SEARCH FOR PATENTS
New to Patent Searching? See this important information we’ve pasted below from the Untied States Patent and Trademark Office about searching for patents:
- How do I know if my invention is patentable?
- The Seven-Step Strategy – Outlines a suggested procedure for patent searching
Patents may be searched using the following government resources:
- USPTO Patent Full-Text and Image Database (PatFT)
- USPTO Patent Application Full-Text and Image Database (AppFT)
- Global Patent Search Network (GPSN)
- Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR)
- Public Search Facility
- Patent and Trademark Resource Centers (PTRCs)
- Patent Official Gazette
- Common Citation Document (CCD)
- Search International Patent Offices
- Search Published Sequences
- Patent Assignment Database (Assignments on the Web)
