Patents and P Guide - Resources and Review

Addresses issues in law and policy for high technology.
 
Database of US patents from 1971 onwards. Chemical Patents Plus offers thorough, free searching for all US patents by patent number, basic text, CAS Registry Number, CAS chemical indexing, inventor or assignee name, or other data fields or combinations.
 
Information regarding US and international trademark law, and links to trademark, copyright, patent, and related sites.
 
Full records of patents registered around the world, displaying recently acquired entries and an archive of many more. Some of the more unusual inventions include a combination toy dog and vacuum cleaner, salad on a stick, headgear for posture correction, and an anti
snoring device.
 
Tutorial on how to select an appropriate patent Web site for research, with specific help on searching the IBM Patent Server via patent number.
 
Patent and scientific information including information on Derwent products and services. Available in German, Spanish, French, and Italian.
 
Established in 1989 under its former name Current Patents Ltd, the company soon expanded from producing innovative patent alerting and evaluating products for RandD departments, to developing a complete competitor intelligence service, the Investigational Drugs database (IDdb), as the single solution for corporate
wide competitor intelligence.
 
Collection of annotated links to patent and invention resources for engineers, lawyers, manufacturers, and small businesses. Covers patent searching, invention groups, government agencies, international inventors, journals, chat groups, and magazines. Resource is keyword searchable.
 
Provides bibliographic data on patents, an image of the applications' first page, a description of the invention, claims, and a diagram of the product. Searches can be conducted for UK, European, worldwide and Japanese patents, and for patents from other European countries.
 
Official information from the official body for the granting of patents and registration of designs and trade marks in the UK. Includes articles on copyright, designs, patents and trademarks, and information on conducting a patent search.
 
Through the issue of patents, USPTO encourages technological advancement by providing incentives to invent, invest in, and disclose new technology worldwide. Offers online access to a range of general reference documents, directories, and data collections.
 
American inventors and information related to past and current inventors, with biographical sketches covering their accomplishments and their impact upon society.
 
Information on the organisation, intellectual property, patents, trademarks, Internet domain names and industrial property information.
 
Index to patent databases, including American patents, worldwide patents, and subject
based patent databases. Subjects include agricultural biotechnology, AIDS, and chemistry.
 
Set of links to resources offering patent information including libraries, FAQs, tutorials on trademark searching, databases, patent offices around the world, non government organisations, information about marketing fraud, and a selection of online journals.
 
Links to databases of patents, trademarks, and registered designs. Details BL patent holdings and services, provides a guide to the patent process, and answers frequently asked questions about the procedure.
 
Online version of Inventors World magazine, with full text articles about inventions old and new, product news, questions and answers about patents, trade marks, European patents, and other intellectual property issues.
 
Database of all US patents since 1974. Full text viewing requires a subscription charge but an abstract database with front page information of all U.S. patents is offered free of charge.
 
A full text database with information on US patents. Includes an abstract describing each product, inventor's name, date filed, claims and description. Searches may be conducted manually, using Boolean text or by entering a patent number. A bibliographic database of patents is also provided to facilitate searching of front page information, and a list of withdrawn patent numbers is given.
 
The EPO is the outcome of the European countries' collective political determination to establish a uniform patent system in Europe, with a centralised patent grant system administered by the European Patent Office on behalf of all contracting states. Information is in English, French, and German.
 
Source of legal information for intellectual property law and technology law. Includes general information and details of cases involving patents, trademarks, copyright and federal bills. Also offers access to legal resources such as associations, commercial services, journals and magazines.
 
Hosts a collection of unusual inventions that have been patented in both Britain and internationally, with special attention being given to the prolific British inventor Arthur Paul Pedrick, whose creations include a mechanism to control the spin of a golf ball and a horse
powered car. Also provided is a section dealing with the more serious issues connected to patents.
 
An online listing of patent attorneys around the world. Attorneys are arranged by continent, then alphabetically by country, then by name, with contact information.
 
The Harvard Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT) provides an insight into the legal implications of emerging technologies. JOLT has published articles on varied topics, including biotechnology, computers, international technology transfer, intellectual property, medical technologies, and telecommunications.
 
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