine (www.inventorsdigest.com) Invention Promotion Scams (http://www.meetingtomorrow.com/cms-category/avoid-invention-promotion-scams) Invention Promotion Fraud (www.clpgh.org/locations/reference/ptdl//fraud.html) Fraudulent & Deceptive Ads (www.lpconline.com/invention_submission_scams.html) InventorEd Inc. (www.inventored.org/caution/isc/nifc-rico.html) |
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Invention Sites For Kids:
By Kids For Kids (BKFK) (www.bkfk.com/) About.Com - Young Inventors (http://inventors.about.com/od/kidactivities/) Kid Info - Inventors (www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Inventors_Inventions.html) |
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Legal and Judicial Web Sites:
Cornell Law School (www.law.cornell.edu) Franklin Pierce Law School (www.ipmall.fplc.edu) Kuesterlaw Patent Information (www.kuesterlaw.com) Patent Crib Sheet (www.patentcribsheet.com) Patent Statutes - Title 35 (www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/35/) U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (www.fedcir.gov) U.S. Supreme Court (www.supremecourtus.gov/) Database of Federal Circuit - US Court of Appeals (www.law.emory.edu/fedcircuit) Database of Court Decisions (http://www.law.cornell.edu/federal/opinions.html |
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Patent and Licensing Related Associations and Organizations (Partial Listing):
National Association of Patent Practitioners (www.napp.org) American Intellectual Property Law Association (www.aipla.org) International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (www.aippi.org) Licensing Executives Society (http://www.usa-canada.les.org/) |
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Invention Evaluation/Assessment Organizations:
Oklahoma Inventor's Assistance Service (http://techweb.ceat.okstate.edu/ias/) Washington Small Business Development Center (www.wsbdc.org) |
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Patent Publications (Magazines, Books, e-pubs, Manuals, Guidelines, etc.):
Patent It Yourself (www.patentityourself.com) Protecting Your Ideas... (www.academicpress.com) Inventor World (www.inventorworld.com) Americas Inventor Online tm (www.inventionconvention.com/americasinventor) Design News (www.manufacturing.net/magazine/dn) Inventor's Digest Magazine (www.inventorsdigest.com) Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (http://controls.ame.nd.edu/mpep/) [back to top] ©Copyright 1999-2013 IslandPatent.Com |